Tag: DC Stadium

The ownership group wants a new facility by 2031. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc9ajoHVl1M The National Football League is finally rid of Daniel Snyder as the owner of the Washington...

D. C. Stadium will be remembered for games, not a historic civil rights site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot9CEzULU9Q Washington’s D. C. Stadium, which opened in 1962 and has not been...

Politicians in the District, Maryland and Virginia are not playing ball with Snyder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNPb1-AIqqI It seems the owner of the National Football League’s Washington Commanders franchise...

The league has a Brian Flores problem at the moment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVczW5BqeX0 February is Black History Month and the National Football League has had a very complicated...

Quotas existed and some teams didn't bother signing black athletes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNu7AYbn1BY The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrations are taking place at various venues...

A new stadium was the catalyst. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H1i3ZiDXHo February is BlackHistory Month and in 1962, there was a very significant change in NFL culturethat should be noted....

Marshall ran afoul of JFK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFO2qGdcBAI Some sports wrongs were righted in Washington, DC and Landover,Maryland. Events DC removed a statue of one-time Washington NFL owner...

One of JFK's major civil rights victories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN5Ez2F_X_k February is Black History Month and in 1962, there was a very significant change in...

A look back at the 1950s and 1960s.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQfw8QodyRQ The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born 91 years old today. He became very...

The bully pulpit worked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJEOdJkFVgM Washington’s D. C. Stadium will be gone within two years but it should have been designated as a historical site defining...