Reid sees red over Redskins

Harry Reid, the most senior member of the United States Senate, said the National Football League should follow the lead of the NBA, which gave Donald Sterling, owner of the LA Clippers team, a lifetime ban from the sport for making racist remarks. The Washington Redskins deny their name is racist, but Mr Reid has called on the NFL to make Redskins owner Daniel Snyder bow to many years of criticism and come up with a new name because of the offence caused to Native Americans. If he had to pick a new name, he could pick something more suited towards the team's hometown of Washington DC, like the Capitals or the Senators. Or he could name it after Brazilian Formula One legend Ayrton Senna, who died 20 years ago today as a result of his car crashing into a concrete barrier while he was leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Italy. It was later revealed that, as medical staff examined Senna, a furled Austrian flag was found in his car — a flag that he had intended to raise after the race in honour of Roland Ratzenberger, who had died the day before when his car crashed during qualification.