Cleveland Browns News

BEREA, Ohio (AP) _ One of Orpheus Roye's creaky, cranky knees needs more off-field maintenance. Cleveland's defensive end will have arthroscopic surgery Thursday on his right knee, an early training camp setback for the Browns, who may be without their best lineman to start the season. The 34-year-old Roye has been playing with pain on aching knees for several years. He missed the final five games last season with a knee injury that required surgery this winter. During the ...

Monday mornings never hurt this bad when Ernie Green played for the Browns. ``I thought I was going to just break into pieces it hurt so bad,'' the former running back said of the eight chemotherapy sessions he received after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Green, 68, who shared the backfield with Jim Brown on Cleveland's last championship team in 1964, underwent a mastectomy in September 2005 and months of ...

Maurice Carthon resigned as Cleveland's offensive co-ordinator Tuesday, two days after the Browns' NFL-worst offence managed just one touchdown and seven points in a loss to Denver. Carthon, whose head-scratching play calls and personnel moves angered fans and puzzled players, was in his second year running the offence. Despite having two weeks to devise a game plan, the Browns (1-5) picked up only 165 total yards in losing 17-7 to ...

Cleveland's Gary Baxter tore patellar tendons in both knees while trying to break up a pass in the first half of Sunday's loss to Denver, a devastating injury for the cornerback and another big loss for the Browns. Baxter will undergo surgery on Tuesday at the Cleveland Clinic to repair both knees, coach Romeo Crennel said during his Monday news conference. Crennel, who has been coaching for more than 35 ...

Kenard Lang knotted his striped tie, buttoned his jacket and fastened the latch on his suitcase. Moments earlier, Denver's defensive lineman zipped his mouth shut and warned his Broncos teammates to do the same. The scoreboard said it all for them. Denver's stingy defence held its fifth straight opponent to single digits and quarterback Jake Plummer did just enough to keep the Broncos' offence moving in a 17-7 win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. The Broncos (5-1), who ...

Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. attended a funeral on Tuesday for his younger brother, Justin K.B. Winslow, who died suddenly last week in Kansas City, Mo. He was 23. The son of Hall of Fame tight end Kellen Winslow Sr. was found unconscious on Oct. 12 by his mother, Dawnn Wimes O'Bannon. According to a statement released by the family, he was unresponsive with a weak pulse. Justin ...

Bye week in the NFL is a time for some rest, reflection and maybe a little tinkering. The Cleveland Browns could use all three after their worst start since they returned to the league as an expansion team in 1999. Other than a victory over winless Oakland and some strong special teams play, the Browns don't have much to show for their first five weeks of the season. ``We're 1-4. ...

Cleveland's banged-up secondary held its own against Steve Smith and Keyshawn Johnson. Trouble was, the Browns had no answer for Carolina's defence. Julius Peppers had a sack, forced a fumble and hit quarterback Charlie Frye five other times and Richard Marshall returned an interception for a touchdown as the Panthers beat Cleveland 20-12 Sunday. Al Wallace also had a sack for Carolina (3-2), which held the Browns to 98 yards rushing in winning its third straight game. Frye was ...

The crowd can be nasty and the stadium is dingy. Yet to Charlie Frye, the Oakland Coliseum must feel like home. Frye threw three touchdown passes and Cleveland used three long returns to rally from an early 18-point deficit and beat the Raiders 24-21 Sunday. Frye, making his ninth start, used a second-half rally to win in Oakland for the second time in his young career despite another late interception ...

Ryan Tucker noticed Big Dawg's slumping shoulders last week in Cincinnati. He saw Bone Lady's sullen face, and the Charlie Frye Guy looking as if he had just lost his best friend. So before leaving the field following a 34-17 loss to the Bengals, Tucker, the Browns' steady right offensive tackle, personally delivered a message to three of Cleveland's most outrageous and most loyal fans sitting behind the Browns' bench. ...

Chad Johnson says the Cleveland Browns were out to get him from the very first snap. The Pro Bowl receiver had his helmet knocked off by Brian Russell on the Cincinnati Bengals' last pass play during their 34-17 victory Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium. Johnson was groggy and needed about a half-dozen stitches to close a gash in his chin after the hit. The chatty receiver said Russell had warned ...