By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Indians have resolved a lawsuit filed by a local roller derby team over rights to the name Guardians, the final hurdle for the Major League Baseball team to continue its changeover.
The sides jointly announced an “amicable resolution,” saying both organizations will continue to use Guardians. No other terms of the agreement were disclosed.
The legal scuffle had delayed the Indians’ transition to Guardians, which will soon become official.
The American League franchise has been known as the Indians since 1915.
The club will be known next season as the Guardians, a name chosen following a year-long process that sprang from a national reckoning over racist names and symbols.