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Year since Washington change, Native sports imagery evolving

FILE - In this July 13, 2020, file photo, Rodney Johnson of Chesapeake, Va., sits in his truck outside FedEx Field in Landover, Md. Washington's NFL team will not be called the Warriors or have any other Native American imagery in the new name when it's revealed next year. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Washington will not have any kind of Native American imagery as part of its next name, and the subject is still evolving across sports in the year since the storied NFL franchise dropped arguably the most polarizing moniker left in the pros.

Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary since Washington dropped the name Redskins and the accompanying Indian head logo after 87 years amid pressure from sponsors and decades of criticism that they are offensive to Native Americans.