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One very conspicuous message came from Andy Cohen, a St. Louis native who hosts the talk show \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.bravotv.com/watch-what-happens-live/season-13/episode-8/videos/andy-chooses-stan-kroenke-as-jackhole\">Watch What Happens Live\u003c/a>\" on the Bravo network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"V6dAbVoSgI3hKQWH7dSqP8wz31SXxP8n\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I can't forgive this,\" Cohen said, in a segment in which he noted that St. Louis had recently topped t\u003ca href=\"http://www.wsj.com/articles/ranking-americas-top-sports-cities-in-2015new-york-ok-philadelphia-terrible-1451696231\">he Wall Street Journal's\u003c/a> list of America's top sports cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Addressing Kroenke through the camera, Cohen said, \"As a proud St. Louisan, I want to give you something on behalf of my hometown.\" He proceeded to make a rude gesture with both hands, saying, \"That's for you, buddy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When news of the move emerged during Tuesday night's St. Louis Blues NHL game, fans inside Scottrade Center took up a loud chant to air their disdain for Kroenke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/kingbrian_/status/687139607687729152\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Rams' exit is particularly galling for some in St. Louis because officials had offered a deal to build a $1.1 billion riverfront stadium — only to learn last week that Kroenke had sharply criticized the city in his NFL application to move the franchise, calling St. Louis a \"struggling\" place where the population isn't projected to grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No NFL club would be interested\" in the city's plan for a new stadium, \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/294704700?access_key=key-TDpB4kf7vHtfPavo22Dy&allow_share=true&escape=false&view_mode=scroll\">the application said\u003c/a>, adding later, \"The public contribution is only $355 million.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those and other observations in the document set off a wave of negative reaction in St. Louis. 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Local TV \u003ca href=\"http://fox2now.com/2016/01/13/silence-of-the-rams-nfl-approves-vote-to-move-to-los-angeles/\">2 Now reports\u003c/a> that \"fans, or former fans, are purposely driving past the park to throw out unwanted jerseys and team gear.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10831757\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-10831757\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/StanK-1440x1652.jpg\" alt=\"St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke.\" width=\"640\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/StanK-1440x1652.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/StanK-400x459.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/StanK-800x918.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/StanK-768x881.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/StanK.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/StanK-1180x1353.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/StanK-960x1101.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke. \u003ccite>(GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Saying that the NFL had ignored the truth about his city as well as fans \"who supported the team through far more downs than ups,\" St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay says, \"St. Louis is great place to live and build a business — with or without NFL football.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collecting other reactions Wednesday, the \u003ca href=\"http://sports.live.stltoday.com/Article/1694945-Rams-fans-react-to-teams-departure\">St. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c/a> included several tweets from fans who cited kids' disappointment. One photo showed a child opening a Christmas present containing a Rams jersey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breakups between a pro sports franchise and a host city are rarely amicable. For many in L.A., there were hard feelings when the Rams left after the 1994 season. And in that city today, the mood for many enduring Rams fans is one of jubilation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A posting about the move on \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/latimes\">the Los Angeles Times Facebook page\u003c/a> has drawn enthusiastic responses, with some fans welcoming the return of rivalries such as the 49ers-Rams. But one of the highest-ranked comments read, \"LOS ANGELES RAIDERS... nobody wants the rams only those yellow journalism workers at the LA times.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.laweekly.com/news/nfl-football-returns-to-la-6472979\">LA Weekly\u003c/a> celebrated the decision by exclaiming, \"NFL Football Returns To L.A.!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti welcomed the move by saying, \"With the NFL returning home, Los Angeles cements itself as the epicenter of the sports world.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fans in St. Louis will likely take scant solace in the fact that they're not the only losers in this deal. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000621841/article/nfls-return-to-la-business-deal-smiles-on-rams-hurts-others\">NFL.com's Judy Battista writes\u003c/a> that Chargers owner Dean Spanos and Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis, who presented a rival plan to share a stadium in L.A., were also spurned:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"They, alone on that stage, knew what St. Louis Rams fans were feeling Tuesday night, because they had just endured a day in which the people they thought would have their backs had instead rejected them — dramatically, stunningly, but soundly.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Battista also notes that when the NFL's team owners voted on the proposals, they did so by secret ballot. The final tally was 30-2 in favor of Kroenke's plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Current and former Rams players had a range of reactions to the deal. Kurt Warner, quarterback of the Super Bowl-winning team, told \"all the awesome St. Louis Rams fans\" that he'll never forget them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former running back Eric Dickerson, who played for the Los Angeles Rams in the 1980s, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/EricDickerson/status/687088316613693440\">tweeted\u003c/a>, \"Welcome home! #LARams2016.