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Robert Griffin III joins the list of NFL players under scrutiny amid the Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson controversies, as people express outrage over him flipping his shirt with a Christian message inside out before stepping to the podium for a post-game press conference. Images before the press conference clearly show RG3 sporting a shirt […]

The conversation (or debate) about cultural insensitivity regarding the name of our Washington football team is not a new one. However, DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton introducing congressional legislation to force a name change is new. According to the Washington Times, The Non-Disparagement of American Indians in Trademark Registration Act of 2013, introduced Wednesday, March 20, 2013, […]

Peyton Manning is officially a free agent now that the Indianapolis Colt released the 14-year QB great earlier this week to avoid paying him the $30+ million that would be owed to him this year. Besides they will have Andrew Luck very soon. The Washington Football Team, on the other hand, are in dire need […]

Discussions are underway to bring the Washington Washington Football Team back to its home in D.C. Although the team bears D.C.’s name, the franchise moved its stadium to Maryland in 1997 and hasn’t had a presence in the District since then. But The Washington Post reports that District officials are mounting the most serious effort […]