BEREA – The Browns ended the first draft under CEO Joe Banner and general manager Michael Lombardi by taking offensive lineman Garrett Gilkey from Chadron State with pick No. 227. The Browns ended the draft with two seventh-round selections from Division II colleges. Outside linebacker Armonty Bryant was picked at No. 217. Gilkey (6-foot-6, 318 [...]

BEREA – The Browns took little-known Armonty Bryant in the seventh round, the No. 217 overall pick. Bryant (6-4, 263 pounds) projects as an outside linebacker. He finished his career at East Central University in Oklahoma, a Division II school. He was arrested on a felony charge of marijuana distribution in a school zone. He [...]

BEREA – The Browns have yet to make a selection on the third day of the NFL Draft. Instead, they traded their fourth- and fifth-round picks for third- and fourth-round choices in 2014. Cleveland sent pick No. 111 to Pittsburgh, then No. 139 to Indianapolis. The Browns’ next selection is scheduled for No. 175. They’ve [...]

BEREA – The Browns traded out of the fourth round, and they sent the pick to the rival Pittsburgh Steelers. With the Browns on the clock at No. 111 – the 14th pick of the fourth round – they sent the selection to the Steelers in exchange for a third-round pick in 2014. The Browns’ [...]

BEREA – The Browns addressed a need and took San Diego State cornerback Leon McFadden with the No. 68 pick in the NFL Draft. The Browns drafted LSU pass rusher Barkevious Mingo at No. 6, then didn’t pick again until the third round. The second-round pick was spent on receiver Josh Gordon in last year’s [...]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Cleveland Browns owner and Pilot Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam on Friday again denied any wrongdoing and said he wasn’t stepping aside, even as federal authorities alleged that he was aware of a widespread scheme to defraud customers of the truck stop chain. According to court documents, sales team members said [...]

The NFL has no plans to ask Browns owner Jimmy Haslam to step away from the team while the FBI and IRS investigate Pilot Flying J, league spokesman Greg Aiello said in an email to The Chronicle-Telegram. Haslam is CEO of Pilot Flying J, the nation’s largest truck-stop company. His father, Jim, founded the company. [...]

The rumors and reports were true. Michael Lombardi was hired this morning as vice president of player personnel. He will run the Browns’ personnel department and be charged with acquiring talent for first-time coach Rob Chudzinski. The introductory news conference is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. at Browns headquarters. Lombardi had been rumored for the job [...]

BEREA – Rob Chudzinski interviewed for head coaching jobs in the past, but had never landed one. That changed Thursday night when he was hired as the 14th full-time coach in Browns history. It was worth the wait. “For me, personally, it’s the best job,” he said this morning at an introductory news conference. “This [...]

BEREA – Browns general manager Tom Heckert said he doesn’t know if he’ll keep his job after the season and he’ll be “disappointed” if new owner Jimmy Haslam and CEO Joe Banner don’t bring him back for his fourth year. “I really have no idea,” Heckert said today in an informal interview with reporters. “Whatever [...]