Here’s the kind of sophisticated Browns fan that I am. Just before the long-awaited opening kickoff, the waitress had set before me a tall glass of amber ale. Inexplicably, during Josh Cribbs’ return, a party of four deserted a large round table with the best angle to the biggest TV airing the Browns game. A […]
So, late last season I was wondering and waiting and repeatedly blogging about it. Why overuse Reuben Droughns, who was clearly getting worn down and less effective, even as he continued to get a record share of the team’s carries? Why not share the load with Lee Suggs, once his broken thumb had healed sufficiently […]
Looks like “Browns Huddle,” the team’s official newspaper, has broken into punt formation. You may recall that this publication was launched a year ago amid great fanfare (by Browns HQ itself, that is). I’ve never seen it, because ponying up $50 for a snail mail version of what I projected would be fluff further leavened […]
In a piece I wrote for the March ’06 Orange and Brown Report magazine, I suggested using seal brown, orange, and white paint as a cost-effective way to identify with the team. Sure enough, Home Depot and Glidden have come up with the “Team Colors” line of paint. Here’s the interactive site lets you visualize […]
Coming soon, from the young sportswriter who wrote the book (which I’m reading now and am very impressed with) on the Kardiac Kids, it’s Sundays in the Pound: The Heroics And Heartbreak of the 1985-89 Cleveland Browns. I’ve been thinking for months it was inevitable that a book on this bittersweet era would be written. […]
[Note: I wrote this piece a few months ago for another purpose, but now it occurs to me that I’d better let it see the light of day before it’s even more dated.] “At the right time and the right place, they’re capable of anything” — Chinatown, 1974 For more than one Browns fan, watching […]
Set up your Tivo, VCR, sons and daughters in front of the NFL Network on Friday, as the programming is all about the Browns. Here’s the shorthand schedule: Noon: “Six Days to Sunday” focuses on the first Bengals game of 2004. This was the the week that Chad Johnson toyed with Browns defenders by sending […]
Here’s an excerpt from a lengthy Boston Globe piece from last Thursday about the negotiations for WR David Givens, the Patriots free agent who ended up signing with Tennessee. Dolphins general manager Randy Mueller was first to call and [Givens’ agent Brad] Blank told him they needed to know if at least $20 million over […]
Rich Passan has knowingly ignited a fiery fan frenzy on the boards by opining that the Browns should not exist. I’m oversimplifying, but that’s what it comes down to. You ought to read the full piece yourself, because it’s a mighty strange thesis. He doesn’t mention the other Browns, another five-decade franchise that moved to […]
So the stress has gotten to Wheelie’s Old Man, and he lashed out at the media in a most unpleasant fashion. Well, next time this Hall of Famer needs a few more questions to get his competitive blood boiling, he can spray some spittle in response to these: When your son was drafted, you said […]
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