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President Trump is urging the Cleveland Guardians to revert to their former name, calling it a matter of heritage and "common sense."
When Donald Trump took aim at the Cleveland Guardians’ name — rekindling a fiery debate that had largely cooled — readers of our newsroom’s daily text messages had a lot to say. By midafternoon Monday,
Mike Florio called out the Commanders for not responding to U.S. President Donald Trump's threats on Sunday about changing their name.
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Guardians Nation on MSNDonald Trump Doubles Down On Recent Guardians CommentsFor years, fans have urged people to keep politics separated from sports. That might not be possible anymore, given today’s polarizing climate. President Donald Trump continues to rant about team nicknames,
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Amazon S3 on MSNGuardians Respond To Trump’s Call For Restoring Old NameThe Cleveland Guardians have responded to US President Donald Trump’s calls for the team to restore their former name. The Guardians, who were previously known as the Cleveland Indians, changed the team’s name and logo in 2021 as the previous moniker was deemed insensitive to Native Americans.
The Guardians have been the Guardians since 2022 and will continue to be the Guardians despite President Donald Trump saying they should be called the Indians again.
President Trump isn't kidding around with his new threat to the NFL's Washington Commanders, the White House says.
The President said there is “a big clamoring” for the football team of the U.S. capital to bring back its previous branding, which was offensive to some Native Americans.
From 1937 to 2019, the NFL franchise in Washington was known as the "Redskins," and if the Commanders don't switch back to that name, Trump said he "won't make a deal" for them to build a new stadium.
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MLB’s Cleveland Guardians and the NFL’s Washington Commanders have both indicated they have no plans to go back to names that were abandoned in the aftermath of a reckoning over racial injustice, iconography and racism in the U.