Dallas Sports Fanatic Texas Rangers The Cleveland Indians are dropping their name, are the Texas Rangers next? Photo: Michael Lark/Dallas Sports Fanatic The Cleveland Indians are dropping their name, are the Texas Rangers next? December 14, 2020 The Cleveland Indians announced on Sunday night that they would drop the “Indians” nickname and rename their team to a new name TBD. Earlier this year, the previously named Washington Redskins, dropped the “Redskins” team name and for at least the 2020 season are called the Washington Football Team. Now, this isn’t the first time teams changed their name. According to Jeff Passan’s latest article, in the mid-1970s, several colleges changed their nicknames previously named after Native American culture. While it’s a coincidence that Cleveland (MLB) and Washington (NFL) are organizations around 85-100 years old and they’re changing their names NOW, it’s documented that it has nothing to do with the political correctness we experience daily in 2020. Or is it?