Ashburn, Va. — The Washington Redskins are shedding that name effective immediately, a person with knowledge of the move said Monday.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team hadn't yet announced the change. That announcement is expected later Monday morning.
A new name must still be selected for one of the oldest and most storied teams in the National Football League, and it was unclear how soon that will happen. But for now, arguably the most polarizing name in North American professional sports is gone at a time of reckoning over racial injustice, iconography and racism in the U.