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Redskins owner Dan Snyder for years ignored pleas to drop the moniker, telling USA Today in 2014 that he would never change it. Apparently Snyder has since watched Sean Connery’s last James Bond movie, “Never Say Never Again.”
Washington Football Inc. says it will drop the controversial name of its NFL team and announce a new name later. FedEx was among companies applying pressure for the change.
FedEx founder, chairman and CEO Frederick Smith also is looking to sell his ownership stake in the NFL Redskins franchise, The Washington Post reported.
The team name in question, of course, is Redskins. It has been a standing insult to our country’s first peoples since the team was created in 1933.
From Ja Morant to Damian Lillard, NBA players have concerns about the Orlando "bubble" and continued safety; plus, FedEx makes a formal request for NFL's Washington Redskins to change the team's name.
FedEx Corp. chairman and CEO Frederick W. Smith is a 10% owner of the team.
After a frustrating senior season at Missouri, Johnathon Johnson will look to make his mark in Washington when NFL training camps open.
Cornerback Chris Claybrooks and center Dustin Woodard were both picked up in the seventh round of the NFL Draft on Saturday, after Washington Redskins pick Antonio Gibson on Friday.
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