Art Modell
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Browns face NFL's third most brutal schedule in 2012
… 2003, when Tim Couch was under center (their only win at Heinz Field). • The Ravens lead Cleveland 19-7 since Art Modell brought the old Browns to Baltimore. Ray Lewis and the Co. lead 8-2 in the last 10 games and haven't lost to Cleveland …
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Top Ten Worst Free-Agent Signings: Andre Rison… browse frantically remembered as the last worst thing Art Modell did point team medically. In 1995. The Browns Vendors ..... that would called holes and I never will forget the day Art Modell stand in the press conference. The experts have told …
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Which team should trade up to No. 2 and select RG3?… Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn. If the Browns don't use their resources to get RG3, the team should be handed over to Art Modell so he can move it to Biloxi. All right, that's a little harsh. But the time has come for the Browns to get their …
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Bush is the most troubling of the potential keepers… to Los Angeles after the Rams. But do the Ravens really hate winning that much? Where was this desire to lose when Art Modell owned the team? ... Well, I won't keep Michael Turner, but I will consider redrafting him. For continuity, of …
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Eaton's NFL start came as linchpin of Belichick's Fight Club… Friday he has no memory of the pay-for-fisticuffs affair. His 1995 Browns tumbled to a 5-11 record amid owner Art Modell 's explosive announcement that the team would relocate to Baltimore. It's unclear if Belichick did anything wrong …
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Misguided belief leads Vikings to turn to rookie Ponder… Beck might start out OK, but I have concerns if he can play well in December. 15. I was really fortunate to work for Art Modell in Cleveland. This past week many in the NFL community said good-bye to Art's wonderful wife Pat who succumbed to …
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Holmgren says run with Browns unlikely to last 10 seasons… at the alter one too many times, and what they want -- even more than a winner -- is not another bolt-by-night Art Modell or LeBron James, but someone who's in it for the long haul.
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Pat Modell, actress and wife of former owner Art Modell , dies
… the wife of former NFL team owner Art Modell and a longtime television actress ..... friends, Lucille Ball. She married Art Modell , former owner and president of the ..... Western Reserve in Cleveland. After Art Modell moved his football team to Baltimore …
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Ravens down short-handed Texans for third straight victory
… NOTES: The Ravens held a moment of silence before the game to mark the passing of Patricia Modell, wife of former owner Art Modell . They also had flags flying at half staff. ... With his first-quarter sack of Schaub, Ray Lewis became the first …
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Ravens to wear helmets with 'PBM' in honor of Pat Modell
The Ravens will honor the late Pat Modell, the wife of former Baltimore and Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell , on Sunday against the Houston Texans with a decal bearing the initials "PBM" on the backs of their helmets. The initials stand …
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Raiders, 49ers surge in rankings after big Week 5 victories… in Owings Mills, home of Ravens headquarters. I went to the mall once in Owings Mills. I was in town to interview Art Modell and had broken out like a 14-year old on steroids the night before. There was no one at the makeup counter, so I …
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Dissecting the play that cost Dolphins' Sapp his job… game situations and how coaches reacted. If it seems like a second-guess column, I refer you to what Browns owner Art Modell used to tell me: "Kid, I am not second guessing, I am first guessing." This will be a first-guess column. Game …
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If impersonating Ryan Leaf, do not do it in San Diego… be the worst situation for an impersonator to walk into? Here are my six choices. And without further ado ... 6. Art Modell impersonator in Cleveland Remember the shenanigans around LeBron James and "The Decision?" Yeah, that was not enough …
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No. 2 Paul BrownThe innovative Brown founded the Browns in 1945 and remained with the team until he was dismissed by owner Art Modell in 1963 (hard to believe Modell would be that heartless, right?). Brown went on to found the Cincinnati Bengals of the AFL, then after the merger was pitted against his former team. ...
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Sanders and Sharpe are moving, but Sabol stole the show
… promised land? After Marshall Faulk's nauseating remarks about Georgia Frontiere (seriously, Browns fans who booed Art Modell 's mention, you couldn't toss us a bone here?), Faulk did offer some praise for the club's current owner Stan …
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In these times of difficulty, who will emerge to save the NFL?
… and football back. We need someone to take a giant step forward. While working with the Cleveland Browns for owner Art Modell , he always talked about the good of the league, always resisting making a move that might put a scare into the league …
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No. 5 Houston Oilers (home)… Texans didn't get to participate in the AFL throwback party? Bud Adams should have forfeited the Oilers name (like Art Modell did with the Browns) when the franchise moved to Tennessee. The football franchise in Houston should not only be the …
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Congrats on the Madden cover, Cleveland: You are doomed… Machine ." (Although somebody needs to explain to me how that squirrel goes from Kodiak Valley to that game.) 2. Art Modell Speaking of time travel, how many Browns fans would like to travel back in time to prevent Modell's parents from ever …
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Every team has a regrettable decision (or more) it'd like to undo
… Edge James , Dave Krieg and Boomer Esiason . Cards fans just wish they hadn't been forced to. 6. Cleveland -- Art Modell He started his reign by firing Paul Brown, the man after whom the team was named; he ended his reign by firing the …
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Here are more of the most inexplicable upsets in NFL history… you asked fans in Los Angeles and Cleveland if they thought that the world would survive after Georgia Frontiere and Art Modell won back-to-back Super Bowls, well, let's just say that we were stocking up on canned goods and bottled water …
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Who I love, who worries me, what baffles me in this draft
… to fall in Mock Draft Central . Phrases I hate "He is a first-rounder." What does that mean? Former Browns owner Art Modell would often remind me that kids are not born first-rounders; we make them first-rounders. Here's my beef: By …
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Hall of Fame announces 17 finalists for Class of 2011
… P (1973-1986 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders) » Lester Hayes , CB (1977-1986 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders) » Art Modell , Owner (1961-1995 Cleveland Browns , 1996-2003 Baltimore Ravens) » Paul Tagliabue , Commissioner (1989-2006 …
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Quite possibly the best sports letter ever… Really, even if this isn’t real, it’s still completely awesome. The best part of the letter might be that Art Modell was CC’d on it. Thank you, Cleveland Scene . Filed under: Around The Web
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McDaniels paid price for Broncos' lack of commitment to change… least it was for me. I saw this before, back in 1996, when I was director of player personnel for the Browns and owner Art Modell fired Bill Belichick over the phone on Valentine's Day. Modell struggled with the fans' reluctance to embrace their …
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Childress, Reid need timeout for bad game management
… I normally go berserk and start cursing at the television. Understand, this is not a second-guessing column. As Art Modell , my former boss with the Cleveland Browns , once said to me: "Kid, I am not second-guessing, I am first-guessing …