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The owner of the Washington Redskins NFL football team said his team’s name honors the team’s past. Photo/NHO

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Washington Redskins name continues to cause controversy
Team owner adamant about keeping name despite criticism from Obama and NCAI

President Obama joined other prominent journalists, sportscasters and opinion writers recently calling for the owner of the National Football League's Washington Redskins to stop using a name that some Native Americans consider a racial epitaph.

By Katherine Locke October 22, 2013