Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team will drop the Indians’ nickname, according to multiple reports Sunday night.
The New York Times was the first to report Cleveland’s decision, citing three sources who requested anonymity because they lacked the authority to talk publicly about the decision.
The name change away from a Native American reference would be the second in less than six months for a major professional team, after Washington’s NFL franchise announced in July that it was dropping the Redskins’ nickname immediately.
The team now is called the Washington Football Team
Native American groups have long decried the use of such references, calling them racist. A he…
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