Chief Wahoo

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Indians are changing their name after 105 years.

CLEVELAND (AP) — An hour before the first pitch of a series opener against Kansas City, a steady flow of fans stream into the Indians’ team shop at Progressive Field to buy new All-Star merchandise and other Cleveland gear — some bearing his unmistakable smiling face.

TORONTO (AP) — The Cleveland Indians have removed the Chief Wahoo logo from the sleeve of their uniforms for a four-game series in Toronto.

One of Ohio’s most vocal protesters against the Cleveland Indians Chief Wahoo mascot has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $77,000 in federal funds meant to benefit Native Americans, a report says.

It took a few decades, but Major League Baseball eventually succeeded in forcing the Cleveland Indians to retire their “Chief Wahoo” logo.

A columnist for Sporting News is running a victory lap over the decision by the Cleveland Indians to put an end to its use of the decades-old Chief Wahoo mascot saying that only white racists will miss the satiric Indian figure.

Monday was a big day for activist groups working to end the practice of using Native American nicknames for sports teams.

The Cleveland Indians have been having quite a season. Yet, despite winning an amazing 19 games in a row, the sports media cannot help themselves, from ruining all the fun by bringing Chief Wahoo, the team’s 70-year-old “racist” logo.

Last year, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced that he intended to speak with Cleveland Indians ownership about their use of the Chief Wahoo logo. Manfred then said that he had spoken to the Indians brass, and he called those meetings “productive.”

In a temporary win for political correctness the Cleveland Indians and parent company, Rogers Communications lost an interim decision to throw out a discrimination claim alleging that the team’s mascot “Chief Wahoo” and their logo are offensive and discriminatory.

Chief Wahoo’s days appear to be numbered.

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has spoken for quite some time of his desire to talk with the Cleveland Indians about their controversial Chief Wahoo logo. He has never drawn a real line in the sand, revealing his personal position on the matter, until now.

Friday, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” that the league is looking into the controversial Cleveland Indians Chief Wahoo logo, adding they will be “responsive” to concerns. Host Ryan Smith asked Manfred if the MLB would consider

Baseball’s commissioner has hinted that he may be preparing to try and force the owner of the Cleveland Indians to eliminate the team’s decades old Chief Wahoo logo.

The Cleveland Indians continue their collective bow to political correctness, launching a new phase in their quest to phase out their Chief Wahoo logo.

Appearing on the Mike & Mike sports radio program, MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred said that he plans on meeting with Cleveland Indians ownership to discuss the team’s use of Chief Wahoo as their logo.

Baseball legend Curt Schilling was a guest on Tuesday morning’s Breitbart News Daily a few minutes before the debut of his own Breitbart News Network program.

The Indians won in court. Then they won on the ball field.

The tribe has spoken. So has its chief.