By Wesseling, Chris Nick Barnett agreed to a one-year contract with the Washington Redskins on Wednesday, giving the team some much-needed depth at linebacker. …read more
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RGIII endures ‘Operation Patience’ at Washington Redskins camp
By Associated Press During a 7-on-7 drill in shorts at Washington Redskins training camp, Robert Griffin III rolled left and couldn’t find an open receiver. He started to scramble, saw a lane and ran for 15 yards. …read more
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RG III: 'Nothing to left to prove' in recovery
By Associated Press Robert Griffin III put on his knee brace and passed the perfunctory Washington Redskins conditioning test on the eve of training camp, then declared he has “nothing left to prove” — at least physically — in his return from major knee surgery. …read more
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RGIII: ‘No time to feel proud,’ more work to do for Redskins
By Sessler, Marc One day after Robert Griffin III was medically cleared for training camp, the Washington Redskins quarterback insists the real work is just beginning. …read more
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Robert Griffin III: ‘No time to feel proud’
By Sessler, Marc One day after Robert Griffin III was medically cleared for training camp, the Washington Redskins quarterback insists the real work is just beginning. …read more
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Sources: Redskins put RG III through workout
By Ed Werder Quarterback Robert Griffin III tweeted Monday that he’s been cleared to practice with the Washington Redskins, who begin training camp on Thursday. …read more
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RG III: Doctors have cleared me to practice
By ESPN.com news services Quarterback Robert Griffin III tweeted Monday that he’s been cleared to practice with the Washington Redskins, who being training camp on Thursday. …read more
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RGIII: I’ve been cleared by doctors, will be eased in
By Rosenthal, Gregg Robert Griffin III has been cleared for training camp. All systems are go for the second-year Washington Redskins player. …read more
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Robert Griffin III’s status for Redskins camp unclear
By Rosenthal, Gregg Robert Griffin III could start training camp on the sideline, as the Washington Redskins have yet to decide if he’ll be on their active roster. …read more
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Chris Cooley retires, will join Redskins radio broadcasts
By Rosenthal, Gregg Chris Cooley will retire a Washington Redskin. And then he’ll go work for the Washington Redskins. …read more
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Washington Redskins’ name discussed by Congress
The Washington Redskins’ team name has been the subject of a continuing debate this offseason. On Wednesday it even became a Congressional matter.
Discussion about the appropriateness of the Washington Redskins‘ team name continues to simmer this offseason. It reached the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday.
Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, American Samoa’s non-voting delegate to the House, made a speech decrying the name.
“Mr. Speaker, it’s time the National Football League and the NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, face the reality that the continued use of the word ‘Redskin’ is unacceptable. It is a racist, derogatory term, and patently offensive to Native Americans.” Faleomavega said, via The Washington Post. “The Native American community has spent millions of dollars over the past two decades trying earnestly to fight the racism that is perpetuated by this slur.
“The fact that the NFL and Commissioner Goodell continue to deny this is a shameful treatment of the mistreatment of Native Americans for so many years. It is quite obvious that once the American public understands why ‘Redskins‘ is so offensive, it will know that the word should never be used again.”
The entire speech can be seen here. Faleomavaega was one of 10 members of Congress to send a letter to Goodell and Redskins owner Dan Snyder asking for change. Goodell responded with a letter that defended the use of the name.
Snyder said this offseason that he would “never” change the team’s name, although the Redskins have indicated some willingness to hear what their fans think.
According to Dan Steinberg of the D.C. Sports Bog, the Redskins this week sent out an online survey that touched on a number of topics, including the team’s name. It asked fans if the Redskins should change their name and followed up with a few more questions on the topic.
It’s still hard to imagine the Redskins changing their name anytime soon, but the questions from the team show a degree of open thinking on the topic. It’s a topic that hasn’t gone away this year, even if the team would prefer it did.
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RG3’s jumping jacks excite Washington Redskins fans
By Hanzus, Dan We still don’t know if Robert Griffin III will be ready when the Washington Redskins open their season in September. We do know RG3 did some jumping jacks on Saturday. Sooooo … good?
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Redskins-Eagles to open MNF doubleheader
By ESPN.com news services The new-look Philadelphia Eagles will travel to face the NFC East rival Washington Redskins in the first game of ESPN‘s season-opening “Monday Night Football” doubleheader on Sept. 9.
Kirk Cousins preaches patience, embraces backup role
By Copeland, Kareem Kirk Cousins will never be the No. 1 quarterback with the Washington Redskins as long as Robert Griffin III is healthy. Cousins is OK with the scenario, saying he’ll get his chance someday.
