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The ongoing battle over the Redskins nickname resumed this week, when Washington, D.C. councilman David Grosso announced his plans to submit a non-binding resolution asking the team to change its name. If Grosso has it his way, in the future fans won't be cheering for the Redskins, but instead for the "Redtails." Are you in favor is this modification?

• Stonehill64: "'Don't politicians have bigger fish to fry? He should be focused on the economic and social issues facing his city, rather than a name of a pro football team that brings millions in revenue to his city, and may offend a handful. If you're offended, don't go to the game."
• lee76007: "While were at it lets change the names of the Chiefs, Cowboys, Blackhawks, Celtics, etc. We wouldn't want to offend anybody..."
• Rupert_Pumpkin: "Why not just eliminate the "red" and just go as the 'Skins? That way there's no ethnicity reference..."
• Not to be disrepectful just sayin: "Sorry, but Redtails sounds just as discriminatory if not more so..."
• Phoenix123Suns: "Not only is Redskins pretty offensive, it's not even that good of a name. Why is everyone trying to defend it?"

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Sidney Crosby has been out since suffering a broken jaw on March 30 against the Islanders, and it looks like Pittsburgh will be without its captain when they open the playoffs against that same Islanders team. Crosby has not been cleared by doctors to play and will miss at least Game 1 of the Penguins' opening round playoff series. Pittsburgh earned the East's top seed despite not having Crosby for the last 12 games of the season. Do they need him to advance in the playoffs?

• Damastes0714: " The Penguins need Crosby to win the Cup, but I don't think they need him to win this series. They'll take their time with him. If we see him in this series its because the Pens NEED him, but I wouldn't expect him until round 2."
• Jacob880711: " this is why shero went out and got players like iginla, murray, morrow, and jokinen. there's no need to have him rush back. the pens will be fine tonight."
• Hoss3138: " Came over here to say that the Pens will win this series without Crosby...they're that good. "
• Whisky tango 333: " Man, if only the Penguins had guys like Evgeni Malkin, James Neal, Jerome Iginla, Jussi Jokinen, Brendan Morrow, Kris Letang, they wouldnt need a guy like Crosby for a weak first round playoff matchup. Oh wait..."
• danthefan1004: " It's the playoffs. If Crosby was ready he'd be playing. They are not sitting him out because its only the Islanders that they're playing. That is ridiculous."

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While you weren't looking, Tim Hudson has been building a pretty impressive Hall of Fame résumé. He won his 200th career game on Tuesday night, even adding a home run that bounced off Bryce Harper's glove. 200 wins isn't a Hall of Fame milestone by any stretch of the imagination, but Hudson is young enough that he could add significantly to his already-impressive totals. To wit: His past three seasons have seen him go 49-26 with a 3.19 ERA and 399 strikeouts. We're not saying his best years are ahead of him, but he's clearly ascribing to the "fine wine" theory of aging.

• Justin Riddick: "'Hudson's going to have to reach the Hall of Fame as a compiler instead of someone who was a really dominant pitcher. The guy's basically been a consistent #2 caliber starting pitcher since joining Atlanta. If he has a career ending injury in the next year or two or his performance has a significant drop in 2014 or 2015, he definitely won't make it."
• Jason O'Rear: "200 wins is a great accomplishment, but it speaks more to longevity and good luck on Tim Hudson's part to be in this position. There are too many people being passed over (like a lot of Tigers on the 1984 team) for this to merit inclusion."
• Shanynn Forbes Karkowsky : "The Hall of Fame is for the greatest to ever play their position. Tim Hudson? Nice career, good pitcher. HOF - NO WAY."
• Luca Ferrieri: "His numbers are better than some of the pitchers already in the HOF. So, by that logic, he IS hof worthy."
• Paul Schmidt: "I think you have to compare Tim Hudson to the other starters that pitched during his career. Not once in his career did he challenge for the Cy Young award. I would put him at very good, but not HOF."
• Tiger Sanders: "He deserves to be in the hall. There will be no more 300 game winners in today's game."

