I'll be coming out to Cleveland fre­quently ... This is the first of a series of posts telling the story of Art Modell's time with the Browns through the reporting of The Plain Dealer.

But Art would admit, 'I did that, and I did it to my wife.' " Modell died knowing he'd always be reviled in Cleveland, the city he adopted in 1961 when he purchased the Browns. "I have a great ...

Specifically, the city plans to use current state law, passed in 1996 and named for former Browns owner Art Modell, who moved the team from Cleveland to Baltimore, as the justification to keep the ...

From the moment he signed the papers to move the Browns from Cleveland to Baltimore, Art Modell knew his legacy in his adopted hometown “was shot,” as he famously put it. The NFL Championship ...

RELATED: City of Cleveland to 'move forward' on using Art Modell Law to prevent Browns from going to Brook Park "In the Columbus Crew example, then-Attorney General (Mike) DeWine started with an ...

Art Modell purchased the Browns in 1961 for $ ... Only the Detroit Lions have achieved the same dubious feat. The 2023 Cleveland Browns did post an 11-6 record and made the playoffs, so it's ...

Art Modell, a marketing executive who helped negotiate the NFL’s first television contract and later enraged fans when he moved the Cleveland Browns franchise to Baltimore, has died. He was 87.

CLEVELAND — As the battle over a possible ... Passed in 1996, the "Modell Law" was derisively named after former Browns owner Art Modell months after he moved the team to Baltimore.

CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Browns' push ... The Modell law was passed in 1996 after former Browns owner Art Modell moved the franchise to Baltimore. It states that no owner of a professional ...

The Cleveland Browns’ push to move out of the city and ... The Modell Law was passed in 1996 after former Browns owner Art Modell moved the franchise to Baltimore. It states that no owner ...

“Art had this innate feeling that he should be embedded in the community,” said Ernie Accorsi, who worked eight years as general manager of the Cleveland Browns under Modell. “He completely ...