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Weather Authority Alert Day Issued for Thursday, May 15th and Friday, May 16th

JIMMY HASLAM III


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Joe Flacco is returning to the Cleveland Browns on a 1-year deal

Read full article: Joe Flacco is returning to the Cleveland Browns on a 1-year deal

Joe Flacco is heading back to Cleveland.

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Browns owner Jimmy Haslam admits team 'took a big swing and miss' in trading for Deshaun Watson

Read full article: Browns owner Jimmy Haslam admits team 'took a big swing and miss' in trading for Deshaun Watson

Cleveland co-owner Jimmy Haslam admitted on Monday that the Browns “took a big swing and miss” with their 2022 trade for quarterback Deshaun Watson.

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Myles Garrett thinks Browns are in a better place after extension, discussions about team's future

Read full article: Myles Garrett thinks Browns are in a better place after extension, discussions about team's future

Cleveland edge rusher Myles Garrett believes a trade request and voicing his frustrations during Super Bowl week about the Browns’ 3-14 campaign was the catalyst for more conversations with general manager Andrew Berry about the franchise’s future.

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Junior Bridgeman, businessman and basketball standout for Louisville and Milwaukee Bucks, dies at 71

Read full article: Junior Bridgeman, businessman and basketball standout for Louisville and Milwaukee Bucks, dies at 71

Junior Bridgeman, a basketball standout who went on to an even more successful career in business, has died at the age of 71.

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Browns sue city of Cleveland over 'Modell Law' designed to prevent their move to suburbs

Read full article: Browns sue city of Cleveland over 'Modell Law' designed to prevent their move to suburbs

The Browns’ back-and-forth battle with Cleveland over a planned move into a new suburban stadium has gone to court.

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Browns sign 20-year stadium rights deal with Huntington Bank as they position for possible new home

Read full article: Browns sign 20-year stadium rights deal with Huntington Bank as they position for possible new home

As they position themselves for a possible new domed stadium, the Cleveland Browns are renaming their current one.

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Tennessee reaches long-term deal with Knoxville-based Pilot to preserve name of Neyland Stadium

Read full article: Tennessee reaches long-term deal with Knoxville-based Pilot to preserve name of Neyland Stadium

Tennessee has announced a long-term deal with travel-center giant Pilot that preserves the names of Neyland Stadium and Shields-Watkins Field while giving the Knoxville-based company prominent signage throughout the stadium, including on the playing surface.

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Clock ticking for Haslam family to sell stake in Pilot truck stops to Berkshire Hathaway this year

Read full article: Clock ticking for Haslam family to sell stake in Pilot truck stops to Berkshire Hathaway this year

The clock is ticking for Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and his family to decide whether to sell their remaining stake in the Pilot truck stop chain to fellow billionaire Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway company.

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Berkshire can't use bribery allegations against Haslam in Pilot truck stop chain accounting dispute

Read full article: Berkshire can't use bribery allegations against Haslam in Pilot truck stop chain accounting dispute

A Delaware judge says Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway will not be allowed to use allegations that billionaire Jimmy Haslam tried to bribe employees at the Pilot truck stop chain as Berkshire defends itself in a trial over Pilot’s accounting practices.

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Haslam family denies allegation from Warren Buffett's company that it bribed truck stop chain execs

Read full article: Haslam family denies allegation from Warren Buffett's company that it bribed truck stop chain execs

An attorney for the billionaire Haslam family has called the bribery allegations from Warren Buffett’s company a “wild invention."

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Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway says Haslams offered bribes to inflate Pilot truck stops earnings

Read full article: Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway says Haslams offered bribes to inflate Pilot truck stops earnings

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway says the billionaire Haslam family tried to bribe at least 15 executives at the Pilot truck stop chain with millions of dollars to get them to inflate the company’s profits this year because that would force Berkshire to pay more for the Haslams’ remaining 20% stake in the company.

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Haslams say Warren Buffett's Berkshire wants to take money out of their pockets in truck stop deal

Read full article: Haslams say Warren Buffett's Berkshire wants to take money out of their pockets in truck stop deal

The billionaire Haslam family says in a lawsuit that Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway are trying to artificially depress the price the company is obligated to pay for the family’s remaining 20% stake in the Pilot Travel Centers truck stop company after paying nearly $11 billion since 2017 for the first 80% it bought.

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AP Source: Browns owners seeking share of NBA's Bucks

Read full article: AP Source: Browns owners seeking share of NBA's Bucks

A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that Cleveland Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam are in talks to buy a minority stake in the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks.

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New quarterbacks not working out across NFL this season

Read full article: New quarterbacks not working out across NFL this season

A vast majority of the quarterback changes made in the offseason have not worked out for NFL contenders looking to stabilize the position and win right away.

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Lawyer charged in bottle throwing incident at Browns game

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A Cleveland attorney who was arrested for throwing a water bottle at Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam at the end of a Browns home game last month has been charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct by intoxication.

