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Browns expand search to include Arians, Trestman

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Browns Coaching Search 2.0 will include more names than the first version of the effort to hire the seventh coach since the franchise returned to the NFL 14 years ago. Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports reports that Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians and…

Zack Meisel, MLB.com

To reel in free-agent slugger Nick Swisher, the Indians enlisted an impressive array of proven recruiters.

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

As the Browns try to “reboot” their coaching search without Chip Kelly in the mix, the spin from Cleveland is, essentially, “It’s not me, it’s you.” According to Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Browns decided to walk away fro…

Starting Blocks, cleveland.com

Chip Kelly's removal from the list of Browns' coaching candidates puts lots of names in the hat. Links to stories about the Browns' search for a new head coach.

Terry Pluto, cleveland.com

Maybe Chip Kelly would have worked in Cleveland, but he faced long odds without any NFL experience.

theclevelandfan.com

The NHL season was hanging in the balance when representatives from the NHL, the players' association, and a federal mediator burned the midnight oil deep into Sunday morning to reach an agreement and ensure that a 2013 NHL season would be played. Facin…

Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com

Browns walked away from Chip Kelly because they weren't sure his heart was 100% into leaving Oregon, a league source said.

nba.com

The Cavaliers have waived forward Samardo Samuels.

theclevelandfan.com

It might seem like an exercise in futility to even pose this question, since the best egg in a rotten batch is still disgusting. But with Pat Shurmur now officially the latest to sink into the quicksand of the Cleveland sideline, it seems a fitting time…

ESPN.com

A week after starting their coaching search, the Browns have to start over again. There's no other option after failing to sign Oregon coach Chip Kelly, the team's top candidate. This is a major setback for the regime of owner Jimmy Haslam and chief exe…

Matt Florjancic, clevelandbrowns.com

Cleveland Browns rookie Brad Smelley is pulling for his alma mater, the University of Alabama, in the National Championship game.

Steve King, clevelandbrowns.com

In this series, ClevelandBrowns.com looks back to a Browns-Bills playoff game on Jan. 6, 1990.

Joey Morona, cleveland.com

It's been an emotional roller coaster for Browns fans. On Friday, Kelly to the Browns seemed like a lock. Then, late Saturday, word came that Philly had emerged as the leader after a lunch meeting that stretched well into the night. Early Sunday, the Bi…

CNNSI.com

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- Doug Marrone is leaving Syracuse to become the Buffalo Bills' new coach, according to several reports.

theclevelandfan.com

Happy Swishmas, everyone! The Indians rang in the New Year by making the most expensive free agent signing in the history of the club official, introducing former Buckeye Nick Swisher at a press conference at Progressive Field this past Thursday. Free a…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

It’s widely believed that, if Chip Kelly becomes the next coach of the Browns, the relatively slow-footed Brandon Weeden won’t be the team’s quarterback of the future — or maybe not even of the present. Weeden, we’re told, shares those concerns …

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Well, at least no one said there was a 95-percent chance that the Browns would hire Chip Kelly. At a time when every report and indication (few if any of which likely were originating with the Browns) suggested that the man whose Oregon teams wore all s…

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

Boston had every right to lose this game. They didn’t get into Atlanta until 4 a.m., and they fell behind big in the first half. By the second quarter, the Hawks’ announcers were asking, “Lets blow ‘em outta the building. Whadda ya say?” Lou Wil…