| Cleveland's football circus (AP) |
6 Nov 2009 at 11:06pm
| Just hours after Cleveland's fired general manager walked down the front steps in disgrace carrying his belongings in travel bags, two disgruntled fans climbed the same steps inside the team's headquarters for a meeting with the team's camera-shy owner. One of them wore a plastic dog bone hat. |
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| Browns Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) |
6 Nov 2009 at 6:59pm
The Browns bye week got off to an unusual start Monday when general manager George Kokinis was fired after being on the job a little over nine months. The reason, according to coach Eric Mangini, who hand-picked Kokinis, is "things didn't work out."
The next day two roster spots opened up after kicker Billy Cundiff and defensive back Anthony Madison were waived. Since the Browns do not play again until Nov. 16 in a Monday night game against the Ravens, they are in no hurry to add players. Mangini is confident the front office can find the right players without Kokinis' help. "We have a strong structure in place on both the pro side and the college side and things will continue to operate effectively on a day-to-day basis," Mangini said. So the Browns have two... |
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| Browns' Lewis going ahead with retirement plans (AP) |
4 Nov 2009 at 3:07pm
| Jamal Lewis can see the goal line to his career. It's just eight games away. Cleveland's durable running back said Wednesday that he hasn't changed his mind about retiring after this season, his 10th in the NFL. Lewis announced the decision following the Browns' 30-6 loss Sunday in Chicago, leading to speculation he was speaking from emotion. |
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| Mangini mum on GM's sudden ouster (AP) |
3 Nov 2009 at 3:42pm
| The convoluted ouster of George Kokinis as Cleveland's general manager barely made a ripple in the Browns' locker room. These guys are accustomed to losses. Pro Bowl tackle Joe Thomas hardly knew Kokinis, who was hired in January and left the club under unexplained circumstances on Monday. "He wasn't around too much, and when he was, he was pretty quiet," Thomas said. |
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| Browns waive kicker Cundiff (AP) |
3 Nov 2009 at 12:40pm
| No longer needed, kicker Billy Cundiff has been waived by the Cleveland Browns. Cundiff filled in while Phil Dawson missed five games with a pulled right calf muscle. Cundiff made all six field-goal tries for the Browns (1-7). Dawson returned for last week's game against Chicago and had his extra point blocked in a 30-6 loss to the Chicago Bears. |
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