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Pregame scribbles in my notebook for Browns-Lions ... 1. Coming into the game, Detroit was allowing opposing QBs to complete 71 percent of their passes.

Our latest version of " Thought of the Day " in the AFC North examined when the struggling Cleveland Browns will get their next win.

Stay in touch with the Browns via these three ways: To get text message updates, text 'browns' to 65579, follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/clevelandbrowns and Twitter at http://twitter.com/OfficialBrowns Fourth-year Browns punter Dave Zastudil is among the list of inactives for tonight's Monday Night Football game against the Ravens.

Among many areas that Browns coach Eric Mangini had to be concerned with entering the game against the Baltimore Ravens was linebacker.

By STEFAN STEVENSON No Mountain West Conference football team has given TCU as much trouble as Utah since the Horned Frogs joined the MWC in 2005.

Browns coach Eric Mangini defended his practice methods in the wake of veteran running back Jamal Lewis saying they were too grueling and after another practice-squad player suffered a season-ending ruptured patella tendon in a post-practice opportunity drill.

Someone named Dominic Baronet allegedly "friended" a dozen women on Facebook, then impregnated them.

Tracy Boulian/Plain Dealer Coach Eric Mangini Danyluk writes the Browns got beaten by a bad Bears team.

Eric Barton suffered a bulging disc in his neck during Sunday's 30-6 loss to the Bears and his season is in jeopardy, a source close to the Browns linebacker told ESPN's Chris Mortensen .

OK Browns fans, you wanted them...you got them. A good portion of the B/R Community was calling on head coach Eric Mangini to play the rookies.

Stay in touch with the Browns via these three ways: To get text message updates, text 'browns' to 65579.

Bernie Kosar has signed on with the Browns as a consultant, which might prompt interesting questions from some of his many fans: Why wasn't he named offensive coordinator? What took so long? Can he still throw? It's interesting that owner Randy Lerner would hire Kosar, who was unceremoniously tossed aside by the ownership group led by his late ...

The Browns are six regular season games into the Eric Mangini era and one thing is clear a ' Mangini forgot to add formidable veterans to the mix.

There was a rare controversy involving a measurement late in the second quarter of the Steelers' 27-14 win over the Cleveland Browns at Heinz Field.

Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker PITTSBURGH - Here is a list of players you won't see in Sunday's game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns.

BEREA: Most NFL kickers tend to just blend in with the crowd, drawing little attention to themselves in a football locker room.

Browns backup quarterback Brady Quinn has put his home in Avon Lake up for sale, according to the Web site WaitingForNextYear.com. According to the site, a blog dedicated to Cleveland and Ohio State sports, Quinn's four-bedroom, five-bathroom, 4,500-square foot house was listed today.

Could Brady Quinn be the next first-round pick to go? With the trading deadline looming Oct.

As the Cleveland Browns prepare for this Sunday's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, they may be happy to finally be in the win column, but is there really anything to be happy about last Sunday's win versus the Buffalo Bills? So the Browns were able to run the ball for two consecutive weeks in a row , but the offense in general just doesn't ...

It's still six days away, but the biggest game of the season in Northern California community college football takes place next Saturday at Cowan Stadium on the Butte College campus when the Roadrunners host perennial power and longtime nemesis City College of San Francisco.