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the headline \"It's over,\" \u003ca href=\"http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/its-over-kroenke-moving-rams-los-angeles\">St. Louis Public Radio\u003c/a> reports, \"The moving trucks lining up at Rams' Park will mark the second time since 1988 that an NFL squad departed from the Gateway City. It's unclear whether the city will get another chance at hosting that professional sport.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2016 NPR. 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Local TV \u003ca href=\"http://fox2now.com/2016/01/13/silence-of-the-rams-nfl-approves-vote-to-move-to-los-angeles/\">2 Now reports\u003c/a> that \"fans, or former fans, are purposely driving past the park to throw out unwanted jerseys and team gear.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10831757\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-10831757\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/StanK-1440x1652.jpg\" alt=\"St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke.\" width=\"640\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/StanK-1440x1652.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/StanK-400x459.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/StanK-800x918.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/StanK-768x881.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/StanK.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/StanK-1180x1353.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/StanK-960x1101.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke. \u003ccite>(GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Saying that the NFL had ignored the truth about his city as well as fans \"who supported the team through far more downs than ups,\" St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay says, \"St. Louis is great place to live and build a business — with or without NFL football.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collecting other reactions Wednesday, the \u003ca href=\"http://sports.live.stltoday.com/Article/1694945-Rams-fans-react-to-teams-departure\">St. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c/a> included several tweets from fans who cited kids' disappointment. 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They've been working on plans and preparations since Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara won the bid for Super Bowl 2016 more than two years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Few Super Bowl security details are being discussed by a coalition of agencies, including \u003ca href=\"http://www.dhs.gov/\"> Homeland Security,\u003c/a> the FBI, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and local law enforcement, headed by the Santa Clara Police Department. But it's a huge undertaking, made more complicated by the fact that pregame events aren't confined to one city and terrorist attacks have been grabbing headlines lately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's no question the recent attacks have heightened security and certainly made us make sure we're as buttoned up as we possibly can be,\" says Al Guido, chief operating officer for the 49ers and Levi's Stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://soundcloud.com/kqed/super-undertaking-security-for-bay-areas-super-bowl-50\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guido says training drills have already been going on inside Levi's Stadium during regular 49ers games for more than a year, although it's not necessarily something the public sees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've had Homeland Security, the FBI, the military do best/worst-case scenario planning, evacuation training,\" he says. \"So this is a major event and we know it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10803087\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10803087 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17874_RS17874_image1-qut-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Chandler and his mother Jackie Petrucci tailgate at Levi's Stadium. 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They will both go to the Super Bowl and say they have no worries about security. \u003ccite>(Beth Willon/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The National Football League says the Super Bowl is assigned one of the nation's highest-level security ratings each year, ever since the 2002 game in New Orleans, which took place just a few months after the 9/11 attacks. The rating is called Special Event Assessment Rating 1 (SEAR 1) and is mostly paid for by the federal government and staffed by federal, state and local law enforcement. The only event to get higher security preparations is the Presidential Inauguration, the NFL says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That will be clear to anyone with a ticket to the Super Bowl, says Jim Mercurio, general manager of the 49ers and Levi's Stadium. Law enforcement will be visible in a big way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As you arrive in the parking lot you'll see security. As you walk to the entry gates of the facility you'll see them,\" says Mercurio. \"You'll see them on the concourses and you'll see them on the field. You'll see them in the tunnels and you'll see them in the streets.