Names and faces: CC Sabathia, Bruce Allen
The Vallejo native was involved in a confrontation on a Toronto street Saturday night, but thanks to a quick-thinking associate, the Yankees’ pitcher left the scene before things got out of hand.
The Washington Redskins president made it clear Monday that the team will not change the team’s nickname even if it becomes a political barrier to building a new stadium in the nation’s capital or elsewhere.
The club plays at FedEx Field — which opened in Landover, Md., in 1997 — and has started exploring sites for a new facility, even though its lease there runs until 2026.
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell told Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser in April that the National Park Service — which owns the land where the team’s former home, RFK Stadium, sits in the city — wouldn’t grant a new lease because of objections to the team’s name.