CNN — The Cleveland Indians are changing their name next season to the Cleveland Guardians, the Major League Baseball club announced Friday morning, after the current moniker drew criticism for decades from Native Americans. “You see, there’s always been a Cleveland – that’s the best part of our …
How MLB's Cleveland Guardians Came to Be
Beginning next season, Cleveland's Major League Baseball team will go by a new name. The franchise announced Friday it will be known as the Cleveland Guardians. This will be the fifth name in the team's history and the first change in 106 years. The previous name, and "Chief Wahoo" logo, in particular, drew wide criticism for decades. Tom Hanks narrated a video for the announcement. Check out social reactions to the choice and logo and the next teams that are overdue for a similar change.
The national grassroots Change the Mascot campaign expressed support for the Cleveland Major League Baseball team after the decision to officially …
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland Guardians? A new name for the Indians shouldn’t be a surprise to most fans. The owners of the Tribe – my favorite name …
The American League franchise's former Native American moniker had long been targeted for its racial insensitivity. Cleveland's baseball team will be known as the Guardians starting next season, the club announced Friday. The storied American League franchise said late last year that it was …
Social media reaction came in quickly following the team's announcement. CLEVELAND — EDITOR'S NOTE: The video in the player above is from a previous …
The Cleveland Indians today announced they'll officially become the Cleveland Guardians. In preparation for rooting for your new hometown team, it's …
CLEVELAND — When the Cleveland Indians announced on Friday that the franchise's name would be changing to the Guardians following the 2021 season, …
Let’s be honest here: you’re not going to make everyone happy when changing a team name or logo. As with saw with the Cleveland MLB team changing its nickname to Guardians – named for the Art Deco statues on the Hope Memorial Bridge — the reaction was mixed (although there were a lot of very good …