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This kind of high-level security preparation extends to activities leading up to the game and taking place in different locations. Keith Bruce, president and CEO of the San Francisco Bay Area \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbaysuperbowl.com/#jEdfRqKhPtRqX30C.97\" target=\"_blank\">Super Bowl 50 Host Committee\u003c/a>, says there will be bag checks and secure entrances at Super Bowl City in San Francisco's Justin Herman Plaza and the NFL Experience at Moscone Center; at Super Bowl Opening Night at San Jose's SAP Center; a possible Super Bowl concert in Oakland; and at the Stanford University and San Jose State University Super Bowl teams' practice fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The real estate -- just the sheer scale of the Bay Area -- does make it more challenging in terms of making sure the security resources are in place,\" says Bruce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The NFL expects a total of 1 million people to attend the events from San Francisco to Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area is no stranger to security issues, especially Silicon Valley. The concentration of tech companies has long made the region a target. Many companies do surveillance and security work for the federal government and military. Asked if this makes Super Bowl 50 an even greater terrorist target, Guido says these companies actually are a positive because they have the experts and technology to detect problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think having those companies here is helpful,\" says Guido, noting the \"infrastructure they provide, the experience they provide, the knowledge they provide.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update\u003c/strong>: A spokeswoman for Rep. Darrell Issa's House oversight committee wrote us to say no agreement has been reached on holding a hearing, contrary to Rep. Jackie Speier's press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_147067\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 377px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-147067\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/156511672-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Ray McDonald, wearing No. 91, in action in 2012. (Brian Bahr/Getty Images)\" width=\"377\" height=\"251\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Ray McDonald, arrested for domestic abuse Aug. 31. (Brian Bahr/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Chairman Issa had separate conversations today with both Rep. Speier and Ranking Member Cummings about potential pathways for continuing the committee’s oversight of ongoing issues in the National Football League,\" wrote Becca Glover Watkins, communications director for the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform. \"Reports of a decision or agreement to hold a hearing are inaccurate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We're trying to get a response from Jackie Speier's office to see what's up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan id=\"http://www.mediabistro.com/prnewser/issa-hires-new-spokesperson-after-firing-previous-spokesperson_b16477\">\u003c/span>\u003cstrong>Original post\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The office of Rep. Jackie Speier (D-San Francisco/San Mateo Counties) sent out a press release today announcing that the Democratic and Republican leaders of the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform had agreed to hold a hearing on the NFL. Speier requested that committee chairman Darrell Issa and ranking minority member Elijah Cummings hold the hearing following the recent spate of news about the NFL’s treatment of domestic violence cases, the release said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The NFL’s failure to appropriately respond to crimes and misconduct has harmed the prestige of the game and the millions of Americans who look up to these players as role models,\" Speier said in the release. \"The NFL’s gross mishandling of the deplorable actions of Ray Rice is the latest example of how this insulated institution has incompetently dealt with serious issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This committee must also investigate the league’s tolerance of performance-enhancing drugs, the impact of traumatic brain injury on players later in life, and the tax-exempt status the NFL enjoys thanks to a loophole Congress created in the ‘60s,” said Speier. “I look forward to working with Chairman Issa and Ranking Member Cummings to shed light on the NFL’s internal policies and processes, which have been largely inconsistent and opaque, and identifying areas where reform is needed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is currently under pressure to resign after questions have arisen about whether the league saw the elevator \u003ca href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2014/09/08/ray-rice-elevator-knockout-fiancee-takes-crushing-punch-video/\" target=\"_blank\">video\u003c/a> of former Baltimore Raven Ray Rice knocking out Janay Palmer, his then-fiance and now-wife, with a punch. The video was posted by the website TMZ on Monday. The NFL said no one from the league saw the video, which shows what happened before Rice dragged the unconscious Palmer out of the elevator, shown in a previous \u003ca href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2014/02/19/ray-rice-unconscious-fiancee-atlantic-city-video-arrest/\" target=\"_blank\">video\u003c/a> published by TMZ in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July Rice was suspended for just two games by Goodell, a punishment that drew widespread criticism for its leniency. In August, referring to the incident, Goodell said he \"didn't get it right\" and distributed a new domestic violence policy to team owners stipulating a six-game suspension without pay for a first offense and a lifetime ban for any offense after that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But renewed outrage emerged after the Associated Press cited an unnamed law enforcement official who said he sent the video to the NFL five months ago. \"He said he sent the tape five months ago, and played a 12-second voicemail from an NFL office number on April 9 confirming the video arrived. A female voice expresses thanks and says: 'You're right. It's terrible.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Locally, the 49ers have drawn intense criticism for the team's handling of defensive tackle Ray McDonald, who was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence Aug. 31. The Niners decided to let McDonald play while the investigation is pending, citing the need for \"due process\" before they levy any suspension. San Francisco Chronicle columnist Ann Killion has written several scathing \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/killion/\" target=\"_blank\">columns\u003c/a> about the decision to play McDonald and the team's handling of Aldon Smith, who's been involved in all sorts of trouble over the past few years and who was \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/08/29/2014/49ers-aldon-smith-suspended-nfl-nine-games/\" target=\"_blank\">suspended by the NFL last month for nine games\u003c/a>. You can hear Killion's thoughts on the issue in this interview with KQED's Mina Kim:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/166431858&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday, 49ers radio broadcaster \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/49ers/2014/09/10/49ers-suspend-announcer-ted-robinson-two-games-domestic-violence-comments/\" target=\"_blank\">Ted Robinson was suspended for two games\u003c/a> for comments he made about the Ray Rice incident on KNBR Monday. 