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Nationals Game in Washington Is Halted After Shooting Outside Stadium Fans poured out of Nationals Park in a scene of fear and confusion. The police said three people had been injured in a shootout. Fans rushed to evacuate after a shooting outside Nationals Park during a game between the Washington Nationals and the San Diego Padres on Saturday.Credit...John Mcdonnell/The Washington Post, via Associated Press Published July 17, 2021Updated July 18, 2021, 1:09 a.m. ET Three people were shot outside of Nationals Park in Washington on Saturday night during a baseball game between the Washington ...

Times. Per a report from Cleveland.com, the club is planning to use the Indians name and uniforms for the 2021 MLB season before changing names in 2022. Another option would be going the route of the National Football League's Washington franchise, which dropped its own offensive nickname in July. The club has since been known as the Washington Football Team. Cleveland would, presumably, be called the Cleveland Baseball Team until a new nickname could be settled upon. Cleveland's decision comes more than two years after it started to distance itself from the "Chief Wahoo" logo. Back in July, ...

Good morning afternoon, Athletics Nation! It’s official: The Cleveland Indians are going to change their name. They haven’t decided what they’ll change it to, nor have they committed to any kind of deadline for the switch, but it’s going to happen, report David Waldstein and Michael S. Schmidt of the New York Times, with a follow-up by Tom Withers of the Associated Press including an interview with team owner Paul Dolan. The team will definitely continue to be the Indians for the 2021 season, but then all bets are off. A new name could be ready for 2022, or it might take longer. Dol...

The report said Cleveland could announce its overall plans this week. One source said Cleveland could keep the name on its uniforms for the 2021 season as it moves toward a new name for the 2022 campaign. The team already moved away from the cartoon mascot Chief Wahoo and toward a block "C" logo on its hats and jerseys. "Native American groups usually appear at Cleveland's home opener each spring, sometimes in the face of withering verbal abuse from fans as they enter the stadium," Waldstein and Schmidt wrote. "In recent years, the team has worked with the protesters and police to help ensure...

The Cleveland Indians will have a new name. What should it be? Share this story Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images Last summer, after the Washington NFL team announced it would be changing its name (and for now, it’s the “Washington Football Team”), baseball’s Cleveland Indians said that they, too, would consider a name change. Sunday, David Waldstein and Michael S. Schmidt of the New York Times reported that the Indians are, in fact, going to rebrand: Cleveland could announce its plans as soon as this week, according to the three people, who spoke on condition of an...