Cleveland Guardians
MLB takes on local market remit for three more teams
Major League Baseball is to at least double its local market production and distribution output in 2025, after striking agreements with three more teams
Progressive Field extension highlights MLB’s appeal to insurers
Progressive Insurance has reinforced its top-three position in the US car insurance sector by extending its stadium naming-rights deal with baseball’s Cleveland Guardians through the 2036 season.
Diamond Sports agrees contracts with Guardians, Rangers and Twins
Diamond Sports Group, the regional sports network (RSN) owner and operator of Bally Sports, has motioned for new broadcast agreements with the Cleveland Guardians, Texas Rangers and Minnesota Twins of…
Cleveland Guardians join MLB’s jersey patch club
The Cleveland Guardians have become the latest Major League Baseball franchise to sign a jersey patch sponsor after Marathon, the retail brand of Ohio-based Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC), stepped…
Cleveland Guardians unveil $202.5m ballpark renovations
Major League Baseball's Cleveland Guardians have unveiled an expansive $202.5m (€187m) renovation plan to "reimagine" Progressive Field.
Blitzer completes equity deal for MLB Guardians
Prominent North American sports team owner gains pathway to club control
Ameeth Sankaran on the storytelling and opportunity of Religion of Sports
In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Ameeth Sankaran, Religion of Sports chief executive. Fisher and Russo also discuss Major League Soccer’s landmark global media rights agreement with Apple, the ongoing ownership dispute involving Major League Baseball’s Baltimore Orioles, historic revenue for the National Hockey League during the 2021-22 season, the formation of a new sports investment firm by industry veterans Don Cornwell and Jonathan Nelson, and David Blitzer’s acquisition of an equity stake in MLB’s Cleveland Guardians.
Blitzer secures minority stake in Cleveland Guardians
Manfred also discusses MLB's emerging plans in streaming
Blitzer enters talks to acquire Cleveland Guardians minority stake
David Blitzer, who is a part owner of the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers and National Hockey League's New Jersey Devils, is poised to become a minority owner of Major League Baseball's…
MLB Cleveland Guardians formalize identity transition
Previously delayed merchandise sales set to start at club's team shop
Indians free to adopt Guardians nickname after trademark lawsuit is resolved
Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians are finally free to adopt the new Guardians nickname for the 2022 season after a trademark legal battle with a local roller derby team with the same name was resolved
MLB Guardians merchandise sales postponed amid lawsuit
United States-based sports retailers were reportedly forced to postpone a sales debut of new Cleveland Guardians merchandise on November 15 without any explanation from Major League Baseball's Cleveland…
Dolan family ‘looking to sell’ considerable minority stake in Cleveland Guardians
The Dolan family are reportedly looking to sell a considerable minority stake in Major League Baseball's Cleveland Guardians, which includes eventual controlling interest in the team
MLB Guardians sued in US District Court regarding new name
Native American group also blasts Manfred's support of Braves' Tomahawk Chop
Cleveland Indians to be rebranded Guardians for 2022 MLB season
Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians have been officially rebranded the Guardians after shedding the team's long-standing nickname which had been widely deemed as racially offensive.