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From AP:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A federal trademark board ruled Wednesday that the Washington Redskins nickname is \"disparaging of Native Americans\" and that the team's trademark protections should be canceled, a decision that applies new financial and political pressure on the team to change its name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2-1 \u003ca href=\"http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=92046185&pty=CAN&eno=199\" target=\"_blank\">ruling from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board\u003c/a> came in a case that has been working its way through legal channels for more than two decades. It doesn't force the team to abandon the name, but it comes at a time of increasing criticism of team owner Dan Snyder from political, religious and sports figures who say it's time for a change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Redskins quickly announced that they will appeal, and the cancellation for trademark protections will be on hold while the matter makes its way through the courts. That process could take years.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Here's a \u003ca href=\"http://www.uspto.gov/news/USPTO_Official_Fact_Sheet_on_TTAB_decision_in_Blackhorse_v_Pro_Football_Inc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">fact sheet\u003c/a> on the case from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. A \u003ca href=\"http://files.redskins.com/pdf/Statement-by-Bob-Raskopf-Trademark-Attorney-for-the-Washington-Redskins.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">statement\u003c/a> from the team's trademark attorney said the team was confident it would win on appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if the decision is upheld, the team won't be legally required to change its name, but it will lose the protections afforded by registration of the contested trademarks. That could \u003ca href=\"http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2013/05/10/1994961/why-never-abandoning-redskins-as-his-teams-name-might-soon-cost-dan-snyder-a-lot-of-money/\" target=\"_blank\">end up costing it a lot of money in merchandise sales\u003c/a>. As AP puts it, Washington would \"lose a significant portion of its ability to protect the financial interests connected to it. If others printed the name on sweatshirts or other apparel without permission, it would become more cumbersome to go after such groups.\" (\u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomvanriper/2014/06/18/washington-redskins-business-unlikely-to-suffer-from-trademark-loss/\" target=\"_blank\">Not everyone agrees\u003c/a> with this analysis, however.)\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'I don’t think there are very many people that can debate effectively that it’s not a patently racist term.'\u003ccite>— Audrey Cooper,\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco Chronicle managing editor\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>And if you're wondering, trademark law \u003ca href=\"http://www.bitlaw.com/source/15usc/1052.html#(a)\" target=\"_blank\">prohibits\u003c/a> registration of terms that \"\u003cspan style=\"color: #222222\">may disparage... persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring them into contempt, or disrepute.\" Related to that standard,\u003c/span> ThinkProgress has a post called \u003ca href=\"http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2014/06/18/3450434/7-things-that-convinced-the-us-patent-office-to-cancel-the-redskins-trademark/\" target=\"_blank\">7 Things That Convinced The U.S. Patent Office To Cancel The Redskins Trademark\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One part of the mounting pressure on the team is that some reporters and media outlets \u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/sep/09/washington-redskins-us-press-publishing\" target=\"_blank\">refuse to use the name Redskins\u003c/a>. The \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/30/san-francisco-chronicle-washington-redskins/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Chronicle joined that group\u003c/a> last fall, and after the announcement, KQED's Mina Kim spoke about the decision with Chronicle Managing Editor Audrey Cooper. She said one of the paper's sports columnists first suggested considering whether use of the word was appropriate. The issue was taken up by the paper's style council, which then recommended avoiding the term whenever possible, short of obscuring clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p2\">\"If the story is about the controversy, obviously we’ll have to print the word so that people will know what we’re talking about,\" Cooper said. \"Absent that, we think it’s very easy to use the word 'Washington' to describe who, for example, won a football game.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p2\">Cooper said she considered the word offensive. \"I don’t think there are very many people that can debate effectively that it’s not a patently racist term. Not everyone has to be personally offended by a word to make it a racial slur.\" She said the newsroom staff was almost unanimously in support of the decision. \"When the announcement went out to our staff, I think in the first five minutes I received about 30 emails that said it's about time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p2\">When asked whether the paper considered survey results last year that showed 90 percent of Native Americans did not find the terms offensive, Cooper said, \"We don’t make word decisions based on popularity contests. We have decided we believe that it is a racial term.