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07 May 2013

What should the Browns do with Armonty Bryant?

nfl-combine-football.jpeg21-1280x960Lots of talk over the past 24 hours about what the Cleveland Browns should do with Armonty Bryant after the news broke that the seventh-round draft pick had plead no contest to a misdemeanor DUI charges.

This latest incident follows one last fall where Bryant was sentenced for selling $20 worth of marijuana to an undercover police officer.

So what should the Browns do?

We’ve seen reactions on both sides, from those who take a “boys will be boys” attitude to calls for the Browns to cut him immediately.

We think the answer lies somewhere in the middle.

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06 May 2013

Picking up the pieces of the latest Browns draft

26-Oct-10_98597085CG118_Cleveland_Bro_crop_450x500So six Cleveland Browns fans walk into a bar and start talking about the aftermath of the Browns recent draft picks.

Did the Browns make the right moves? Are we doomed to another in a seemingly endless loop of 5-11 seasons? What happens when Browns fans stop being polite and start getting  real? (Except for the not polite part? And does that reference make us look old?)

Find out in the latest installment of Five Questions in Five Minutes at Cleveland Reboot where we join a virtual roundtable for Browns draft talk with Jim Kanicki, Jeff Rich, Mike Krupka, Barry McBride and Chris Pokorny.

And, no, seventh-round draft choice Armonty Bryant was not our designated driver. What, too soon?

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04 May 2013
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ESPN turns its 30 for 30 focus on Cleveland sports fans

ESPN-30-for-30ESPN has decided that Cleveland sports are ready for a closeup with the announcement that the network is making a 30 for 30 film about Cleveland sports fans.

Well this is certainly going to be fun.

All kidding aside, this has the potential to be interesting – we can’t really say entertaining, now can we? – and there is little doubt it will be well produced. We haven’t watched all of the films so far in the series, some of the subject matter just wasn’t that interesting, but the ones we have seen have all been very well done. According to ESPN’s website, the documentary series is “similar to feature-length films in that each piece represents a specific point of view of the filmmaker and is a reflection of how they blend the narrative with their own visual style.”

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27 Apr 2013

Browns close out an interesting weekend at the NFL Draft

2013_04_browns_bark_mingoThe Cleveland Browns had an “interesting” weekend during the three-day NFL Draft – and that may be understating things a bit.

Once all seven rounds were completed, the Browns turned their seven draft picks into outsider linebacker Barkevious Mingo, cornerback Leon McFadden, safety Jamoris Slaughter, defensive end Armonty Bryant, offensive tackle Garrett Gilkey and a bucket load of draft picks in the 2014 NFL Draft. And they added veteran wide receiver Davone Bess in a trade with Miami

It was quite the weekend, so let’s recap what happened over at The Cleveland Fan.

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25 Apr 2013

Cleveland Browns NFL Draft preview

2013_04_browns_mingoToday is the day that Cleveland Browns fans have been waiting for.

After months of hearing about big boards, fluid hips, short arms, tight ankles, combines, Pro days, 40-yard dash times, game changers, sleepers, and more mock drafts from the likes of Mel Kiper, Todd McShay and Mike Mayock, it is finally time for the NFL Draft.

Heading into tonight’s action, the Browns hold the No. 6 pick in the first round, as well as pick Nos. 68, 104, 139, 164, 175 and 227.

This will be the first draft for the team under CEO Joe Banner, the first draft with general manager Mike Lombardi in the building since 1996, and the first draft in franchise history where the owner is facing a federal investigation for his business practices.

In other words, just another day in Cleveland sports.

So what will the Browns do when they finally get on the clock at approximately 9:30 p.m.?

Your 2013 NFL Draft preview starts … now at The Cleveland Fan.

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23 Apr 2013
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Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back

mike brown cavsWelcome back,
To that same old place that you laughed about.
Well the names have all changed since you hung around,
But those dreams have remained and they’re turned around.
Who’d have thought they’d lead ya (Who’d have thought they’d lead ya)
Here where we need ya (Here where we need ya) …

The Cleveland Cavaliers are reportedly planning to re-hire Mike Brown as coach, three years after they fired him.

Brown and the Cavs have reached a “handshake agreement” according to The Beacon Journal and the hiring could become official as early as Wednesday.

We certainly didn’t see that one coming.

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21 Apr 2013

Talking Browns football with Scotland’s Sad Factory

2013_04_sad_factoryBeing a fan of Cleveland sports is one of the better aspects of life, aside from the no championship thing, of course.

The allure of the Browns, Indians and Cavaliers is not just confined to Northeast Ohio, however, as the power of Cleveland sports extends not only across the country but internationally as well.

Which brings us to Murray Alexander

Murray is a 24-year-old from Glasgow, Scotland, and the author of The Factory of Sadness, a blog about the Cleveland Browns that has been “churning out canned heartbreak since 1796.” You can also find him on Twitter @SadFactory.

Murray was kind enough to sit down for a virtual Q&A on how he became a Browns fan, why things are going to be better under the new regime and the team’s prospects for 2013.

To see what he had to say, head over to The Cleveland Fan.

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20 Apr 2013

Brownie Bits

26-Oct-10_98597085CG118_Cleveland_Bro_crop_450x500Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam said he’s not going anywhere in a brief press conference on Friday in Knoxville.

“I thought to myself, ‘well why would I do that?’” he said in published reports. “Candidly I haven’t done anything wrong number one. And number two, if there’s ever a time a company need our leadership it’s right now.

“We feel confident that this company is run the right way and will be continued to run the right way.”

Mrs. Haslam even chimed in on this week’s events at Pilot Flying J.

“(Jimmy) hasn’t done anything wrong,” Dee Haslam told knoxvillebiz.com. “He’s probably one of the best CEOs anywhere.”

We like the fact that the owner of the local football team is confident and willing to fight for what he believes. That bodes well for the future prospects of the Browns.

We just wish that owner wasn’t currently facing a federal investigation into his company’s business practices.

But that’s just us.

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19 Apr 2013

Stop the coaching carousel, we want to get off

byron-scottjpg-5d00c21bc3fffdd8The Cleveland Cavaliers made the speculation that has surrounded the team for the past few weeks reality on Thursday, firing head coach Byron Scott.

Scott was “released” from his duties in Cleveland (the team’s word) after compiling a record of 64-166 and successfully guiding the team into the NBA lottery for three consecutive years.

In other words, Scott did what he was ostensibly hired to do.

Just since September, every pro team in town has fired its manager or head coach, leaving current Tribe manager Terry Francona, who was managing his 14th game with the Tribe on Thursday night, as the most-tenured manager or coach of Cleveland’s three sports team.

Whatever. We’re too tired and we just want to get off the coaching carousel for a while.

For the full story, head over to The Cleveland Fan.

(Photo by The Plain Dealer)

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16 Apr 2013
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Pilot Flying J raid may be most Only in Cleveland story ever

pilot flying j raidOver the years we have seen and heard our share of strange stories when it comes to Cleveland sports.

From bankrupt owners, to bad trades, ill-timed injuries, prevent defenses in the playoffs, players burning their uniforms in trash cans, fat guys eating beer cans, players taking their “talents to South Beach,” and more disappointment than any one fan base should ever witness, we though we had seen it all.

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