Today in History for 11th April 2013
Historical Events
1564 – England and France sign Peace of Troyes
1906 – Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity
1921 – KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee)
1945 – US soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp “Buchenwald”
1968 – W Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration
1991 – “Miss Saigon,” opens at Broadway Theater NYC
Famous Birthdays
1661 – Antoine Coypel, French painter/poet
1908 – Masura Ibuka, industrialist
1917 – Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (d. 1993)
1969 – Jesse Campbell, NFL safety (NY Giants, Washington Redskins)
1972 – Kunihiko Sakurai, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1972 – Dietrich Jells, wide receiver (New England Patriots)
Famous Deaths
678 – Donus, Italian Pope (676-78), dies
1723 – John Robinson, English diplomat (b. 1650)
1887 – Pyotr Petrovich Sokal’sky, composer, dies at 54
1945 – Kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at 29
1991 – Tom Rosqui, dies at 62
1993 – Rachmon Nabiyev, President of Tadzjikistan (1973..92), dies at 63
Les Snead: RG3 trade essential for St. Louis Rams
By Hanzus, Dan The St. Louis Rams‘ decision to trade their first-round draft pick last year to the Washington Redskins — which turned out to be Robert Griffin III — was important for their future, Rams GM Les Snead says.
Offensiveness, Obscenity & the Washington Redskins
It is only a matter of time before the Washington Redskins change their team name. Public pressure is growing on the popular professional football franchise to drop a nickname many regard as a derogatory racial slur against Native Americans. Eventually that pressure will grow intense enough that team owner Daniel Snyder will be forced to cave and make a switch. A group of former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officials and other regulatory advocates is trying to expedite that process by pressuring Snyder with the threat that the federal regulatory agency could take action if he doesn’t change the team’s name voluntarily. Despite the best of intentions, the suggestion that the FCC should treat racially sensitive terms or team names as criminal speech is misguided both as a matter of law and in terms of its implications for freedom of speech more generally. …read more
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Football Cards: 2013 NFL Draft Cause for Concern?
By Jeff Hwang, The Motley Fool
Filed under: Investing
Last year was a banner one for football cards, highlighted by an unusually strong 2012 NFL rookie class.
That rookie class featured what looks to be at least three elite quarterbacks, including Robert Griffin III of the Washington Redskins, Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks, and Andrew Luck, who set single-season and single-game rookie passing yardage records and led an Indianapolis Colts team that was the league’s worst in 2011 to 11 wins and the playoffs in 2012. Griffin and Wilson both ranked in the NFL‘s top five in passer rating, and both led their teams to the playoffs as well. Ryan Tannehill of the Miami Dolphins could very well join this elite group in the next year or two.
The 2012 draft class also had two rookie running backs who ended up in the top five in the league in rushing yardage — Doug Martin of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and sixth-round pick Alfred Morris of the Washington Redskins — as well as a rookie linebacker in Luke Kuechly of the Carolina Panthers, who led the league in tackles. In addition, RB Trent Richardson of the Cleveland Browns and wide receiver Justin Blackmon of the Jacksonville Jaguars — the third and fifth overall picks in the 2012 NFL Draft, respectively, may yet pan out as elite players.
The strong rookie class has made its impact on cardboard prices. As demand has increased while supply has dried up, blaster boxes of 2012 Topps Chrome Football, which sold for $19.99 at retail at Target and Wal-Mart, are now going for $30 to $35 a pop on eBay. Meanwhile, 12-box hobby cases of the same set — which could be had for less than $1,300 as recently as January — are now pushing $1,700 to $1,800 per case.
With the 2013 NFL Draft just weeks away — and with the first 2013 NFL sets featuring players who haven’t even been drafted yet are already on the market — are we in for an encore?
On one hand, retailers and collectors alike have expressed concern over what is perceived to be an exceptionally weak 2013 NFL draft class. On the other hand, at last month’s Industry Summit in Las Vegas, card manufacturers were quick to point out that players can emerge seemingly out of nowhere. After all, Wilson was a third-round pick, while Alfred Morris flew so under the radar as a sixth-round selection that he wasn’t even included in the 2012 Topps Chrome set.
Are the card manufacturers right to be optimistic?
The short answer is probably not. Following is a list of the top 16 base rookie cards by ungraded book value from the Topps Chrome Football sets from 2004 to 2012. Also included are their graded BGS 9.5 Gem Mint values where available according to Beckett.com, as well as the adjusted multiple (the graded value multiple to ungraded book value, adjusted for the cost of getting a card graded, which is assumed to be …read more
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Obama Played Golf, Watched Basketball As Country Struggles
WASHINGTON — In the words of Reuters, “President Barack Obama had the kind of Saturday that many men dream of having, playing golf and attending a college basketball playoff game.”
You would ask, why is this a dream that Americans would like to have? To distract from the true woes of the country at large, especially the struggles of normal Americans due to unusually high unemployment levels and tepid economic growth.
Obama played golf at one of the local golf courses in Maryland with his friends, then went via motorcade to watch a college playoff basketball game between Marquette and Syracuse. He even had the time to chat with local Washington Redskins star quarterback Robert Griffin III (known by some as RGIII or RG3), who is currently rehabilitating from a knee injury.
Earlier in the week, Obama admitted that his bracket for the NCAA tournament had been “busted.” But, this begs the question…
Isn’t the country and its economy “busted” too? What is Obama going to do about it?
Pat White signs with Washington Redskins
By NFL.com In his second go-around in the league, Pat White has signed a contract with the Washington Redskins. …read more
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