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UW AD Jen Cohen on Pac-12 Unity Movement, COVID-19 concerns

Washington athletic director Jen Cohen speaks during a news conference about football head coach Chris Petersen’s decision to resign, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, in Seattle. Petersen unexpectedly resigned at Washington on Monday, a shocking announcement with the Huskies coming off a 7-5 regular season and bound for a sixth straight bowl game under his leadership. Petersen will coach Washington in a bowl game, his final game in charge. Defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake is being promoted to head coach. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) OTK (Elaine Thompson / AP)
Washington athletic director Jen Cohen speaks during a news conference in December. (Elaine Thompson / AP)

Here's how Jen Cohen and UW's leadership has responded to the Pac-12 Unity Movement this week and where Cohen stands on the movement's demands.

Hanford McCloud, left, Bill Kallappa, Willie Frank III and Jerad Koepp at the Wa-He-Lut Indian School at Frank’s Landing. All are happy to see changes made in school mascots, unless those mascots are done with tribe’s and nation’s cooperation and approval. (McCloud and Frank are Nisqually tribal members. Koepp is Wukchumni, a Yokuts tribe of California; and Kallappa is Makah) Thursday August 6, 2020- 214677
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Washington, D.C.’s NFL team changed its racist mascot. Now, a push for change in Washington state schools.

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Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf (14) hauls down a first half touchdown as the Seattle Seahawks play the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on October 27, 2019. 211898
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Seahawks receiver DK Metcalf ‘ready to go’ as NFL gets set to embark on unique challenges of 2020 season

DK Metcalf said he had "a couple'' cousins contract COVID-19 but said he never wavered on playing the 2020 season and trying to build off one of the best rookie years in Seahawks history.

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Release the Kraken! NHL Seattle picks mythical sea creature for its long-awaited team name

NHL Seattle has picked "Kraken" for the name of its team. The expansion franchise is to begin play at Climate Pledge Arena in October 2021.  VIEW

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Daniel Phelps, who played soccer at UW from 2006 to 2009, died of sudden cardiac arrest in 2015. His Husky teammates have since started an annual charity golf tournament — the DP Open — in Daniel’s name to raise money for sudden cardiac death awareness.
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Photo by Christena Dowsett Assignment #214307 Walter Bailey poses for a photo outside his house in Portland, Oregon on June 20th, 2020. “My home is my safe place,” he said. After a successful football career at University of Washington, Bailey lived on the streets for several years. He is now a Peer Specialist and Counselor at the Imani Center in Portland. “I’m very grateful. I’ve worked really hard to change my outlook on life,” Bailey said. To be human is really what I was searching for. My false sense of hope was in being an athlete.”
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FILE – In this Aug. 7, 2014, file photo, the Washington Redskins logo is seen on the field before the team’s NFL football preseason game against the New England Patriots in Landover, Md. Washington’s NFL team will get rid of the name “Redskins” on Monday, July 13, according to multiple reports. It’s unclear when a new name will be revealed for one of the league’s oldest franchises. The team launched a “thorough review” of the name July 3. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) NYDB667 NYDB667
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Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf (14) hauls down a first half touchdown as the Seattle Seahawks play the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on October 27, 2019. 211898

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Washington athletic director Jen Cohen speaks during a news conference about football head coach Chris Petersen’s decision to resign, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, in Seattle. Petersen unexpectedly resigned at Washington on Monday, a shocking announcement with the Huskies coming off a 7-5 regular season and bound for a sixth straight bowl game under his leadership. Petersen will coach Washington in a bowl game, his final game in charge. Defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake is being promoted to head coach. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) OTK

UW AD Jen Cohen on the Pac-12 Unity Movement, COVID-19 concerns and player compensation in amateur athletics

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Jose Marmolejos fields balls off the wall during defensive drills Wednesday. The Seattle Mariners opened Spring Training 2 – now referred to as “Summer Camp” – at T’Mobile Park Wednesday, July 8, 2020 214445

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Seattleís NHL franchise announced the hockey clubís name and colors Thursday. The team will be dubbed the Seattle Kraken and is scheduled to begin play at Climate Pledge Arena in October 2021.

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The Huskies take the field during introductions as the University of Washington Huskies take on the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors at Husky Stadium in Seattle Saturday September 14, 2019. 211495

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Daniel Phelps, who played soccer at UW from 2006 to 2009, died of sudden cardiac arrest in 2015. His Husky teammates have since started an annual charity golf tournament — the DP Open — in Daniel’s name to raise money for sudden cardiac death awareness.

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Along the first base side, Mariners employee Emily Wright, puts out some of the thousands of cardboard fan cutouts for what the Mariners are calling “Seat Fleet” at T-Mobile Park, Monday, July 27, 2020 ahead of Friday’s Mariners home opener. Fans can take their own photo and send in any time during the season for $30, and according to the Mariners website: “…the Mariners will donate a portion of every purchase to non-profit organizations supporting COVID-related relief efforts in our communities. What’s more? If your cutout “catches” a foul ball during a game, we’ll mail you the baseball!” According to Rebecca Hale of the Mariners, 5000 fans have already participated in the program. 214588
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Marlins’ 6-1 start is reminiscent of the 1899 Perfectos

Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly was talking about this week’s doubleheader sweep at Baltimore that involved a parade of relievers, including several newcomers rescued from unemployment, and after naming three of them he drew a blank. “I’ve got to remember who all we used,” Mattingly said. “Who else pitched today? I don’t know.” For the...

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Alabama high school football team, band under quarantine

ONEONTA, Ala. (AP) — The entire football team and marching band at a small-town Alabama high school are under quarantine following exposure to the new coronavirus. Oneonta High School coach Phil Phillips told WBMA-TV that a fifth player has tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. It’s the second quarantine of the summer for...

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Israeli team’s massacre overshadows sports at 1972 Olympics

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The 1972 Munich Olympics were marked by historic achievements and unprecedented controversy but will be forever defined by devastating catastrophe. In hosting the 1972 Munich Games, West Germany was eager to erase the stain of the 1936 Games in Berlin that came to symbolize a paragon of Nazi propaganda. Munich...  VIEW