For the first time in history, two Black quarterbacks will face off in a game which will decide the championship of a professional football league — in the U.S., that is.
The outcome of Super Bowl Lvii will likely be decided by those Black signal-callers: Patrick Mahomes, the newly-minted 2022 Mvp and engine of the Kansas City Chiefs’ dynamic offensive machine, versus Jalen Hurts, also an Mvp finalist and electrifying dual-threat Qb. Both are considered to be among the very best in the NFL, and Mahomes is well on his way...
The outcome of Super Bowl Lvii will likely be decided by those Black signal-callers: Patrick Mahomes, the newly-minted 2022 Mvp and engine of the Kansas City Chiefs’ dynamic offensive machine, versus Jalen Hurts, also an Mvp finalist and electrifying dual-threat Qb. Both are considered to be among the very best in the NFL, and Mahomes is well on his way...
- 2/12/2023
- by Robert Silverman
- Rollingstone.com
If you want to truly understand just how monumental, how transformative it is that the NFL’s Washington football team on Monday officially dumped its racist nickname, the Redskins, we need to briefly go back in time to the year 1961.
The owner of the organization, George Preston Marshall, had refused to integrate the team, 14 years after Jackie Robinson integrated baseball in 1947. Washington was the last NFL team to do so and Marshall once famously said: “We’ll start signing Negroes when the Harlem Globetrotters start signing whites.”
Eventually, he was...
The owner of the organization, George Preston Marshall, had refused to integrate the team, 14 years after Jackie Robinson integrated baseball in 1947. Washington was the last NFL team to do so and Marshall once famously said: “We’ll start signing Negroes when the Harlem Globetrotters start signing whites.”
Eventually, he was...
- 7/13/2020
- by Mike Freeman, Sportico
- Rollingstone.com
After mounting pressure from sponsors, investors and activists, the Washington Redskins have formally abandoned their team nickname, which dates to 1933.
On July 3, the NFL team had announced a review of the name and logo, which was widely interpreted as a signal that they would finally be changing.
“Today we are announcing we will be retiring the Redskins name and logo upon completion of this review,” the team said Monday in a statement.
Owner Dan Snyder and head coach Ron Rivera, the statement added, “are working closely to develop a new name and design approach that will enhance the standing of the proud, tradition-rich franchise and inspire our sponsors, fans and community for the next 100 years.”
Activists had long attacked the name and logo as demeaning to Native Americans, but Snyder insisted that it was intended (and taken) as a sincere tribute to their courage. During the recent storm of protests over racial injustice,...
On July 3, the NFL team had announced a review of the name and logo, which was widely interpreted as a signal that they would finally be changing.
“Today we are announcing we will be retiring the Redskins name and logo upon completion of this review,” the team said Monday in a statement.
Owner Dan Snyder and head coach Ron Rivera, the statement added, “are working closely to develop a new name and design approach that will enhance the standing of the proud, tradition-rich franchise and inspire our sponsors, fans and community for the next 100 years.”
Activists had long attacked the name and logo as demeaning to Native Americans, but Snyder insisted that it was intended (and taken) as a sincere tribute to their courage. During the recent storm of protests over racial injustice,...
- 7/13/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Following increased corporate pressure, the National Football League’s Washington D.C. franchise has begun “a thorough review of the team’s” racist name.
On Friday, the team released a statement announcing the review:
“In light of recent events around our country and feedback from our community, the Washington Redskins are announcing the team will undergo a thorough review of the team’s name,” the statement said.
The announcement also said that the team and the league have had ongoing discussions on the matter for weeks.
“In the last few...
On Friday, the team released a statement announcing the review:
“In light of recent events around our country and feedback from our community, the Washington Redskins are announcing the team will undergo a thorough review of the team’s name,” the statement said.
The announcement also said that the team and the league have had ongoing discussions on the matter for weeks.
“In the last few...
- 7/3/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
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