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NCAA Week 11 Picks: Hard to Hate Week
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Can't we just throw out the records again, like we used to? Seven of the last eight. Six of the last six. Look at everything that's happened since the duckpinning rats last got one from the tough nuts.* I want to hate these guys again, I really do. But...
Stefanie Spielman
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Condolences, and thanks to the family of Stefanie Spielman, who passed away last night after a ten-year bout with breast cancer. [Former Massillon Tiger, Ohio State Buckeye and Cleveland Brown] Chris Spielman took a year off from his NFL career when [his wife and high school...
On Mangini's Relationship with Mike Tannenbaum, and an Offense that's Done More with Less (Frownie Challenge Update)
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The first bit of good news on this Friday comes from The Plain Dealer's Terry Pluto, who noted yesterday, without qualification, that Eric Mangini "got along well with Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum" during his tenure as coach of the Jets.This confirmation from Pluto lends additional...
On Reality Football (with Messages in Bottles from Cheddar Bay)
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Something happened in the Bears/Cardinals game on November 8 that profoundly confirmed our strong preference for reality football over the fantasy variety.But before we get to what happened in that game, some background will be useful. Starting with the oft-expressed and widely...
Breaking News: Von Hayes' Agent Blasts Tribe Manager
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"I can't even put into words how upset I am at [the Cleveland Indians and Manager Dave Garcia] for sending Von out there to have his photo taken like that,'' Hayes' agent told Cleveland Frowns via text message. "Fortunately, Von is doing well.''(via...
Dogs Bark, Birds Fly, Lawyers Complain
2 days ago by
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Color us interested by all the run that agents for Terrelle Suggs and Josh Cribbs got in the Plain Dealer yesterday for complaining about injuries suffered by their respective clients in Monday night's game between the Browns and Ravens. We recall seeing a headline at Cleveland...
Cavs Lose to Wizards: As if the NBA Season Wasn't Enough of a Grind
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A Cavs loss in Washington gives us as good an excuse as any to discuss the havoc wrought on the NBA season by the lopsided scheduling of back-to-back games. Having to play without Anderson Varejao and Shaquille O'Neal last night was bad enough. But any extra fun we...
Afternoon Frowndup: Golden Tate > Taylor Mays; Akron Zips > Everybody
2 days ago by
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Just a quickie this afternoon. First, since it's Golden Tate day here at Frowns, here's a video where you can see him truck USC safety and consensus top ten draft pick Taylor Mays at the 4:05 mark. Note also that he takes Mays for a nice little ride at the 2-minute...
Golden Rules
3 days ago by
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While this might have something to do with Notre Dame games occupying a disproportionate share of our 2009 college football viewing schedule, no college football player has made a better impression on us this season than junior Irish receiver Golden Tate.Some might say that the 5&...
Take the Frownie Challenge! (Win $100 and Help Our Cleveland Browns!)
4 days ago by
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With so many Tuesday Morning Bill Walshes around who are so sure they'd be able to do so much more with the Browns offensive talent than Eric Mangini and Brian Daboll have, this Challenge should be especially fun and especially productive.(Ummm . . . Derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr . . . ...
Browns/Ravens Post-mortem: No Quit in Cleveland
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We didn't need last night's game to tell us that the Browns don't have any playmakers on offense, so you won't hear us complaining about "play-calling" today, as if there were plays that would work with this bunch. Rather, what came through more clearly...
Monday Night Recap will be Posted Shortly
4 days ago by
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Probably within the half-hour. There's so much progress to report on that it's taking us longer than we thought.
It's Monday, It's Cleveland, and There's Football
5 days ago by
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And we know there will be more than a few good fans in the Stadium at Kickoff to cheer on the Browns. The message those fans will be sending is one that we fully endorse, and one that we're sure remains far undersold going into tonight's match.Everybody knows the Browns...
New York Missing Mangini?
5 days ago by
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It's Monday, it's Cleveland, and there's football. And we're expecting big things from our Brownies tonight coming out of the bye week. While the main event is in Cleveland tonight, there's no place better to start the day's Browns-talk than New York...
Sunday Night Football
5 days ago by
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And all we want to do is watch, really. We're already well in the bag for the Colts, having a few weeks ago made a not-unsizeable 7-1 play on them to come through as our next Super Bowl champs. We're also on the record as noting our belief that the Patriots dynasty...
Week 10 NFL Picks: Look Who Crashed the Party
6 days ago by
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We'll start with today's 1PM Bengals/Steelers tilt, and ask you to think back to the days leading up to last seasons Ravens/Steelers AFC Championship match when Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl "ceremonially" changed his name to Luke "Steelerstahl." ...
NCAA Football Picks of Week 11
7 days ago by
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Ohio State -16.5 over Iowa (6 units) -- 3:30: That's right, our perfect (6-0) record picking Buckeye football against the spread in 2009 goes on the line again today. (Yes. A. perfect. six. and. oh.) The idea we're up against here is that 16.5 is too many...
Friday Afternoon Cleveland Browndup
8 days ago by
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Coachie has given us as good a reason as any to revisit our most recent analysis of Mangini's deft handling of the quarterback position here in 2009, as well as even further confirmation that coach was right to re-insert Quinn as the starter when he did, because now we have...
Biff Gets Warm with Cavs Heat
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Thoughts on last night's Cavs win in Miami from Biff, former dominator of the Plain Dealer message boards and editor of Cry Me a Cuyahoga River, now special to Cleveland Frowns:To me, there's no better barometer of my team’s current state than my own expectations...
On Mangini's "Unpopularity" and The Mess We'd Get Next if He Goes
8 days ago by
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A recording of my appearance yesterday on ESPN Cleveland WKNR's "Really Big Show" with Anthony Fossaceca of Real Fans Don't Miss Kickoff has been posted in the Really Big Show's audio vault at ESPNCleveland.com. It's hard to get a pro-Mangini...
Washed-up Running Back, Washed-up. Blames Coach.
9 days ago by
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By now many of you have heard about today's locker room "tirade" by Browns running back Jamal Lewis, that likely was intended as, and certainly has been and will continue to be interpreted as yet another shot at Eric Mangini. As disappointing as Jamal's outburst...
Biff's Bullets on a Big Cavs Win in Orlando
9 days ago by
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The voice of the public has again been heard. "Where's our guy Biff after a win?" Why he's right here, now, for you, the former dominator of the Plain Dealer message boards and editor of Cry Me a Cuyahoga River, now special to Cleveland Frowns: This...
Cleveland Frowns on ESPN Cleveland's "Really Big Show" This Morning
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In one of the best looks in sports talk radio history, Tony Rizzo and Aaron Goldhammer of ESPN Cleveland WKNR's "Really Big Show" are giving a platform to opponents of the highly-publicized late walk-in that a pair of high-profile Browns fans are planning...
Cleveland Frowns on ESPN Cleveland's "Really Big Show" Tomorrow
9 days ago by
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In one of the best looks in sports talk radio history, Tony Rizzo and Aaron Goldhammer of ESPN Cleveland WKNR's "Really Big Show" are giving a platform to opponents of the highly-publicized late walk-in that a pair of high-profile Browns fans are planning...
11/11: Make a Wish
9 days ago by
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We'll make three, actually, and hope that at least one sticks. First, that you'll read Coachie's quick take on the overuse of military metaphors in sports marketing, and the bizarre timing of Nike's latest choice to exemplify this overuse. Our second Vet...
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