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AKRON — New Browns offensive coordinator Norv Turner knew he was moving to a football-crazy area. However, he didn’t fully grasp how over-the-top rabid that Northeast Ohio was about its NFL team until the past few weeks. “There have been more stories written about (Cleveland St. Ignatius High graduate) Brian Hoyer becoming a Brown than [...]
BEREA — Jason Pinkston reached a milestone Tuesday when he returned to practice for the first day of organized team activities. That was nothing compared to his monumental day a month earlier. Martha Jane Pinkston was born April 12 at 12:21 a.m., a few days ahead of schedule. He named his first child after his [...]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam says he was “absolutely not” aware of and did not participate in the practices that led to the federal investigation into his Pilot Flying J company. “I take responsibility for what happens at PFJ as the guy at the top of the shop, but I was absolutely [...]
Joshua Cribbs, an adopted son of Northeast Ohio after a quarterbacking career at Kent State and eight years with the Browns, has a new home on the West Coast. Cribbs signed a one-year deal with the Oakland Raiders on Wednesday, his agent announced on Twitter. “I am blessed to have the opportunity to prove myself [...]
CANTON – Tim Tebow isn’t coming to Cleveland. Joshua Cribbs likely isn’t coming back. Tebow, the polarizing quarterback, was recently cut by the Jets and is a free agent. Browns general manager Michael Lombardi was asked about him Monday during the question-and-answer period at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Luncheon Club event. “I think [...]
CANTON — Browns general manager Michael Lombardi stood in front of a dining hall packed with grizzled, frustrated fans at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Luncheon Club event. Many of them have been watching the Browns longer than Lombardi has been alive. They don’t waste time. The first question after Lombardi’s monologue referenced the [...]
Tucked on the far sideline of the fieldhouse on a dreary Saturday, Barkevious Mingo was put through outside linebacker drills by assistant coach Brian Baker. Mingo flew through the cones set up in a zigzag pattern. He was quick dropping in coverage and snatched — that’s the only appropriate word — the ball thrown in [...]
BEREA – Armonty Bryant was worried his Browns career would be over before it began. He should’ve been. Following his arrest May 3 for driving under the influence in Ada, Okla., the Browns considered cutting ties with Bryant, the defensive end whom they drafted out of Division II East Central a week earlier in the [...]
BEREA – Reporter: Do you think you’re skinny? Barkevious Mingo: A huge laugh, then an answer. “Naw, I think I’m just fine the way I am,” he said. Mingo’s weight has been a topic of discussion since he was drafted with the No. 6 pick. The volume was raised when he arrived in Cleveland with [...]
WESTLAKE — Jimmy Haslam shook hands, shared laughs and talked some football with his newest customers. After some troubling weeks, the Browns owner finally got a chance to tell Cleveland fans he was sorry that he had let them down. Embarrassed by a federal investigation of fraud inside his truck-stop company, Haslam apologized Tuesday night [...]
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