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/30/san-francisco-chronicle-washington-redskins/\" target=\"_blank\">listen to the entire interview\u003c/a> here:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/117860731&color=ff5500\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"AP\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Full AP report:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal trademark board ruled Wednesday that the Washington Redskins nickname is \"disparaging of Native Americans\" and that the team's trademark protections should be canceled, a decision that applies new financial and political pressure on the team to change its name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2-1 ruling from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board came in a case that has been working its way through legal channels for more than two decades. It doesn't force the team to abandon the name, but it comes at a time of increasing criticism of team owner Dan Snyder from political, religious and sports figures who say it's time for a change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Redskins quickly announced that they will appeal, and the cancellation for trademark protections will be on hold while the matter makes its way through the courts. That process could take years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was the second time the board had issued an opinion on the case. A similar ruling from 1999 was overturned on a technicality in 2003.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've seen this story before,\" Redskins attorney Bob Raskopf said. \"And just like last time, today's ruling will have no effect at all on the team's ownership of and right to use the Redskins name and logo. We are confident we will prevail once again.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ruling involves six uses of the \"Redskins\" name trademarked by the team from 1967 to 1990. If it stands, it would mean the team can continue to use the name, but it would lose a significant portion of its ability to protect the financial interests connected to it. If others printed the name on sweatshirts or other apparel without permission, it would become more cumbersome to go after such groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Courts overturned the board's previous ruling in part because the plaintiffs waited too long to voice their opposition after the original trademarks were issued. The case was relaunched in 2006 by a younger group of Native Americans who had recently become adults and therefore would not have able to file a case earlier. The hearing was held in March of last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chorus of critics against the use of the name has grown over the past year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Saturday, a major sector of the United Church of Christ voted to urge its 40,000 members to boycott the Redskins. Half of the U.S. Senate recently wrote letters to the NFL urging a change, one of the letters stating that \"racism and bigotry have no place in professional sports.\" D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray suggested Wednesday the name will almost certainly have to change if the team ever wants to build a new stadium in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snyder, who has vowed repeatedly never to change the name, declined comment as he walked off the field after a minicamp practice Wednesday. Redskins players have mostly avoided the topic, aware of a potential conflict because they are employed by the team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our job as players is to focus on what we can on this field day-in and day-out and let the legal people take care of that stuff,\" quarterback Robert Griffin III said after practice. \"And when it's the right time, then we can voice whatever it is we know about the situation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Redskins have responded to critics by creating an Original Americans Foundation to give financial support to Native American tribes. Suzan Shown Harjo, a lead figure in the trademark case, called the foundation \"somewhere between a PR assault and bribery.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of a name change quickly hailed the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Daniel Snyder may be the last person in the world to realize this,\" Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on the Senate floor, \"but it is just a matter of time until he is forced to do the right thing.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n",
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From AP:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A federal trademark board ruled Wednesday that the Washington Redskins nickname is \"disparaging of Native Americans\" and that the team's trademark protections should be canceled, a decision that applies new financial and political pressure on the team to change its name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2-1 \u003ca href=\"http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=92046185&pty=CAN&eno=199\" target=\"_blank\">ruling from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board\u003c/a> came in a case that has been working its way through legal channels for more than two decades. It doesn't force the team to abandon the name, but it comes at a time of increasing criticism of team owner Dan Snyder from political, religious and sports figures who say it's time for a change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Redskins quickly announced that they will appeal, and the cancellation for trademark protections will be on hold while the matter makes its way through the courts. That process could take years.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Here's a \u003ca href=\"http://www.uspto.gov/news/USPTO_Official_Fact_Sheet_on_TTAB_decision_in_Blackhorse_v_Pro_Football_Inc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">fact sheet\u003c/a> on the case from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. A \u003ca href=\"http://files.redskins.com/pdf/Statement-by-Bob-Raskopf-Trademark-Attorney-for-the-Washington-Redskins.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">statement\u003c/a> from the team's trademark attorney said the team was confident it would win on appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if the decision is upheld, the team won't be legally required to change its name, but it will lose the protections afforded by registration of the contested trademarks. That could \u003ca href=\"http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2013/05/10/1994961/why-never-abandoning-redskins-as-his-teams-name-might-soon-cost-dan-snyder-a-lot-of-money/\" target=\"_blank\">end up costing it a lot of money in merchandise sales\u003c/a>. As AP puts it, Washington would \"lose a significant portion of its ability to protect the financial interests connected to it. If others printed the name on sweatshirts or other apparel without permission, it would become more cumbersome to go after such groups.