More from KUOW Sen. Maria Cantwell: NFL Needs To Abandon Redskin Name KUOW Published February 11, 2014 at 1:57 PM AKST Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 4:58 Flickr Photo/Keith Allison A Washington Redskins helmet. Ross Reynolds talks with U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., about her letter to the National Football League urging it to get rid of the Washington Redskins' name.