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Getty Images External pressure is building on the Washington franchise to change its name. The National Congress of American Indians hopes to create internal pressure for change. Via Washingtonian.com, NCAI president Fawn Sharp made a direct plea for players on the team to initiate the push to...

Getty Images The granddaughter of George Preston Marshall is glad her grandfather’s legacy is being challenged. Jordan Wright, who grew up going to Washington games when her grandfather owned the team, had no idea at the time that Marshall was a racist who fought integration in the NFL and...

Getty Images Had the San Francisco 49ers found a way to get Trent Williams in trade from Washington last season, Williams may have found himself playing guard. The 49ers looked into the possibility of acquiring Williams last season when both starting tackles Joe Staley and Mike McGlinchey were...

Getty Images There’s someone else in Washington hoping for four more years. Running back Adrian Peterson, who entered the league in 2007 as a first-round pick of the Vikings, told TMZ that he hopes to play through 2023. “Man, why not four more years?” Peterson said. “Why not?” Peterson...

Getty Images Last week, his monument came down (awkwardly) at RFK Stadium and his name was removed from the lower bowl at FedEx Field. This week, former Washington owner George Preston Marshall is being even further expunged from any positions of honor or prestige with the franchise. The team...

Getty Images Washington coach Ron Rivera knows what a future Hall of Fame pass-rusher looks like. So even if rookie Chase Young isn’t quite as tall as Julius Peppers, Rivera sees comparisons to the former Panthers defensive end. “He’s not quite as big as Julius was,” Rivera said, via the...

Getty Images When the Browns nearly traded for Jim Harbaugh, the football world narrowly missed out on a twice-per-year battle of brothers who had met in the Super Bowl in early 2013. In early 2012, the football world nearly got two Manning bowls per year. An excellent and detailed oral...

Getty Images Washington Senior Vice President of Player Personnel Doug Williams is wants to see more opportunities for minority coaches, and he’s troubled by how often he sees those coaches miss those opportunities, while coaches who have already tried and failed get more opportunities...

Getty Images The 49ers officially have a new left tackle to replace Joe Staley. Trent Williams passed his physical and signed a restructured deal. He posted the signing on Instagram. The 49ers traded for Williams on the third day of the 2020 draft, giving up a 2021 third-rounder and a 2020...

Getty Images A monument to George Preston Marshall, former owner of Washington’s NFL team, has been removed from the stadium where they used to play because he was a segregationist who prevented black players from playing on his team until the government forced him to integrate. That raises a...

Getty Images A day after the D.C. government removed a monument to former Washington franchise owner George Preston Marshall, the team has also taken a step to disassociate itself from Marshall’s racist legacy. Washington announced today that it is renaming the lower level of FedEx Field in...

Getty Images Earlier this week, Barry Svrluga of the Washington Post called on the local NFL team to change its name. On Friday, the Washington Post editorial board renewed its position that the time has long since come for the dictionary-defined slur to be ditched. “Over the years, there have...

Getty Images A monument to the former owner of the Washington football team is being removed from the team’s former stadium. The monument to George Preston Marshall was torn down today by crews outside RFK Stadium. The monument had previously been vandalized, and it appears the D.C. government...

Getty Images A monument to George Preston Marshall, the longtime owner of the Washington NFL team, was torn down outside RFK Stadium today. And the D.C. government, which owns and operates RFK Stadium, says it should have happened long ago. In a statement released by Events D.C., the...

Getty Images Multiple NFL figures recently have been talking about Colin Kaepernick. The question now becomes whether the talk will lead to action. There’s still no reason to believe it will. Indeed, there’s no indication that anyone has actually reached out to Kaepernick or his...

Getty Images The Mississippi flag has the Confederate flag within its design. As the nation continues to feel the aftershocks of the seismic shift that occurred after the murder of George Floyd, one of the post powerful conferences in the NCAA has called on the state to change the flag. SEC...

Getty Images Former Washington defensive lineman Dexter Manley announced in a video he is recovered from COVID-19. Manley posted the message on social media Wednesday. “I want to let all the fans know I appreciated your concerns, the letters, the phone calls,” Manley said. “I’m back, and you...

Getty Images At a moment that cries out for change, the Washington franchise is taking action. But not the action it needs to take. Via JP Finlay of NBC Sports Washington, the team will join the growing throng of NFL franchises in making Juneteeth a holiday. Coach Ron Rivera communicated the...

Getty Images Forrmer NFL safety Bacarri Rambo was arrested on rape charges in Georgia late Monday night. According to Marc Weiszer of the Athens Banner-Herald, Rambo was arrested last night, and is being held without bond in the Clarke County Jail. Athens-Clarke County Police responded to a...

Getty Images On several occasions in recent years, the Washington Post has called upon the Washington NFL franchise to change its name. A new column pushing for change, in light of ongoing world events, emerged on Tuesday. Given this historic time in American history, Barry Svrluga argues that...