Indians manager says it’s time to change the team’s name

The Washington NFL franchise’s announcement of a “thorough review” of its name instantly was interpreted as a decision to change it. The Cleveland MLB franchise’s decision to consider changing its name wasn’t. Perhaps now it should be. “I think it’s time to move forward,” Cleveland manager Terry Francona said Sunday regarding the name, via the [more]

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Liverpool gets Premier League title celebrations back on track

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Packers CEO Mark Murphy on the pandemic: “Time is no longer on our side”

The Packers don’t have a traditional owner. CEO Mark Murphy is the closest they have to one. And with not many owners talking publicly about the challenges confronting the NFL in a pandemic, anything any of them say (even one who isn’t really an owner but close enough) is significant. Here’s what Murphy said about [more]

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Lamar Jackson vows to keep the chip on his shoulder

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson became the league MVP in only his second season. He has nowhere to go but down. He’s determined to keep going up. “We had this conversation when I first saw him this offseason,” Jackson’s private quarterbacks coach, Joshua Harris, recently told Brent Sobleski of BleacherReport.com. “I told him, ‘Well, now you [more]

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Fred Smith, Dwight Schar have been trying to sell their interest in the Washington franchise

Thursday’s statement from FedEx, the company founded by Washington minority partner Fred Smith, opposing the name of the team stunned many around the league. However, the public assault on a name that Washington owner Daniel Snyder had said would never change wasn’t the result of an epiphany for Smith. Per a source with knowledge of [more]

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Ravens’ backup QB Trace McSorley hopes to get on the field, somewhere

Ravens backup quarterback Trace McSorley is a good enough all-around athlete that when he was coming out of Penn State last year, some teams asked him to work out as a defensive back at the Scouting Combine. At the time, McSorley refused. Now, he just wants to get on the field. McSorley will obviously not [more]

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Could new name be beginning, not end, of changes in Washington?

Many believed that Washington’s name would change only after Daniel Snyder sells the team. Now, some are wondering whether Washington’s name change will be a precursor to Snyder selling. The recent story from the Washington Post regarding Snyder’s absence from the organization and reliance not on employees of the team but a small circle of [more]

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