Trump, Washington Commanders and NFL
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The Washington Commanders' veteran linebacker Bobby Wagner is a future Hall of Famer thanks to a stellar career with the Seattle Seahawks, where he has spent
Washington’s NFL franchise used to be in the news all the time for reasons other than football. That seemed to have changed under new team ownership, but President Donald Trump’s remarks about the team name and possibly holding up a stadium deal are making waves just as training camp opens.
President Trump on Sunday publicly demanded that the Washington Commanders change the team name back to the Redskins— labeling them derisively the “Washington Whatever’s.”
At the start of NFL training camp, player holdouts are some teams biggest issues heading into the new campaign.
Legendary former Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has begun preparations for his upcoming Celebrity Boxing match against the man he came to blows with during a game of poker back in May.
The 32 NFL teams have 84 former Alabama players on their training-camp rosters, including 14 who are at an NFL training camp for the first time. One of the rookies is linebacker Jihaad Campbell, who joined the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the NFL Draft on April 24.
A trade pitch from an NFL analyst sees the Los Angeles Chargers land a massive upgrade at wide receiver from the Washington Commanders, but the deal comes at a high cost, at least in terms of draft picks.