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"When you put this uniform [on], what we want is for people to be inclusive."Ahead of the Red Sox’ series finale on Thursday night in Cleveland, Alex Cora addressed the controversy surrounding starting pitcher Matt Dermody and his homophobic tweet from 2021. Boston has drawn plenty of criticism for its decision to call up Dermody to start on Thursday after MassLive.com’s Sean McAdam reported that the Red Sox were aware of the now-deleted tweet from the 32-year-old pitcher. Dermody tweeted back in June 2021: “#PrideMonth. Homosexuals will not inherit the kingdom of God. They will go to hell. This is...

Attorney Ralph Martin confirmed Thursday that his client, DC-based communications executive Charles Dolan, Jr., is the person referred to as “PR Executive-1” in Special Counsel John Durham’s indictment of researcher Igor Danchenko. ... Durham indicted the Russian-born, U.S.-based Danchenko on five counts of lying to the FBI in connection with his role as a major source for Christopher Steele’s fraudulent “Russia dossier” on Donald Trump. The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee paid the Fusion GPS opposition research firm, which hired Steele, to prepare the dossier and then provided it to the FBI. It became a basis for...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland Guardians roller derby team sued the city’s Major League Baseball club Wednesday in a legal fight over its name and trademark.

It’s a very sad day for Cleveland. Today we lay to rest the Cleveland Indians. The owners will now call the team the Cleveland Guardians, (should be the Cleveland Sell Outs.) Even though we saw it coming, and we should have been prepared, it still seems as if we’re losing a member of our family. For me the tribe represented something that I was able to identify with. Being Choctaw, it was a team who represented me, something to be proud of. But someone at the offices in Cleveland took the bait and decided it was now shameful to be...

July 23 (UPI) -- The Cleveland Indians will rebrand as the Cleveland Guardians in 2022, the team announced Friday on social media. The franchise said last summer that it would start conversations with local community members and Native American groups about a potential name change. In June, the Indians announced they formed a list of nearly 1,100 potential replacement nicknames and that they were in the process of making a selection. Friday's announcement featured several new logos, which accompanied the new name. Actor Tom Hanks narrated a video to announce the changes. The Black Keys, a band from Akron, Ohio,...

Are you ready for a new Cleveland Indians?That is to say, are you ready for a new name?As I covered in December, the ball club decided to ax the Indians for something less…ax-worthy.Over the summer, the organization released a statement about responsibility:We are committed to making a positive impact in our community and embrace our responsibility to advance social justice and equality. Our organization fully recognizes our team name is among the most visible ways in which we connect with the community.We have had ongoing discussions organizationally on these issues. The recent unrest in our community and our country has...

As the Cleveland Indians prepared for their home opener Monday under attendance limits set by Gov. Mike DeWine, the governor abruptly changed spectator capacity rules for Progressive Field and other outdoor venues in Ohio. It’s now up to the Indians to readjust based on the new regulations, which eliminate state rules that outdoor venues can only open at 30% capacity but still require spectators to sit in groups of 10 people or fewer spaced apart from each other. It’s still unclear exactly how many people will be allowed at Progressive Field now that an Ohio Department of Health order issued...

Cleveland Indians fans are about to meet the political correctness police as Opening Day arrives. The ball club is banning headdresses and face paint that mimic Native American headdresses or face paint. In fact, people can be ejected from or denied entrance to home games if they wear headdresses or face paint.

The Cleveland Indians shocked their fans by announcing the historic team will be changing its name. Fans of the 105-year-old team have been loyal through times of heartache when losing seasons were all that were on the horizon. Fans Outrage Over Cleveland Indians Name Change That loyalty was crushed as fans took to social media to express their outrage. Some fans called the move a betrayal while others stated they will never attend games after a name change.

Cleveland's Major League Baseball team has decided to change its nickname, moving away from the moniker it has employed for more than 100 years and that is considered insensitive to indigenous peoples, according to David Waldstein and Michael S. Schmidt of the New York Times. An announcement from the team could come as soon as this week, per the Times. It's unclear how Cleveland will refer to itself during the upcoming season. One option is to keep the name for an additional year before then transitioning to a new identity; another is to go the route of the National Football...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland Indians teammates took a unified approach by standing shoulder-to-shoulder in solidarity ahead of Monday’s exhibition game at Progressive Field against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The players and team staff stood next to each other with their right hand on their heart and the left on the shoulder of the person in front of them. By Chris Anderson | July 21, 2020 at 4:02 PM EDT - Updated July 21 at 4:02 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland Indians teammates took a unified approach by standing shoulder-to-shoulder in solidarity ahead of Monday’s exhibition game at Progressive Field...

Nearly half of respondents of a national poll conducted by Morning Consult are just fine with the name of NFL team The Washington Redskins. The football team, which has been for years accused of racism against Native Americans despite polls finding Native American majorities support the name, has been slated for change to placate a small group of online leftist agitators. However, it turns out that far more Americans believe the name ought to remain than those who prefer a more culturally sensitive name. According to the poll, 49 percent of respondents believe the Redskins should keep their nickname, with...

Unlike the Washington Redskins, the Atlanta Braves will not consider changing their team name. Though, the organization is discussing whether to keep the traditional “Tomahawk Chop.” “The Atlanta Braves honor, support and value the Native American community. That will never change,” the Braves said in a statement. However, as the Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reports, the team is not yet decided about whether to keep the “Tomahawk Chop.”

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Indians play-by-play announcer Tom Hamilton is keeping his skills sharp for the potential return of baseball, turning his attention to the inside-the-park homer of 18-month-old Cleveland resident J.J. It’s episode 3 of the “Home With Hammy” online series.

TORONTO — The Cleveland Indians have removed the Chief Wahoo logo from the sleeve of their uniforms for a four-game series in Toronto. The decision to nix the logo was partially driven by a failed legal challenge against the team when it played in Toronto during the 2016 AL Championship Series. While Cleveland played the Blue Jays, a lawsuit was filed to have the logo and team name banned from Canadian TV. A judge dismissed the case.

Speaking on the decision of the Cleveland Indians to no longer make use of the mascot Chief Wahoo as their uniform logo from 2019 onwards, co-host of ESPN’s “First Take” Max Kellerman argued on Tuesday that the University of Notre Dame should also be among those sports teams that take note of the offense caused by their mascot and make move to change it. […] As well as wholeheartedly standing behind the decision of the Cleveland Indians, Kellerman next went one step further, drawing in the Notre Dame name as an example of another sports franchise that should show the...

Major League Baseball says the Cleveland Indians will stop using the Chief Wahoo logo on their uniforms starting in the 2019 season. The league says the logo, which features a smiling Native American, is not appropriate for field use. It has had discussions with the Indians in hopes that the franchise move away from the logo, which had been used in some capacity for the franchise since the 1947 season and was still prevalent on the team's baseball caps and on its uniforms. "Major League Baseball is committed to building a culture of diversity and inclusion throughout the game,” MLB...

MEDINA, Ohio-- The man who created the original Chief Wahoo character for the Cleveland Indians passed away on Wednesday at Medina County hospice after a short illness. Walter Goldbach was 88 years old. Goldbach, a longtime resident of Hinkley, leaves behind five children. He worked as a sign painter in Northeast Ohio for many years and served in the United States Army during the Korea War. He was just a teenager when Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck came to his family's graphics business and requested a character drawing to represent the team. The logo was the grandfather to today's Chief...

20 Straight Wins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is getting kind of exciting. Going for 20 in a row tomorrow!