With litigation pending over whether the Art Modell Law keeps the Browns from moving out of downtown Cleveland to suburban ...

Art Modell, then a New York ad man, assembled a group of investors to make a successful bid for the Cleveland Browns in 1961. See how The Plain Dealer covered the story back then, including Modell ...

The Cleveland Browns may have gotten what they wanted in the form of $600 million in taxpayer money and legal clearance to ...

The Cleveland Browns got what they wanted from Ohio, in the form of $600 million in taxpayer money and a change to the law ...

When the Ohio House quietly amended the state's long-standing " Modell Law ," they didn’t just change a sports statute. Instead, they signaled a deeper trend: the erosion of local decision-making and ...

The Cleveland Browns received $600 million from the state of Ohio that can be used to build a new stadium in Brook Park, Ohio ...

Pall bearers carry the casket of former Baltimore Ravens owner Art Modell from Baltimore Hebrew Congregation synagogue after his funeral Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in Baltimore.

Via Daryl Ruiter of 92.3 The Fan, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed a new budget into law late Monday night. The big, ...

Art Modell purchased the Browns in 1961 for $4 million and remained owner well into the 1990s. Although the team never reached, let alone won, the Super Bowl -- a status that remains to this day ...

Cleveland City Council has approved an ordinance directing the city to enforce the so-called 'Art Modell Law' in Browns stadium talks. Skip Navigation.

Specifically, the city plans to use current state law, passed in 1996 and named for former Browns owner Art Modell, who moved the team from Cleveland to Baltimore, as the justification to keep the ...

NFL historian Joe Horrigan said Paul Brown being fired by the Browns was akin to Tom Landry being let go by the Cowboys. "He was so beloved." ...