[sockhead]

Maybe I’m wrong on my sports history and I didn’t take time to check it out, but I think the Redskins originated in Boston and were named for the tea party Redskins. Similar situation with the basketball Bullets being from Baltimore and named for the armory. And while their name change to Wizards was in honor of Edgar Allen Poe, in my mind Wizards seems more related to the KKK than Poe.

[Steve_Seattle]

You are mostly correct - from Wikipedia's Washington Redskins page:

"Initially, the new team took the same name as their landlords, the Boston Braves, one of the two local baseball teams at the time. The Braves played their first game on October 2, 1932, under the leadership of coach Lud Wray, against the Brooklyn Dodgers, to whom they lost 14–0.[10] The next week, the Braves recorded their first win, beating the New York Giants, 14–6.[11] Despite the presence of two rookies; halfback Cliff Battles and tackle Glen "Turk" Edwards — the new franchise's losses during the first season reached $46,000 and Bendix, O'Brien, and Doyle dropped out of the investment, leaving Marshall the sole owner of the Braves.[12][13] The team moved to Fenway Park[14] (home of the Boston Red Sox) the next year, and Marshall changed the name to the "Redskins" apparently in honor of then-coach Lone Star Dietz,[15] a Native American (he claimed to be part Sioux, but his actual ancestry has been challenged)."

The hidden gem here is that the name was changed to "Redskins" in honor of their then-coach, Lone Star Dietz, who claimed to be Native American.