Renaming didn't stop with the Washington Redskins, and it won't stop with the Indians either

The Cleveland Indians baseball team’s name change was a year in the making. One could argue the same may be true now for baseball’s Atlanta Braves and football’s Kansas City Chiefs.

The Indians of Major League Baseball announced it would discuss a name change in July 2020, on the heels of the Washington Redskins being pressured by sponsors into dropping the name of their National Football League team. In December, Cleveland announced it would drop the “Indians” moniker. Last week, the new name was announced, becoming the “Guardians” in 2022.