26 July 2021TrademarksMuireann Bolger

Cleveland baseball team updates offensive name to ‘Guardians’

Following decades of pressure and criticism from the Native American community, a major US league baseball team has confirmed that it will change its name from Cleveland Indians to Cleveland Guardians.

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