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23 Feb 2013

Love ‘ya Tribe, but Cleveland remains a Browns Town

The Cleveland Indians rolled out their marketing slogan for the 2013 season on Friday.

The updated motto – This is a Tribe town – “captures perfectly the passion we feel for our fans and the community we serve,” Indians president Mark Shapiro said on the team’s website.

The campaign will be backed by a series of videos of Tribe players and personalities explaining why they chose to be a part of the organization and the city of Cleveland, including radio play-by-play man Tom Hamilton, new players Nick Swisher and Michael Bourn, and current coach and former player Sandy Alomar Jr. (no word, yet, on if Swisher’s video will feature him laughing while rolling around on a large pile of money).

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22 Feb 2013

An answer to the Chief Wahoo question

In recent weeks there has been a renewal in the discussion over the use of American Indian names and images in sports.

From calls – on both the local and national level – for the Washington Redskins to change their name, to a recent symposium at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian on Racist Stereotypes and Cultural Appropriation in American Sports, the topic is gaining renewed attention.

While the discussion about the continued use of Chief Wahoo and the name Indians by the Cleveland Indians has gained more strong local attention than national, the topic is always going to be a divisive one in Northeast Ohio.

Which is why a recent column by Paul Lukas at ESPN caught our eye. In a follow-up to his piece on the symposium, Lukas interviewed Frank Cloutier, public relations director for the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe in central Michigan, about the tribe’s position on the use of American Indian imagery and names. Cloutier’s explanation of the tribe’s position is an interesting one.

To find out what he said – and what it means for the Indians – head over to The Cleveland Fan.

(Photo by Sports Illustrated)

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20 Feb 2013

Carlos Baerga, John Hart elected to Indians Hall of Fame

The Cleveland Indians will induct former second baseman Carlos Baerga and former general manager John Hart into the team’s Hall of Fame this summer.

The duo were chosen on Wednesday by a 17-member committee of Cleveland baseball historians, the team announced on its website.

“Carlos and John are responsible for some of the best memories in Cleveland Indians history, and we’re proud to honor their contributions,” Indians president Mark Shapiro said in a release.

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14 Feb 2013

Talk of the Town (2/14)

Talk of the Town is a semi-regular look at what people are saying.

“It’s terrible, terrible feeling, man, just terrible man. I can’t even explain it. Nasty taste in my mouth.”

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Dion Waiters following the loss to San Antonio.

“Stuff wasn’t getting better with Manny as our manager. I didn’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. He’s very stubborn and he doesn’t really use input well, so I was getting frustrated. I thought, ‘If we have the same guy next year, it’s going to be the same stuff.’ “

Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez on former manager Manny Acta.

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13 Feb 2013

Talk of the town (2/13)

A semi-regular look at what people are saying.

“I don’t think anyone would question our passion, effort, intensity, or devotion to the Cleveland Browns and candidly to Northeast Ohio. Our family has a tremendous investment and we want to win as bad as anybody does up there and we’re going to do whatever it takes to win.”

Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam on concerns about his return to Pilot Flying J.

“My most comfortable position is center, but I understand when they have a chance to get a guy like Michael Bourn, he’s going to play center.”

Cleveland Indians outfielder Drew Stubbs, who hasn’t played right field since high school, on the Tribe’s signing of Bourn to play center field.

“Love people giving me stick … when half of the people on here haven’t got a clue what they’re on about.”

Liverpool midfielder Jonjo Shelvey to fans on Twitter after the team’s ugly loss to West Brom.

06 Feb 2013

Alaskan artist creates true Indian petroglyphs

While more than 2,500 miles may separate Alaskan artist Nicholas Galanin from Northeast Ohio, one of his more creative projects would look right at home outside of Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland.

Galanin, a Tlingit-Aleut artist from Sitka, Alaska, and the recent recipient of a Rasmuson Fellowship from the United States Artists organization, works in a variety of mediums to create art that touches upon aspects of authority, authenticity, representation and the commoditization of Native American culture.

His work has taken him across the world as he earned degrees from the University of Alaska Southeast, Guildhall University in London, and Massey University in New Zealand. In addition to his artwork, he spends time as a lecturer and instructor and recently finished a term as the 2012 Audain Professor in Contemporary Arts of the Pacific Northwest at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.

Galanin tapped into his heritage in 2010 when he decided to create a series of Indian petroglyphs, similar to the design and symbols carved into volcanic rocks by American Indians and Spanish settlers between 400 and 700 years ago.

And it was his whimsical side that led him to use the Cleveland Indians script logo as the symbol and create something that would be familiar to Tribe fans everywhere.

For the rest of the story, head over to The Cleveland Fan.

(Photo courtesy of Nicholas Galanin)

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01 Feb 2013

Time to shutter Pronkville

It’s time to start renovating Pronkville as the final link to the Cleveland Indians last playoff appearance was officially severed on Friday, with news that designated hitter Travis Hafner has agreed to a one-year deal with the New York Yankees.

The contract will reportedly pay Hafner $2 million with $4 million in incentive bonuses.

Hafner batted just .228 with 12 home runs and 34 RBI in 64 games for the Tribe last year and injuries have limited him to just 86 games a season over the past five years.

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05 Jan 2013

Cleveland sports in 2012 – Fourth Quarter

So 2012 has come and gone without another championship from any of Cleveland’s teams.

While there were no titles to celebrate, there were still plenty of stories, from firings to trades, to too many losses and too few wins.

Our annual review of the year in Cleveland sports concludes with the fourth quarter of the year- from a historic run by Kent State’s football team, to the end of another disappointing Browns season and the start of a rebuild by the Cleveland Indians – and everything else that makes Cleveland sports such a joy to follow.

Full story at The Cleveland Fan. (In case you missed the First Quarter, click here. Second Quarter can be found here. Third Quarter? Right here).

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04 Jan 2013

Cleveland sports in 2012 – Third Quarter

So 2012 has come and gone without another championship from any of Cleveland’s teams.

While there were no titles to celebrate, there were still plenty of stories, from firings to trades, to too many losses and too few wins.

Our look at the year in Cleveland sports continues with the second quarter of the year – from the opening of the Indians season, to the NFL Draft and NBA Draft and everything else that makes Cleveland sports such a joy to follow.

Full story at The Cleveland Fan. (In case you missed part one, you can find it here; part two is available here).