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The math said the Clippers were in control once they took a 2-0 lead on the Grizzlies in their first-round Western Conference playoff series. But math was powerless to keep Blake Griffin from landing on Lamar Odom's foot in practice and spraining his ankle. Now the Clippers find themselves down 3-2 and headed to Memphis, where the Grizzlies can close out the series Friday night. Will Griffin, who played 20 minutes in Tuesday's loss, return in Game 6? And will it be enough to help the Clippers force a Game 7 in L.A.?

How worried should Clippers fans be about Blake Griffin leaving Game 5 of their series with the Grizzlies with an ankle injury?

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  62%
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  34%
  Somewhat worried
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  4%
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(Total votes: 40,514)

• The Original HmrHed: "Future Blake should have visited himself at Monday's practice."
• TheFeedMachine: "Depth does not work in the playoffs unless you can control the tempo, and the Clippers are not controlling the tempo. The idea is to gas out the Grizzlies starters, and then have your bench outplay their bench. The problem is that they are gassing out the Grizzlies starters and are playing their bench against the Grizzlies starters, who are dominating them."
• JKC1990: "Biggest difference in this series is the interior play of Randolph and Gasol versus Griffin and Jordan. Blake needs to work on his post game and the Clippers might be better suited getting a Center who can create his own shot versus a guy like Jordan who gets all of his points off of Chris Paul. The Lob City act is fine for fans, but it won't win titles. Randolph and Gasol have just dominated this series on the inside, and the Clippers have no answer. Their only consistent, capable scorer other than Paul is Jamal Crawford, and he comes off the bench. "
• DARTHDOUGY: "Injury aside, Griffin has a lot of work to do on his game. It's clear that he has been banking on his athleticism to this point. There has to be a post move and a short jumper added to his game. CP3 can't create every opportunity."
• nodoginnafight: "Against Memphis Griffin is averaging 14 points and 6 rebounds a game. If the Clippers want to blame a loss on Griffin's injury, fine. Do whatever you have to do to console yourself. But the truth is, if the loss of a 14 and 6 guys costs your team a series, then you really aren't that good a team anyway. Memphis traded a better player, Rudy Gay (18 ppg & 6 Reb.) and never missed a lick."

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How do you contain a scoring threat like Stephen Curry? If you're the Denver Nuggets, maybe you impede him a little bit -- after all, Curry's not exactly the largest guy on the court. Good physical play is an effective part of many game plans, but Warriors coach Mark Jackson thinks the Nuggets were going a little too far, claiming that they targeted Curry's left ankle, which he sprained in Game 2. Whatever the Nuggets did, it worked -- they've given themselves new life in this closely fought series.

• DoylePhil: "Mark Jackson is simply protecting his best player. It's tough not to respect that. Steph Curry is your guy, go ahead and stand up for him."
• johnnytsunami212: "obviously he's just trying to get the calls next game and get his team pumped by playing the "everyone's against us" card. he doesn't believe any of this nonsense, he's just being a smart coach"
• erock1987: "Physical yes...dirty no...it's the playoffs. The nuggets finally showed they wanted to win a game. Players no a days are soo weak that a little shove or some "extra" contact is considered dirty. Nuggets made a statement. They weren't just going to roll over and let curry bury them again."
• duke_blue123: "Golden State has been the physically dominant team through the first 4 games. Denver finally retaliates with more physical play and they are accused of being dirty? If anything was dirty it was that cheap shot to the throat from Bogut to Faried."
• McDirty21: "Denver players are classless. All of them were playing dirty the whole night. I agree with Jackson."
• Cappiethedog: "I watched the game. I'm rooting for Golden State. I didn't see anything out of the ordinary."

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Which team will win the Nuggets-Warriors first-round playoff series? (Warriors lead 3-2)

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  Warriors in 6
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  22%
  Warriors in 7
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  24%
  Nuggets in 7

(Total votes: 76,387)

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We wouldn't bet against Phil Jackson in anything -- he seems like one of those infuriating people who's good at whatever he tries -- but the Raptors seem to be casting against type in their reported pursuit of Jackson as their team president. Jackson's strengths as a coach are well-known, but as a president, he's something of an untested quantity. Pat Riley has found success with the Miami Heat in a similar role, but we'd imagine that Jackson would be far more amenable to simply coaching -- if there's a coaching job for him to take, that is.