\" (\u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomvanriper/2014/06/18/washington-redskins-business-unlikely-to-suffer-from-trademark-loss/\" target=\"_blank\">Not everyone agrees\u003c/a> with this analysis, however.)\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'I don’t think there are very many people that can debate effectively that it’s not a patently racist term.'\u003ccite>— Audrey Cooper,\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco Chronicle managing editor\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>And if you're wondering, trademark law \u003ca href=\"http://www.bitlaw.com/source/15usc/1052.html#(a)\" target=\"_blank\">prohibits\u003c/a> registration of terms that \"\u003cspan style=\"color: #222222\">may disparage... persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring them into contempt, or disrepute.\" Related to that standard,\u003c/span> ThinkProgress has a post called \u003ca href=\"http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2014/06/18/3450434/7-things-that-convinced-the-us-patent-office-to-cancel-the-redskins-trademark/\" target=\"_blank\">7 Things That Convinced The U.S. Patent Office To Cancel The Redskins Trademark\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One part of the mounting pressure on the team is that some reporters and media outlets \u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/sep/09/washington-redskins-us-press-publishing\" target=\"_blank\">refuse to use the name Redskins\u003c/a>. The \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/30/san-francisco-chronicle-washington-redskins/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Chronicle joined that group\u003c/a> last fall, and after the announcement, KQED's Mina Kim spoke about the decision with Chronicle Managing Editor Audrey Cooper. She said one of the paper's sports columnists first suggested considering whether use of the word was appropriate. The issue was taken up by the paper's style council, which then recommended avoiding the term whenever possible, short of obscuring clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Ben Nuckols\u003cbr>\nAssociated Press\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136633\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/498331.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136633\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/498331-640x421.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman Jeremy Newberry, No. 62, in a 1999 NFL game. Newberry is one of the plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit alleging NFL teams misuse powerful painkillers to keep injured players on the field. (Tom Hauck/Allsport-Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"421\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman Jeremy Newberry, No. 62, in a 1999 NFL game. Newberry is one of the plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit alleging NFL teams misuse powerful painkillers to keep injured players on the field. (Tom Hauck/Allsport-Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>WASHINGTON — Opening another legal attack on the NFL over the long-term health of its athletes, a group of retired players accused the league in a lawsuit Tuesday of cynically supplying them with powerful painkillers and other drugs that kept them in the game but led to serious complications later in life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages on behalf of more than 500 ex-athletes, charges the NFL with putting profits ahead of players’ health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To speed injured athletes’ return to the field, team doctors and trainers dispensed drugs illegally, without obtaining prescriptions or warning of the possible side effects, the plaintiffs contend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some football players said they were never told they had broken bones and were instead fed pills to mask the pain. One said that instead of surgery, he was given anti-inflammatory drugs and excused from practices so he could play in games. Others said that after years of free pills from the NFL, they retired addicted to painkillers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy, in Atlanta for the league’s spring meetings, said: “We have not seen the lawsuit, and our attorneys have not had an opportunity to review it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case comes less than a year after the NFL agreed to pay $765 million to settle lawsuits from thousands of retired players who accused it of concealing the risks of concussions. A federal judge has yet to approve the settlement, expressing concern the amount is too small.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The athletes in the concussion case blamed dementia and other health problems on the bone-crushing hits that helped lift pro football to new heights of popularity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new lawsuit was filed in federal court in San Francisco and names eight players as plaintiffs, including three members of the NFL champion 1985 Chicago Bears: quarterback Jim McMahon, Hall of Fame defensive end Richard Dent and offensive lineman Keith Van Horne.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘The stuff works. It works like crazy. There were whole seasons when I was in a walking boot and crutches. 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To stay competitive in the NFL, this is something we have really needed for a long, long time, and I think it's going to be awesome.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000205086/article/super-bowl-l-awarded-to-san-francisco-li-to-houston\">NFL.com\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The news helps cap a thrilling four-year run for the 49ers franchise. In 2010, Santa Clara voters approved plans for the stadium. Jim Harbaugh took over the reigns of the team in 2011, swiftly bringing them back to the top of the league. 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