BEREA – Trent Richardson was never himself as a rookie. Starting in the preseason and continuing through the regular-season finale, he dealt with knee, rib and ankle injuries and was robbed of the explosion the Browns saw when they drafted him with the No. 3 pick. After Richardson stood on the sideline Thursday as he [...]
Browns Notes: Offensive coordinator Norv Turner brings the heat when dealing with players
BEREA – Offensive coordinator Norv Turner was running as hot Thursday as the temperatures that approached 90 degrees. According to his players and boss, it was a normal day. Turner yelled at receivers Davone Bess and Greg Little for lining up illegally – both were on the line of scrimmage. He yelled at backup quarterback [...]
Browns RB Trent Richardson downplays leg injury, says he’s not injury-prone
BEREA – Browns running back Trent Richardson remains sidelined by a strained muscle in his right shin, but downplayed his latest injury. “Ain’t no biggie,” he said Thursday following an organized team activities practice. “Ain’t nothing to worry about. “I could be out there, but they want to be cautious about it and just make [...]
Reunited and it feels so good: Jim Brown back with the Cleveland Browns as special adviser
CLEVELAND — Jim Brown posed for a picture Wednesday with Browns owner Jimmy Haslam in front of his No. 32 in the team’s ring of honor. Brown’s relationship with the organization he helped build into a national presence and a local treasure had officially come full circle. Brown was given the role of special adviser [...]
Two Pilot Flying J employees plead guilty
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two employees of the truck stop chain owned by the family of Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam have pleaded guilty in a federal probe of the company’s business practices. Regional sales director Arnold Ralenkotter pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud in [...]
Browns: QB Brian Hoyer learning his way with hometown team, believes he’s capable of being an NFL starter
BEREA – Quarterback Brian Hoyer stays late to familiarize himself with his fourth new offense in the last several months. He works with the rookies after practice to get extra repetitions. He’s likely still learning the names of his 89 teammates. But there’s one thing Hoyer knows as well as anyone. “I didn’t need directions [...]
Browns Notes: Brandon Weeden heads to Oklahoma to pitch in after tornado hit wife’s hometown
BEREA — Brandon Weeden and wife Melanie have important plans for Memorial Day Weekend. They’re back in Oklahoma to help with the cleanup following the tornado that devastated Moore. “It actually went right through my wife’s hometown,” Weeden said Thursday after practice. “Fourth Street, the path they keep talking about, my mother-in-law lives on Main, [...]
Browns QB Brian Hoyer thrilled to be with hometown team, believes he’s good enough to be a starter
BEREA – Brian Hoyer wanted to be Bernie Kosar as a kid and attended the final game in the old Cleveland Browns Stadium. So practicing in the orange helmet for the first time this week was certainly special. “Obviously when you’re a kid growing up and you dream about playing professional sports, you dream about [...]
Browns cut S Eric Hagg, make series of roster moves
A year ago at this time, Eric Hagg was installed as the starter at free safety during offseason workouts. On Tuesday, he was waived. The Browns made a series of roster moves, headlined by the release of Hagg. He was a seventh-round pick in 2011 and played 10 games as a rookie, mostly on special [...]
New Browns offensive coordinator Norv Turner embracing fans’ fervor for team
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 [...]
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