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November 11, 2004
Spank her with a ruler!: Sportsline's Clark Judge runs down the first half of the NFL season's most infamous moments in his first semiannual Rickys.
posted by Ufez Jones to football at 09:53 AM - 7 comments
From what I remember, as part of an agreement with the city/people of Cleveland, the Ravens became an expansion franchise (essentially). The city/people retained the Browns name, history, stats, records, etc. while Baltimore started with a clean slate.
posted by 86 at 12:52 PM on November 11, 2004
I love the illusions people agree to live by. Not that it matters.
posted by billsaysthis at 01:03 PM on November 11, 2004
That reminds me of a joke I heard that was in Drew Carey's book. I guess he had a chapter that was all big dick jokes, and the joke was "My dick is so big, I could never play for the Browns, because Art Modell won't allow a bigger dick than him on the team"...
posted by MeatSaber at 02:35 PM on November 11, 2004
Apparently pot kills.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 03:12 PM on November 11, 2004
well, duh!
posted by garfield at 03:19 PM on November 11, 2004
You know if this had come out a couple days later it would have included Artest, with a bullet. Good read.
posted by vito90 at 12:32 AM on November 12, 2004
Ha! That was a pretty entertaining read. However, I must say that I take exception to this entry: The Cleveland Browns for honoring the 1964 Browns before their season opener. The Browns left town after the 1995 season and become the Baltimore Ravens, which meant the new Browns, an expansion team, were honoring the Baltimore Ravens, their opening-day opponent. The team ceased being the Cleveland Browns the moment that the moving vans crossed the city limits. Everybody in the front office became dead to the fans of the Browns. in the hearts of Browns fans everywhere, the present day organization is the same orgranization from generations back.