to the decision made by a previous owner of the Browns, Art Modell, to move the franchise over 400 miles away to Baltimore, Maryland in 1995.” Weinstein (mostly) sides with the Browns on this one, but ...

On Jan. 29, 1967, a farewell celebration was held for Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown. The who’s-who of attendees honored the football great, who delivered an impassioned speech before a few ...

CLEVELAND — Cleveland's fight to keep the Browns from moving from downtown ... who felt betrayed in 1995 when late owner Art Modell, unable to strike a deal with the city to get a new stadium ...

The Modell Law, passed in 1996 after former owner Art Modell moved the original Browns to Baltimore, requires the team to give Cleveland six-months’ notice before leaving town and give residents ...

The City of Cleveland returned fire Tuesday in its battle with the Haslam Sports Group. The city filed a lawsuit in the ...

George Voinovich signed the so-called “Art Modell Law” in 1996, the possibility of the law being used against the Cleveland Browns wasn’t on anyone’s mind. Yet the City of Cleveland sued ...

a year after Art Modell moved the original Browns from Cleveland to Baltimore. The entire statute from the Ohio Revised Code reads as follows: "No owner of a professional sports team that uses a ...

This week, the City of Cleveland (the City ... As a refresher, the Modell Law, named after the infamous former Browns owner, Art Modell, requires Ohio professional sports teams that receive ...

The city of Cleveland filed a lawsuit against the ... Advertisement The law was passed after former Browns owner Art Modell moved the team to Baltimore in 1996. It requires a team that takes ...