(formerly the Washington Redskins) is another stupid name.

Personally, I'd have named them the Washing Azaleas, or the Washington Cherry Blossoms. Just imagine the uniforms!

Hate the Commanders too.

of the Washington Cherry Blossoms would look like?

Just thought I would add that to your thread.

"Hot Lips" Hoolihan's infamous squeeze in M.A.S.H.? Think he would have worn fashionable "dress greens" uniform.

the buzz to change the name became louder. There was no deep history of Indians being named for him. Those fighting to keep the name Indians latched onto that claim the team was named to honor a native Indian player. Not true.

It's interesting history, maybe had some influence...they were called "The Spiders" and "The Naps" (honoring Napolean Lajoie) before that.

I never heard of that so-called "keep the name side" you mentioned and I've been monitoring this issue for many years.

I know the Cleveland story really well. I even grew up reading Cy Young’s personal scrap book that his mother started.

And it’s Napoleon Lajoie. My all time favorite Cleveland player.

1899, they hold a record.

It's a historic franchise. I hate to see it get stuck with just an un-hip name.

I think I’m the only person in America who likes the new name.

The source is a Keith Olbermann video in which he says the Sockalexis story is false.

From the article's footnote #11:

https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/Pd-WzvXAuMc

The Chief Wahoo logo is of course disgraceful, that's not in dispute. How the team got the name Indians is cleared up more by the video...there was some kind of land rush to be associated with anything Native American.

That's good to know. Seems the racist logo was the real bone of contention. I'm glad it's gone. None of that though makes the name Gladiators any more palatable.