THE WASHINGTON NAME GAME: My American Magazine Column

In case I haven't mentioned it, I do a monthly column for the American magazine here in the UK, which appears online and in the print edition. July's was an essay on the problem with the Redskins and other nicknames, including possible suggestions for new names (the Watergators, anyone?) and the problems some colleges have (the Idaho Vandals: if I were a Vandal I'd be scandalized!). If you're interested, you can link to it here.

MITCHELL & MARSHALL: BOBBY MITCHELL, RACE & THE NFL

I've written another long essay on a recently-deceased NFL player. In this case it's Bobby Mitchell, Jim Brown's running mate in Cleveland and then the first player to break the NFL apartheid in Washington with the Redskins. You can read it at my patreon.com column, Friday Morning Tight End if you subscribe to it (£2/$3 a month) or at Medium by following this link which will bypass the paywall at a site which remains a good value.