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14 Sep 2013

Browns vs. Ravens – Week 2

2013_09_browns_ravens_previewThe Cleveland Browns travel to Baltimore on Sunday to take on the Ravens.

It will be the home opener for Baltimore, which means they will be unveiling their Super Bowl banner and celebrating last season’s victory in front of the home fans.

Yeah, that’s going to be a laugh riot for the Browns.

Barring something strange happening, one of these teams will walk out of the stadium on Sunday with an 0-2 record on the season.

There are certainly ways that we can see the Browns pulling out a win against Baltimore – but it is not going to be easy.

Let’s try to figure it out as our game preview starts … now at The Cleveland Fan.

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10 Sep 2013

Wrapping up the Browns season-opening loss to Miami

browns dolphins wrapThe Cleveland Browns lost their season-opening game on Sunday to Miami, the ninth-consecutive they have opened the season with a loss and the 14th time they have pulled off that feat since 1999.

Sunday’s game had it all for Browns fans: from the continued misuse of running back Trent Richardson, to bad line play, bad quarterback play and much more.

We take a last look at Sunday’s debacle in our latest post at The Cleveland Fan.

(Photo courtesy of The Beacon Journal)

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10 Sep 2013

USMNT looks to punch World Cup ticket tonight vs. Mexico

usa soccer mexico previewThe U.S. men’s national team will take the pitch tonight in Columbus, Ohio, with a chance to make it a very special night.

Jurgen Klinsmann’s team is currently in second place in the CONCACAF Hexagonal, one point back of Costa Rica. The Ticos defeated the Americans on Friday night to break their 12-match winning streak. A win by the U.S. tonight at Columbus Crew Stadium, combined with a Honduras win or tie against visiting Panama, means the Americans can punch their ticket to next summer’s World Cup in Brazil.

Sounds easy, right?

Well, there is one thing standing in the way of the celebration – arch-rival Mexico.

Our preview of the match starts now at World Soccer Talk.

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09 Sep 2013

Browns drop season opener; so what else is new?

browns dolphins sackWell, that certainly did not go the way the Cleveland Browns drew it up.

The Browns lost their season-opening game on Sunday against Miami in a very familiar fashion. The loss was the team’s ninth consecutive to open the season – the longest current streak in the NFL – and the Browns are now 1-14 to open the season since 1999.

The offense was ineffective, the defense looked good at times but has issues in the secondary and, as usual, not much went right.

We go into the gory details at The Cleveland Fan.

(Photo courtesy of The Beacon Journal.)

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08 Sep 2013

Browns vs. Dolphins – Week 1

browns dolphins sheard previewA little more than eight months after we last saw them in real game action, the Cleveland Browns return to the field today to open the 2013 NFL season.

The Browns will be at home, naturally, taking on the Miami Dolphins. Cleveland is 1-13 in season openers since returning to the NFL in 1999, a streak that would be nice to see them snap against the Dolphins.

Today’s game will mark the first game for Rob Chudzinski as an NFL head coach, the fifth time we have seen a coach make his NFL debut with the Orange and Brown since 1999.

Can Brandon Weeden avoid a repeat of last season’s opening game? What will a healthy Trent Richardson be able to do? Can Ray Horton’s attacking defense bring the pain on Miami quarterback Ryan Tannehill – even without first-round draft pick Barkevious Mingo?

We start looking for the answers in our Week 1 preview at The Cleveland Fan.

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05 Sep 2013

What does 2013 have in store for the Cleveland Browns?

2013_08_browns_scheduleThe NFL kicks off tonight as Denver hosts Baltimore.

On Sunday, it starts for real for the Cleveland Browns.

So what does the NFL have in store for everyone’s favorite team in 2013? A playoff berth? A shot at grabbing the No. 1 pick in next spring’s NFL Draft and Jadeveon Clowney, the presumed top pick?

The answer probably lies somewhere in the middle, which, while potentially frustrating, may end up not being the worst thing to happen to the Browns.

The Cleveland Fan brought together an august group of football experts to discuss what we will see from the Orange and Brown this fall.

Check out what we have to say starting … now at The Cleveland Fan.

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03 Sep 2013

Browns decide to embrace the unpredictable at kicking position

browns billy cundiffThe Cleveland Browns, apparently deciding that predictability at the kicking position is for chumps, signed veteran place kicker Billy Cundiff to a contract on Tuesday.

Cundiff was a Pro Bowl kicker back in 2010, for what that honor is worth, after making 26-of-29 field goals for Baltimore. But things definitely took a turn for the worse once he returned from Hawaii.

In 2011, he missed nine field goals in the regular season before famously missing a 32-yard field goal that would have sent the AFC Championship Game into overtime.

The Ravens released him after that season and he bounced around between San Francisco (where he did not attempt a kick) to Washington (where was just seven-of-12) before being released.

For his career, Cundiff has made just 75 percent of his field goals and has only converted more than 80 percent in a single season once. By comparison, Phil Dawson, the kicker that Cundiff is replacing, has made 84 percent of his field goals in his career and has converted less than 80 percent just once since 2002 – and that was seven years ago.

And that is the biggest problem – Billy Cundiff is not Phil Dawson.

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02 Sep 2013
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From the editor’s notebook …

Nick HagadoneFor a few weeks now we’ve been wondering if the Cleveland Indians have one last run in them to stay in the playoff race or if it’s time to call the season.

The last week may have provided us with the answer.

A three-game sweep in Atlanta … a weekend to forget in Detroit that was saved only by an improbably Mike Aviles grand slam … a series-opening loss to Baltimore where Justin Masterson left in the second inning with an injury … and, well, we’re ready to call it a season.

Sure, it is conceivable that the Tribe can stay in the playoff race (just like it is conceivable that the Cleveland Browns could win the AFC North Division this fall), with the hope resting on the weak slate of opponents left on the schedule once Baltimore leaves town. After all, the Tribe is “only” four games out of a Wild Card spot (but that could change for the negative by the time the Orioles leave town).

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29 Aug 2013

Daniel Sturridge benefitting from Luis Suárez’ absence

Daniel_Sturridge_goalTwo games into the season, Liverpool finds itself tied for second place near the top of the Premier League table with Tottenham Hotspur. It’s the first time the Red have won their first two games of the season since 2008-09, a campaign that saw them finish in second place with 86 points.

More importantly, the club is now 5-0-1 during the first six games they have played without Luis Suárez, who has four more matches left on his suspension for biting Branislav Ivanovic. It would be a bit daft to try and use Liverpool’s short-term run of success to build an argument that they are better off without the talented but mercurial Suárez.

But Liverpool is winning and, in the process, is learning a valuable lesson – how to win without Suárez. And no one is taking that lesson to heart more than Daniel Sturridge.

We look at what that means for the club’s success this year in our latest at World Soccer Talk.

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27 Aug 2013
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The legacy of Owen Marecic

Owen MarecicThe Cleveland Browns continued to make moves on Tuesday as they released several players to get down to the NFL-mandated roster limit of 75 players.

In a bit of a surprising move, the club released third-year fullback Owen Marecic, one of the players the Browns drafted with a pick obtained in the Julio Jones draft day trade with Atlanta.

Marecic had his ups and downs with the Browns, but what fan can forget that career-high three-yard run against Miami in Week 3 of his rookie season? Or how he matched that with another three-yard burst against St. Louis in Week 9?

Who among us could have imagined that run would be the last time Marecic would gain a rushing yard while wearing the Orange and Brown?

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