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| Bentley sues Browns for career-ending staph infection |
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07/22/2010 |
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| Cleveland, OH (Sportsbooks) - Former Cleveland Browns center LeCharles Bentley has sued the Browns, reportedly for fraud and negligent misrepresentation over a career-ending staph infection he suffered while with the club. Bentley filed his civil suit in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas on Thursday, and the case has been assigned to Judge Joseph D. Russo. The Plain Dealer of Cleveland reports the suit asks for more than $25,000 for pain and suffering, plus punitive damages. Bentley is not the first |
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| Former Browns center Bentley sues team over staph |
NFL Football |
07/22/2010 |
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CLEVELAND (AP) -Former Cleveland Browns center LeCharles Bentley has filed a lawsuit against the team over a career-ending staph infection he says he contracted at the team's facility. Bentley's attorney, Shannon Polk, said Thursday that the lawsuit filed in Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) County Common Pleas Court seeks at least $25,000 in damages for alleged fraud and negligent misrepresentation. Bentley could seek more money in court. Polk says Bentley nearly died from the infection while he was rehabbing f |
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| Browns sign rookie DB Asante |
NFL Football |
07/16/2010 |
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CLEVELAND (AP) -The Cleveland Browns have signed rookie defensive back Larry Asante to a multiyear contract. Terms were not disclosed Friday by the Browns, who selected Asante in the fifth round (No. 160 overall) in April's NFL draft. The 6-foot, 210-pound Asante started 36 games in three years at Nebraska. He had 24 tackles, three interceptions, three forced fumbles and a sack for the Cornhuskers. Asante is the third rookie signed by the Browns, joining sixth-rounders defensive lineman Clifton Geather |
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| Browns' Shaun Rogers avoids felony gun charge |
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07/15/2010 |
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CLEVELAND (AP) -Cleveland Browns nose tackle Shaun Rogers will enter a diversion program to resolve a felony charge that he tried to carry a gun through airport security. Under the deal approved Thursday in a Cleveland court, the gun charge will be dismissed if Rogers completes the program, which includes volunteer service and 10 hours in a gun class. Police say Rogers had the semiautomatic handgun in a carry-on bag at Cleveland's Hopkins International Airport in April. Attorney Pat D'Angelo says Roger |
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| Agent: Hornets unfairly withdrew offer for Head |
NBA Basketball |
07/14/2010 |
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| ld not respond to Bartelstein's comments at this time. Bartelstein has represented a number of well know NBA and NFL players, including former Hornets forward P.J. Brown, Pacers star Danny Granger, recently retired NFL quarterback Kurt Warner, and Cleveland Browns quarterback Jake Delhomme. The 6-foot-3 Head is entering his sixth NBA season. Following stints with Houston and Miami, Head averaged 7.6 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 47 games with the Pacers last season. Bartelstein said the Hornets |
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| Browns' Shaun Rogers reaches deal on gun charge |
Headlines |
07/14/2010 |
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CLEVELAND (AP) -Cleveland Browns nose tackle Shaun Rogers has reached an agreement with prosecutors that could dismiss charges that he tried to carry a gun through airport security in April. Prosecutors in Cleveland say when Rogers appears in court Thursday, he'll agree to meet with a diversion officer and do volunteer service over the next year. The case against Rogers will be dismissed if he completes the diversion program, including 10 hours in a gun-class. Police said Rogers tried to carry a semiau |
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| Decision 2010: James leaves Cleveland behind |
NBA Basketball |
07/09/2010 |
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| such narcissism on national television since Lex Luger was flexing in front of a mirror for Vince McMahon in the 1990s. In one moment, James went from the most popular figure in Cleveland to a pariah that now rivals Art Modell, who moved the former Cleveland Browns to Baltimore in 1995, as the most vilified sports figure in the city's history. Wherever the bad advice came from, it's all spilt milk now and James will have to rebuild a tattered reputation and the backlash that has already ensued when he plunged |
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| Cleveland fans humiliated by LeBron's decision |
NBA Basketball |
07/09/2010 |
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| rt has a good plan set up,'' said Frank Borally, owner of the Purple Shamrock bar, which had promised to pick up patrons' food tabs if James had chosen to stay with the Cavs. ``But we need a miracle.'' In Berea, at a bar about a half mile from the Cleveland Browns' training camp, fans in Browns jerseys were asked if what James did is worse than Art Modell, who took his Browns franchise to Baltimore in 1995. ``No way. LeBron did us a favor,'' said Fred Sczerpak of Berea. ``He's a loser. He turned his back on |
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| Browns sign veteran WR Engram |
NFL Football |
07/08/2010 |
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| Berea, OH (Sportsbooks) - The Cleveland Browns signed veteran wide receiver Bobby Engram on Thursday. No terms of the deal were announced. The 37-year-old Engram played in only five games for Kansas City in 2009, catching five passes for 61 yards. Throughout his 14-year career with Chicago, Seattle and the Chiefs, he has caught 650 passes for 7,751 yards and 35 touchdowns. His best season was 1997, when he caught 94 balls for 1,147 yards, both career-highs, and matched his career-best with six scores. The B |
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| WR Bobby Engram signs with Browns |
Headlines |
07/08/2010 |
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CLEVELAND (AP) -Free agent wide receiver Bobby Engram has signed with the Cleveland Browns. Terms of the deal announced Thursday were not disclosed. The 37-year-old Engram had five receptions for 61 yards in five games last season with the Kansas City Chiefs. Engram, a 14-year veteran, was a second-round draft pick of the Chicago Bears in 1996. His most productive season came with the Seattle Seahawks in 2007, when he had 94 catches for 1,147 yards and six touchdowns.Copyright © 2005 The Associate |
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