Cleveland Indians

Native American Heritage Month celebrates the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans, including their impact on sports such as baseball.

Cleveland took another step toward its transition away from a Native American mascot this week as it took down the Indians name from on top of its scoreboard. Cleveland’s baseball team has been renamed the Guardians, a name it will begin using starting with the 2022 season.

Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians have changed their name to the Cleveland Guardians.

Cleveland Indians first baseman Yu Chang shared some racist tweets he received after making a costly error in Monday night’s game in Chicago

For years, Native American groups and others have protested against Cleveland’s name as well as other imagery used by the American League charter franchise founded in 1901.

The Cleveland Indians sold side-arm reliever Adam Cimber to the Miami Marlins for $100,000

Now that the NFL’s Washington team has retired its contentious nickname and logo after decades of objection and amid a nationwide movement calling for racial justice, the Indians appear to be the next major sports franchise that might assume a new identity.

Amid the decisions made by several professional sports teams to re-evaluate their use of Native American imagery and nicknames, the Chicago Blackhawks are standing by their logo and team name.

Cleveland manager Terry Francona won’t sidestep the hot-button topic any longer. He believes the Indians need to change their contentious nickname.

The Cleveland Indians are reviewing their contentious nickname

Tyler Skaggs grew up rooting for the Los Angeles Angels, and got to pitch for his favorite team.

Caleb Smith (3-0) struck out eight in seven innings to help Miami stop a four-game slide as he allowed one run in the third inning.

Curtis Granderson hit his fourth homer for the Marlins, who lost their fourth game in a row and have the worst record in the majors.

The Marlins and Indians will complete a home-and-home series with two games in Miami beginning on Tuesday

Miami starter Pablo López (2-3) allowed just two hits in his longest start this season and Jorge Alfaro homered on the first pitch from reliever Neil Ramírez (0-1), who replaced Carrasco.

The Marlins and Indians will begin a two-game series at Progressive Field on Tuesday

Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, the first black manager in Major League Baseball and the only player to win the MVP award in both leagues, has died. He was 83.

The Marlins released their regular season schedule for the 2019 season on Wednesday

Ronald Acuna Jr. hit leadoff homers in both games of a doubleheader, only the fourth player in baseball history to accomplish the feat.

The Cleveland Indians are dropping the Chief Wahoo logo from their uniforms next year after decades of protests and complaints that the grinning, red-faced caricature used in one version or another since 1947 is racist. The move, announced Monday, came after protracted discussions between team owner Paul Dolan and baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred. The cartoonish image of a big-toothed American...