• alhakeem34: "I hope Jackson comes to Toronto. We've been waiting for a respectable team in Canada for years."
• dave374000: "Jackson is a credible name, but has no real credibility as a president or GM. He is great at managing great players, but there are no great players in Toronto (and I'm a Raptors' fan). His greatest asset to the Raptors would be attracting real stars ... and Rudy Gay's contract pretty much makes that impossible."
• shibby8199: "Toronto is a great city and deserves to have a good team but when the best player is demar derozen then Phil isn't going to bother"
• CSTRealeven: "It's amazing how many people don't realize how major of a city Toronto is."
• TennyBrendy: "Here's a thought...why doesn't Phil just become the head of USA basketball? He would have the high profile job, plus the opportunity to work with all the games biggest stars. And he could cross off olympic medal from his list."
• robkaos: "I can see Phil taking this job if the right head coaching job doesn't appear. With Colangelo, Leiweke and Jackson you have three upper echelon type minds and Toronto is a nice city. Jerry West worked in Memphis of all places, so I don't think Toronto is beneath Phil."

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Will Phil Jackson coach again in the NBA?

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(Total votes: 23,030)

The Nationals have been careful with Stephen Strasburg's right arm -- so careful that they shut him down before the playoffs last season to protect his surgically repaired right elbow. So the team and its fans are likely relieved to hear from GM Mike Rizzo that Strasburg's arm is "structurally perfect." That sure beats manager Davey Johnson's gloomier assessment Monday night that Strasburg "doesn't look right to me."

So Strasburg (1-4, 3.13 ERA) can make good on his pledge to not miss a start and try to bounce back from a six-inning no-decision against the Braves, in which he struggled to keep his arm loose and throw strikes. But the whole episode makes us wonder: How much caution with a pitching prospect's arm is enough -- or too much?

• thsCoach99: "The guy has a flaw in his mechanics and elbow/forearm trouble will always be an issue for him. He does not get his arm up by the time his front foot hits the ground. Basically, his arm is late getting into a position to move forward with the ball in hand. This puts a tremendous amount of tortional pressure on his forearm and elbow. Mark Prior and Kerry Wood had the same mechanical flaw."
• paulnatlanta: "I wonder how many games Bob Gibson missed due to tightness in his forearm......... pitchers today are treated like fine china."
• Ben367172431: "Strasburg's fastball was all over the place and his velocity was down 3-4 mph (perhaps looking for more control). However, he still had one nasty curveball working."
• korzagg3.0: "Guess shutting down Strasburg and giving up in the playoffs was the right thing to do."
• DawgsBravesFalcons: "If the Nats were smart they would have handled Stasburg like the Braves handled Medlen last year. The Nats have a lot to learn from the Braves."

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Tim Tebow may be gone, but that doesn't mean the Jets' quarterback situation is settled. General manager John Idzik said that there's going to be an open competition for the QB spot, including everyone from struggling incumbent Mark Sanchez to backup Matt Simms. Whether the quarterback who starts the season will be the same person who finishes it is another question, but the Jets are keeping what options they have open on all fronts.

• PCassidy2010: "'All 5 QB's will compete for the starting job,' said no team headed in the right direction, ever."
• JDan15: "If you have 5 QB's I would argue that you don't have one QB."
• JohnMosbyGuy: "The sad reality is that Greg McElroy is the best QB in NY right now. "
• ScubaSteve884: "If Geno starts right away, the Jets don't know what they're doing...Oh, wait."
• wvu1980joel: "Open competition at QB should always be the starting point, for every team. Is anyone guaranteed a position? They shouldn't be. Greatness in the previous season doesn't earn you a free ticket in the upcoming season."
• Branko.NMI.Sipina: "As sad as this is, it is necessary. I would be shocked if Geno starts from day 1. But as an organization, competition should bring out the best in all QBs."

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