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What Trump can (and can’t) do about the Commanders’ name, RFK Stadium deal  The Washington Post D.C. mayor ‘focused’ on RFK deal, not Trump talk  ESPN Washington D.C. mayor doesn’t expect President Trump to block Commanders stadium deal after calling for name change  Yahoo Sports Trump Urges Washington and Cleveland Sports Teams to Revert to Former Names  The New York Times White House says …

John KeimJul 21, 2025, 06:03 PM ET Close John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the team in 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and later for the Washington Examiner. He has authored/co-authored four books. You can also listen to him on ‘The John Keim …

President Donald Trump could get in the way of plans for a swanky new Commanders stadium. Trump is threatening to hold up the franchise’s stadium deal if the team does not change its name back to the Redskins, which is considered offensive to Native Americans. “I may put a restriction on them that if they don’t change the name back …

CNN  —  President Donald Trump on Sunday escalated his call for the Washington Commanders to change their name back to the “Redskins,” threatening to restrict the NFL team’s stadium deal if they don’t, though it’s unclear how he would be able to. “I may put a restriction on them that if they don’t change the name back to the original …

President Donald Trump wants the NFL’s Washington Commanders and MLB’s Cleveland Guardians to revert to their previous team names. “The Washington ‘Whatever’s’ should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team. There is a big clamoring for this,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Sunday. “Likewise, the Cleveland Indians, one of the six original baseball …

Donald Trump demanded in a Truth Social post on Sunday that the NFL’s Washington Commanders and MLB’s Cleveland Guardians revert to their old names, both of which were abandoned in recent years due to being racially insensitive to Native Americans. “The Washington ‘Whatever’s’ [sic] should IMMEDIATELY change their name back,” the post read in part. “There is a big clamoring …

Topline President Donald Trump called for the Washington Commanders to “immediately” change their name back to the Washington Redskins, the controversial moniker criticized for years as a racial slur that the team abandoned in 2020. The president also criticized the Cleveland Guardians for retiring their “Indians” nickname. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Key Facts In a post on Truth Social, …

If Commanders owner Josh Harris has been tiptoeing toward a possible return to their abandoned name, they have officially gotten a two-handed shove. President Donald Trump, who currently has no reason whatsoever to change the subject on any matter that possibly has had his base up in arms for over a week, posted the following message today on his social-media …

There’s a loose rule of thumb among NFL agents that goes like this. If the financial details of a player’s contract aren’t reported within 24 hours of the deal coming to light, there’s nothing about the deal to justify bragging. That concept was mentioned during a recent episode of #PFTPM when discussing Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller’s decision to …

A peek around at the NFC East: Commanders to add pass rusher, Cowboys still haven’t paid Micah Parsons  PhillyVoice Source: Vet Miller to Commanders on 1-year deal  ESPN Former Super Bowl MVP drawing interest from three teams in free agency: Possible landing spots for Von Miller  CBS Sports Eight-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Von Miller signing with Commanders  NFL.com Von Miller announces deal with …