Posts for Tag: pigskins

A new name for the Commanders

John Feinstein has a suggestion for the soon-to-be new owner of the Washington Commanders—

But there is one decision Harris can make the day he takes over, amid the celebratory fanfare of his “I’m not Dan Snyder” introductory news conference.

Change the team’s name. Yes, again.

I was partial to naming the team Pigskins, but I think John has a better suggestion—

How about “Washington Monuments?” Other than the White House, that monument is easily the most recognized landmark in a city full of them. Everyone knows exactly what it is, and it literally towers over the D.C. landscape. It is completely apolitical, the backdrop for so many civic events.