Dan Snyder, the owner of the Washington DC NFL team, had long resisted calls to change the franchise name AFP/Patrick McDermottWASHINGTON: The NFL's Washington Redskins will announce on Monday they are changing their name, US media reported, following pressure from sponsors over a moniker widely criticised as a racist slur against Native Americans.
The team plans to announce the retirement of its name on Monday, according to multiple sources cited by The Washington Post, ESPN and USA Today, among others. The team was established in 1932 as the Boston Braves and took on its current name in 1933 before moving to Washington DC four years later.It announced a"thorough review" of its name on Jul 3, citing"recent events around our country," the day after FedEx demanded to change the name.
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