McDonald was drafted by Cleveland (then called the Indians) in the 12th round of the 1996 MLB Draft and spent 10 years in the ...

Cleveland's Major League Baseball team will be dropping the "Indians" nickname. Plans to drop the name will be announced this week, a person with knowledge of the decision told USA TODAY Sports ...

By Richard Sandomir John Adams, a fixture at most Cleveland Indians home games who first lugged a secondhand bass drum into the bleachers in the summer of 1973 and continued to rally fans by ...

FILE - In this April 27, 2011, file photo, Cleveland Indians fan John Adams poses in his usual centerfield bleacher seat with his ever-present bass drum before a baseball game between the Indians ...

The first year Adams started drumming for Cleveland’s baseball team was Aug. 24, 1973. He continued until the pandemic of 2020, followed by two years of health problems in 2021 and 2022 that ...

John Adams, who for nearly 50 years faithfully ... Adams liked to tell the story of how he and his drum became part of the legacy of Cleveland Indians baseball. He wanted to sit in the bleachers ...

The Cleveland Guardians on Monday announced that longtime ballpark drummer John Adams has died. He was 71. Adams was well known for banging his bass drum at almost every single Indians and ...

the Cleveland Indians franchise faces a fresh challenge to its efforts to find a new name. The Cleveland Guardians, the long-running, nonprofit, Cleveland-based roller derby team, sued the ...

“Cleveland took on the name 'Indians' in 1915, reviving a nickname of its old NL club upon the arrival of this Native American in 1897. Hall of Famer John Montgomery Ward referred to Sockalexis ...

A little-known amateur men’s roller derby team may turn out to be an unlikely winner from the Cleveland Indians’ decision to change their name to the Guardians. The roller derby team has used ...

What’s in a name? In this case, a lot of work. Cleveland Indians officials made sure they left no name unturned as they did their due diligence before selecting the franchise’s new name ...

Many Native Americans in the Chicago area said they support the Cleveland Indians changing their name next season to the Cleveland Guardians. wls CHICAGO (WLS) -- Many Native Americans in the ...