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Wanted: Native Art With Redskins Logo And Colors; Drunks Need Not Apply
Dan Snyder's foundation "to provide meaningful and measurable resources that provide genuine opportunities for Tribal communities," named OAF, is visiting Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico next week. OAF is looking to give the Zuni people a genuine opportunity to sell original artwork with the Redskins logo...
Joe Theismann Shills For Dan Snyder And Redskins Facts Site
As the two-minute warning approached in the first half of the Washington's preseason opener against the Patriots, Kenny Albert casually asked the Joe Theismann muppet with Dan Snyder's hand up its ass what it thought about the name controversy. Strap in, kids, Theismann has done a lot of research on...
Univ. Of Minnesota: Vikings Will Help Ban "Redskins" During Nov. 2 Game
The Vikings will play all of their home games at the University of Minnesota this season, while they wait for a new stadium to be built. In week nine, the Vikings will host Washington and the university's president said the school was "working with the Vikings to make every effort to eliminate the u...
How Dan Snyder Bought Off The D.C. Media
In 2000, then-editor Wes Pruden of the Washington Times blasted Dan Snyder's efforts to control the flow of information about the Redskins as "chickenshit" tactics....
Do Not Buy This Patriots-Redskins Training-Camp Shirt
Don't buy this $30 shirt commemorating a training camp practice with the Patriots, Washington fans. Don't do it. Thirty dollars! You're going to spend that much money on a shirt you won't wear again until you mow your lawn?...
New, "Grassroots" Pro-Redskins Website Is Run By A PR Firm, Of Course
Redskinsfacts.com, which just launched this month, doesn't hide its position on the team's controversial name. It features a revisionist history of the word and the team's appropriation of it, interviews with former players and Native Americans who support its usage, and invites fans to lend their...
The Real Negrodamus: On Chris Rock's Hilariously Prescient <em>Born Suspect</em>
Chris Rock said white people would never let it happen. A plan would be devised....
Fred Davis Allegedly Criticizes Woman's Ass, Throws Dirt At Her
Former Skins tight end Fred Davis had a horrible February, but his year seems to be getting worse. A woman filed a complaint saying that on June 2, Davis harassed her while she was out with a friend at a diner. D.C. police now have a warrant out for him....
Report: Arizona Tribe Refused Redskins' "Bribe" To Build Skate Park
As first noticed by Dan Steinberg, a release from a Native advocacy group claims that representatives from Dan Snyder's Original Americans Foundation met with an Arizona tribe yesterday to offer a donation to help build a skate park, an offer that was unreservedly rejected as "bribe money."...
Fugitive Arrested After Making Dumb Redskins Joke In Newspaper
Here is a tip for anyone that is currently a fugitive: Do not let a newspaper put your picture and full name in print, even if it is in the service of crapping on the Washington Redskins' racist name....
Political Blogger Hired By Redskins Resigns After Two Weeks
When it comes to attempts to defend the team name backfiring embarrassingly, Washington remains undefeated. Ben Tribbett, a left-leaning political blogger recently hired to "help the team promote a tradition that means so much to so many people," has announced his intention to resign....
The Problem With Native American Slurs, According To Dan Snyder's Dad
Vinny Cerrato phoned a Boston sports-talk station recently and tried to explain why Dan Snyder won't change his football team's now officially derogatory name. "It's not a money thing for Dan," Snyder's former sidekick claimed. Instead, Cerrato dropped some Freud on us. ...
No Name Is Really Sacred To Dan Snyder
Another day, another embarrassment for the Washington Redskins. The latest public relations headache for Dan Snyder's beleaguered team? A group of activists opposed to its nickname has written to FedEx to challenge the company's continued sponsorship, USA Today reports....
Happy Anniversary
"Washington Redskins is more than a name we have called our football team for over eight decades. It is a symbol of everything we stand for: strength, courage, pride, and respect — the same values we know guide Native Americans and which are embedded throughout their rich history as the original Ame...
Even WWE Wrestlers Think The Redskins Have A Racist Name
The Verizon Center in Washington D.C. hosted WWE Raw last night, and heel wrestler Bad News Barrett decided to seize the opportunity to call out the local football team for having a racist name....
Will This Random Guy Own The Next Name Of The Washington Redskins?
Don Terry doesn't like the current name of the Washington football team. He hopes it goes away. And if that ever happens, he'll try to get paid. ...
This Dated Video Helped Make The Case Against The Redskins Trademarks
What you see up there is taken from a VHS tape called Hail to the Redskins and produced by NFL Films in 1986. It's a compilation of highlights from the 50 seasons following the team's move to D.C. from Boston....
Photoshop Contest: The Redskins Logo
Now that the racist name of Dan Snyder's football team has had its trademark canceled, we decided this was as good a time as any to have a Photoshop contest. You know how this works: take the Redskins logo, do awful and funny things to it in Photoshop (I'm sure there's some new merchandising opportu...
Patent Office Rules Against Redskins, Cancels Trademark
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled today in Blackhorse v. Pro-Football Inc., a suit brought by a group of Native Americans seeking to have the Washington Redskins' trademarks canceled on the grounds that the name is disparaging. The plaintiffs achieved...
John Oliver Made His Own Anti-Redskins Commercial
Inspired by the anti-Redskins commercial that premiered during the NBA Finals, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver decided to air his own version of the ad, one that lays out precisely how indefensible Dan Snyder's refusal to change the name of his football team is....