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    "text": " at a time of racial tensions in the u. s. , the cleveland browns and indians announced their name change as pro teams across the sport began dropping the native american nickname.\n in december, team owner paul and dolan said a decision had been made to wake up or have an epiphany in the wake of george and floyd 's deaths.\n the process isn't going to be easy, chris antonetti, the team's baseball operations president, said sunday.\n it will take an extraordinary amount of work by the people in the organization to help us move that forward.\n based on that discussion and feedback from the meeting with leaders, local influencers and staff, the city 's historical connection and preservation team concluded that a new name was necessary to connect, preserve and unite the city 's leadership community.\n a new name is needed to connect the city, to preserve history, and to unite the leadership community.\n curtis and danburg, vice president of communications and community impact for a team that engages fans and the community in many aspects of the naming process, say the name is a part of the community's identity.\n \"all sorts of complicated factors are trying to get us to get that to be our name, and to reserve our fans' and other peoples' preferences and preferences aside to not start from scratch and make up names for things no one has used before in any space, \" he said, relaying the stake.\n as an aside, we, as our fans, would rather make up names for things that no one has used before in any space, and we have our preferences, and there are others.\n cleveland : the forthcoming name change has sparked a lively debate among some of the fans who want the indians to remain\n the indians are reputed to be the game's \"cap\" team, whose contentious chief and wahoo logo was removed from the cap and jersey several years ago.\n",
    "summary": "In December, the Cleveland browns and indians baseball team announced that they would be changing their name to the Cleveland Indians. At the time, there was some debate among the fans who wanted the indians to remain, as the nickname had caused some controversy. But the owners decided after a meeting with community members and stakeholders that a new name was needed \"to connect, preserve and unite the city's leadership community.\" Chris antonetti, the team's baseball operations president, said Sunday that it will be \"an extraordinary amount of work by the people in the organization to help us move that forward\"."
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