Cleveland’s fight to keep the Browns from moving from their downtown home into a proposed dome in the suburbs has taken yet another legal turn.

The city has sued the team over the proposed move out of Cleveland to a domed stadium in Brook Park. The lawsuit arises under the Modell Law, which was enacted after the late Art Modell moved the Browns to Baltimore in 1996.

The City of Cleveland returned fire Tuesday in its battle with the Haslam Sports Group. The city filed a lawsuit in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas asking for one of two things: that the team be offered for purchase by local buyers to prevent the move to Brook Park or that the company negotiate its exit from the city.

What a journey up the coaching corporate ladder it's been for new Cleveland Browns offensive coordinator Tommy Rees. At 23, Rees—Notre Dame's quarterback from 2010 to '13—was a graduate assistant at Northwestern.

Tommy Rees went from being a ball boy for the Cleveland Browns to running their offense. Cleveland coach Kevin Stefanski hired Rees as his offensive coordinator, promoting him after firing Ken Dorsey following a season in which the Browns went 3-14 and averaged a league-low 15.

Mike Florio and Chris Simms discuss why Kevin Stefanski should be the one calling plays for the Browns offense and how they don’t know as much about Tommy Rees’ background.

For three years, the Browns contorted themselves to match Watson's strengths and desires. The reality is he never fit in.

Three seasons into his Browns tenure, Deshaun Watson has appeared in 19 games. Exclude his early exits versus the Colts in 2023 and Bengals in 2024 and he’s played a 17 full games. That’s the same amount of games as one NFL season,

The only silver lining from the season is the fact that the Browns now own the No. 2 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. This increases their likelihood of targeting one of the tw