The Cleveland Indians are changing the team's name to Guardians

Known as the Indians since 1915, Cleveland's Major League Baseball team will be called Guardians. The ballclub announced the name change Friday — effective at the end of the 2021 season — with a video on Twitter narrated by actor and team fan Tom Hanks, ending months of internal discussions triggered by a national reckoning by institutions and teams to permanently drop logos and names considered racist.

"You see, there's always been 'Cleveland' — that's the best part of our name," Hanks said in the Twitter video, "and now it's time to unite as...