In Landmark Decision, U.S. Patent Office Cancels Trademark for Redskins Football Team: That's the headline up at Think Progress, where the story broke this morning. The plaintiff's lawyer says, "We presented a wide variety of evidence—including dictionary definitions and other reference works, newspaper clippings, movie clips, scholarly articles, expert linguist testimony, and evidence of the historic opposition by Native American groups—to demonstrate that the word ‘redskin’ is an ethnic slur." Where is all this evidence so you can look at it? It's right here; knock yourself out.

Any Normal Person Doesn't Need 177 Pages of Evidence to See That It's Offensive: Just a couple days ago, Harry Reid said he wouldn't attend any more Redskins games until they changed the name. He wrote to team management on June 12:

I have worked to right many of the injustices endured by Americans throughout the country. Among the most egregious in the history of our country are those injustices inflicted upon American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. This is personal for me. I represent 27 tribes as the Senator from Nevada and have worked to protect their homelands and their sovereignty. I have a duty to ensure that the United States uphold centuries-old treaty and trust obligations towards Native Americans, and I take this responsibility very seriously.

I will not stand idly by while a professional sports team promotes a racial slur as a team name and disparages the American people. Nor will I consider your invitation to attend a home game until your organization chooses to do the right thing and change its offensive name.

This Ruling Was Not Made Hastily: This is years and years in the making, the Washington Post reports. By the way, the owner of the team says "the name and logo honor Native Americans." Ha! Here's an open letter to that guy published on Grantland last year.

Other Reactions: Are here and here and here and here. Although this local conservative woman is pissed. (It's been their name for 80 years so it's fine? Quick, someone tell her about history.)

So What Should the Team Name Be Changed To? Sure, sure, this is going to be tied up in appeals for another eight years or whatever, but let's come up with some good alternatives that aren't clearly offensive to entire races of marginalized peoples. Leave them in the comments and we'll put up a Slog poll later.

Speaking of Football, a Guy in Michigan Tried to Throw a Drug-Filled Football Into a Prison Yard: According to reports, "the ball contained heroin, marijuana, tobacco, three cellphones and chargers." Good thinking! He remembered chargers. Sadly, the the throw came up short and the ball landed "between two fences and not in the yard where prisoners exercise." Then he was arrested.

Another Story About a Guy and a Fence: This guy allegedly tried to break into a power station in Renton last night and ended up causing an explosion, being badly burned, and having to go to the hospital while about 2,800 customers were out of power for a few hours.

King County Property Values: Are skyrocketing.

Should the US Conduct Airstrikes on These Sunni Militants in Iraq? The president's thinking about it.

The Debate Over PrEP, the New HIV Pill that Can Prevent Infection: The New York Times Opinion section hosts a roundtable thingy.

In Case You Missed Hari Kondabolu's Set on Conan O'Brien on Monday: Or even if you didn't miss it and just wanna watch it again...