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The team played as the Washington Football Team for two seasons before rebranding as the Commanders in 2022. Washington won the 1937 and 1942 NFL championship games and Super Bowls XVII, XXII, and XXVI. Washington has finished a season as league runner-up six times, losing the 1936, 1940, 1943, and 1945 title games and Super Bowls VII and XVIII.
Joshua Jordan Harris (born December 29, 1964) is an American investor, sports team owner, and philanthropist.He is a co-founder of the private equity firm Apollo Global Management and managing partner of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, the NHL's New Jersey Devils, and the NFL's Washington Commanders.
The franchise changed its name the following year to the Redskins and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1937. [1] In 2020, the team retired the Redskins name after longstanding controversies surrounding it and briefly became the Washington Football Team, before choosing the Washington Commanders as their permanent name in 2022. [1]
The Washington Commanders have been under new ownership for a few months now, and there are likely many changes in store for the franchise over the next year. One thing that will remain in the ...
NFL owners unanimously approved the sale of the Washington Commanders on Thursday from Dan Snyder to a group led by Josh Harris and including Magic Johnson for a record $6.05 billion, right before ...
Cooke was Washington's owner when the team had its three Super Bowl-winning seasons in 1982, 1987 and 1991. “I don't invest in sports teams for ego, I invest to win,” Johnson said.
[65] [66] As a team rebranding process usually takes over a year, the team temporarily played as the Washington Football Team for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. [ 67 ] [ 68 ] [ 69 ] The name was changed to the Commanders in 2022.
The Commanders’ new ownership group would include Harris, co-founder of Apollo Global Management and team owner of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and NHL’s New Jersey Devils; D.C.-area ...