To avoid confusion with the baseball team of the same name, the football team became the Boston Redskins. The franchise moved to Washington in 1937 and retained its team name, becoming the ...

Five years ago, the Washington Commanders were the Washington Redskins. Three years ago, they were the Washington Football Team with a different owner, coach and quarterback. A fan base that knows ...

The Commanders are one win away from the Super Bowl, just three years after another name change. Could another switch be ...

Heck, it’s possible Sammy Baugh is hitting him up from the great Washington Redskins locker room in the sky. The general tenor of the texts would be along the lines up, “POLES, YOU DA MAN!!!” ...

D.C., they changed their name from the Boston Braves to the Washington Redskins. In 2022, they changed their name to Commanders, and they play their home games at Northwest Stadium in Landover ...

Robert Griffin III held the record with 815 yards during the 2012 season. The Commanders were known as the Washington Redskins then.

It began with owners Clint Murchison Jr., the son of a Texas oil tycoon, and George Preston Marshall, the owner of the then-Washington Redskins. Murchison made his first foray into owning an NFL ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Washington Redskins’s John Riggins (44) heads for the end zone for the team’s second touchdown in the ...

The 49ers did it. There will probably be a Chiefs jersey on it this week." Now, Washington is up, and will look to break the trend. It will be the first time the rivals have met in a conference ...

After receiving the Lombardi Trophy, Cooke told a Washington, D.C., reporter, "There is nothing in the world wrong with the name Redskins." It took 28 years and more protests before Washington ...

Fans have reacted after NBC broadcast a graphic of former NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III's 2012 jersey with the Redskins logo edited out. The Washington Commanders defeated the Atlanta Falcons ...