Baseball: Judge rules in favor of Indians in logo lawsuit

[Sports News]

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By Steve Keating TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian judge dismissed a late attempt to bar Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians from using their controversial logo and team nickname during Monday's playoff game versus the host Toronto Blue Jays. The legal challenge by prominent Canadian architect and indigenous activist Douglas Cardinal was heard in a Toronto court hours before the Blue Jays host the Indians in Game Three of their American League Championship series. Lawyers for Cardinal argued in an Ontario Superior Court of Justice that the Indians nickname and "Chief Wahoo" logo - a smiling cartoon man with red skin and a feather in his headband - are derogatory.

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