The controversy carries over into the whole performance, as Chiefs fans routinely coat themselves in war paint and feathered headdresses, which are typically related to racist caricatures of Native ...

That was bad. The Atlanta Braves cling to their team name and their tomahawk chop. That’s worse. You’ll see it all on display tonight when the Braves play Game Three at Truist Park ...

Here's a closer look at the Kansas City Chiefs' tomahawk chop, including how it began and the controversy that surrounds it ...

The tomahawk chop started at Florida State University in the 1980s, when the school’s marching band did the chant and it caught on with the crowd, though an Atlanta Braves staffer in the 1990s ...

The tomahawk chop has been a fixture at various sporting events for much of the last 30 years, with a number of fanbases, including the Braves and Florida State Seminoles, employing it as a way to ...

Leave it to the Atlanta Braves, which gave America John Rocker and the "Tomahawk Chop," to become the first baseball team in years to abandon its city. The announcement earlier this week caught ...

From the column: "'I find it incredibly offensive.' Doesn’t everyone? Shouldn’t everyone? If no, why not? And what does it say about us?" ...

There's been similar calls for Major League Baseball's Atlanta team to drop the Braves mascot, as well as the use of the Tomahawk chop, which purportedly originated in the 1980s when Florida State ...