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Brissett, Browns rebound from collapse, beat Steelers 29-17

Read full article: Brissett, Browns rebound from collapse, beat Steelers 29-17

Jacoby Brissett threw two touchdown passes, Nick Chubb ran for a score and the Cleveland Browns bounced back from their epic meltdown four days earlier to beat the rival Pittsburgh Steelers 29-17.

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Fan arrested for allegedly throwing bottle at Browns owner

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A fan was arrested for allegedly throwing a plastic water bottle and hitting Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam during the closing moments of Sunday’s 31-30 home loss to the New York Jets.

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Browns trusting QB Brissett while Watson serves suspension

Read full article: Browns trusting QB Brissett while Watson serves suspension

The Browns are trusting Jacoby Brissett to keep their season afloat.

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Goodell: NFL appeal of Watson suspension 'right thing to do'

Read full article: Goodell: NFL appeal of Watson suspension 'right thing to do'

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he feels the league needed to keep pushing for a year-long suspension for Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson because of his “egregious” and “predatory behavior” toward women.

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Browns get some clarity on Deshaun Watson, await closure

Read full article: Browns get some clarity on Deshaun Watson, await closure

The Browns now know how long they'll be without Deshaun Watson.

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Fans debate Watson's 6-game suspension for assault claims

Read full article: Fans debate Watson's 6-game suspension for assault claims

Football fans are debating the six-game suspension for Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson.

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Browns excuse Mayfield from camp, Watson situation expands

Read full article: Browns excuse Mayfield from camp, Watson situation expands

Deshaun Watson’s complex legal situation has the Cleveland Browns in limbo and unclear about the quarterback’s immediate future.

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NFL clears Browns after former coach said team tanked games

Read full article: NFL clears Browns after former coach said team tanked games

An independent investigation launched by the NFL found no evidence the Cleveland Browns purposely lost games during the 2016 and 2017 seasons as former coach Hue Jackson claimed.

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Deshaun Watson reports to Browns for first offseason program

Read full article: Deshaun Watson reports to Browns for first offseason program

Deshaun Watson reported for his first offseason program with the Browns, who mortgaged their future in acquiring the controversial quarterback in a trade.

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Court: Browns QB Watson must address history with therapists

Read full article: Court: Browns QB Watson must address history with therapists

A judge in Texas says Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson must say whether he had sex with 18 massage therapists who supported him last year following criminal complaints.

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Watson visits Browns as 2nd grand jury declines to indict

Read full article: Watson visits Browns as 2nd grand jury declines to indict

A second grand jury in Texas has declined to indict new Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by 22 women and still faces civil lawsuits.

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Trade for Watson ends up costing Browns a little more

Read full article: Trade for Watson ends up costing Browns a little more

The price for Deshaun Watson went up for the Browns in 24 hours.

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Deshaun Watson trade done, Browns defend decision to add QB

Read full article: Deshaun Watson trade done, Browns defend decision to add QB

Deshaun Watson’s complicated past didn’t dissuade the Cleveland Browns from betting on the quarterback’s future.

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AP source: Mayfield requests trade after Browns chase Watson

Read full article: AP source: Mayfield requests trade after Browns chase Watson

A person familiar with the discussions tells the AP that Baker Mayfield has requested the Cleveland Browns trade him after the team failed in its pursuit of quarterback Deshaun Watson.

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Sinema's shift: 'Prada socialist' to corporate donor magnet

Read full article: Sinema's shift: 'Prada socialist' to corporate donor magnet

Twenty years ago, when Kyrsten Sinema was a Green Party activist running for the Phoenix City Council, she likened the practice of raising campaign cash to “bribery.”.

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AP source: Browns, RB Kareem Hunt agree to 2-year extension

Read full article: AP source: Browns, RB Kareem Hunt agree to 2-year extension

Suspended last season by the NFL for two physical off-field altercations, Hunt has agreed to a two-year, $13.25 million contract extension with the Cleveland Browns, a person familiar with the deal told the Associated Press. Hunt grew up in the Cleveland area and conveyed his appreciation in getting the extension on with an Instagram posting. Cleveland has always been home to me, and putting on the Orange & Brown has been THE dream growing up," Hunt wrote. Hunt led the NFL in rushing as a rookie with the Chiefs in 2017 when he gained 1,327 yards. Hunt was seen on videotape shoving and pushing a woman during an argument in the hallway of a Cleveland hotel.

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Browns' Hunt 'blessed' for another chance after traffic stop

Read full article: Browns' Hunt 'blessed' for another chance after traffic stop

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2019, file photo, Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt (27) stands on the field before an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, in Cleveland. "Im blessed that the Browns gave me another opportunity, Hunt said on a Zoom conference call. So, yes, Im lucky to have another opportunity to play football. Honestly, Im just blessed to play the game, so Ill always feel lucky to play football. The Browns signed the Cleveland-area native before last season and Hunt stayed clear of trouble while also undergoing counseling.

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