Guardians name is under dispute
Cleveland roller derby team sues
The Cleveland Guardians roller derby team on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit in the Ohio Northern District Court seeking an injunction against the city’s baseball team as it attempts to switch team names from the Indians to the Guardians.
The lawsuit alleges the baseball team violated the rights of the roller derby squad regarding the former’s name change.
The Guardians roller derby team has operated under that name for years, maintained a social media presence and owns the clevelandguardians.com domain name.
The roller derby team is alleging that the Major League Baseball club circumvented its squad’s rights when undergoing the process of legally changing the franchise’s name this past summer.
Tennis
Andy Murray saw his perfect record at the Erste Bank Open come to an end as he slumped to a 6-3, 6-4 defeat to teenager Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the second round in Vienna.
• Home favorite Andrey Rublev reached the quarterfinals of the St. Petersburg Open with a 6-4, 6-4 win against Belarussian player Ilya Ivashka.
• Simona Halep won a battle of generations in Romanian tennis by defeating Elena-Gabriela Ruse, 6-1, 6-2, in the opening round of the Transylvania Open in ClujNapoca, Romania.
Soccer
Riverhounds SC was able to claim a 1-0 win against Miami FC (15-10-6) at Riccardo Silva Stadium as the two teams completed the leagueordered replay of their Oct. 16 match. The replay began in the 67th minute with the Riverhounds (17-8-6) holding a 1-0 lead by virtue of a Janos Löbe own goal scored in the original match.
• Tajon Buchanan scored his eighth goal of the season and the New England Revolution (22-4-7) beat the visiting Colorado Rapids (15-710), 1-0.
Horse racing
Medina Spirit, the controversial winner of the Kentucky Derby, and Belmont Stakes winner Essential Quality head a field of 10 horses for the $6 million purse at the Breeders’ Cup Classic.