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Is the Redskins name offensive? For many, it just feels wrong

While Snyder tries to get Washington to the Super Bowl, Fadden pays attention to the Panthers, the Jaguars, the Falcons, the Seahawks and the Eagles. Why? He
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Is the Redskins name offensive? For many, it just feels wrong
Is the Redskins name offensive? For many, it just feels wrong

While Snyder tries to get Washington to the Super Bowl, Fadden pays attention to the Panthers, the Jaguars, the Falcons, the Seahawks and the Eagles. Why? He loves those animals: panthers, jaguars, falcons, seahawks and eagles. He is also a fan of the Washington Huskies and Minnesota Timberwolves because in Mohawk culture, Fadden is from the wolf clan. Is that a silly reason to like the name of a sports team? Is it?

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MICHAEL ROSENBERG

Michael Rosenberg is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, covering any and all sports. He writes columns, profiles and investigative stories and has covered almost every major sporting event. He joined SI in 2012 after working at the Detroit Free Press for 13 years, eight of them as a columnist. Rosenberg is the author of "War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and America in a Time of Unrest." Several of his stories also have been published in collections of the year's best sportswriting. He is married with three children.

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