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Journalism says goodbye to Redskins

A list of news organizations that no longer use the team name
October 29, 2014

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The debate over the Washington Redskins’ nickname intensified this year when the US Patent and Trademark Office canceled the team’s trademark registration, a ruling that has since been appealed. Franchise ownership has refused to budge from its pro-“Redskins” position, though several media outlets have pledged to avoid the term, and still more commentators have done so unilaterally. Their decisions aren’t unprecedented, however: The Oregonian first banned the nickname–along with other Native American-related team monikers–in 1992. Here’s a partial list:

Sportswriters & media personalities

Christine Brennan, USA Today

Peter King, Sports Illustrated

Bill Simmons, ESPN/Grantland

Tim Graham, Buffalo News

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John Smallwood, Philadelphia Daily News

Greg Gumbel, CBS

Phil Simms, CBS

Tony Dungy, NBC

Keith Olbermann, ESPN

William C. Rhoden, The New York Times

Matt Miller, Bleacher Report

Newspapers & Magazines

The Oregonian

Kansas City Star

Washington City Paper

The New Republic

Mother Jones

Richmond Free Press

San Francisco Chronicle

Syracuse New Times

Orange County Register

The Seattle Times

The Detroit News

Washington Business Journal

New York Daily News

Charlotte Observer

Slate

The Washington Post editorial board

The Salt Lake Tribune

*At least one newspaper, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, had a ban but reversed it.

David Uberti is a writer in New York. He was previously a media reporter for Gizmodo Media Group and a staff writer for CJR. Follow him on Twitter @DavidUberti.