THE KARDIAC KIDS GET A FEW KEY PIECES
The birth of the Kardiac Kids was still a long ways off, but that era began to take shape a little more 41 years ago…
Browns History
A HISTORIC DATE FOR MODELL AND COLLIER
Art Modell and Blanton Collier have some strong common threads, but they are drastically different in other ways. And Wednesday is the anniversary of…
‘THE CATCH,’ ‘THE LOOK’ AND DWIGHT CLARK
Most people’s image of former San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Dwight Clark is from that well-known photo of “The Catch,” in which his outstretched arms…
EVEN THE GREAT PAUL BROWN MADE MISTAKES
Paul Brown, the head coach of the Browns for their first 17 seasons, was a smart football man. Actually, he was much more than…
THE REASONS THAT THE BROWNS ARE WHERE THEY’RE AT
It’s not hard to figure out how the Browns went 1-15 last season. You just need to look at how they’ve done with…
THOSE GREAT TIMES WERE WAY GOO LONG AGO
The funeral Mass for former Browns assistant coach Dave Adolph is set for Friday morning at a church in the Columbus suburb of Dublin. …
‘THE DRIVE’ STILL DRIVES US CRAZY
Dave Adolph, the Mogadore native who passed away Sunday night at age 79, was, as Sam Rutigliano told me Monday, “a defensive guru.” Rutigliano was…
A FORMER BROWNS’ HOMETOWN COACH PASSES AWAY
Paul Brown grew up in Massillon. Fritz Heisler was from Massillon as well. Ditto for Bill Edwards. Richard Gallagher hailed from Ironton. John Brickels was…
AN ‘ABYSMAL’ MISCONCEPTION ABOUT BELICHICK
I read something the other day talking about people who failed at first professionally and then found great success later in life. One of…
WHEN THE BROWNS HAD HE BEST OF THE BEST
We didn’t know it back then – in fact, in some cases, we thought just the opposite – but the Browns of the early 1990s…