Archive for June, 2007

WBNS-10TV will air all four of the Cleveland Browns’ pre-season football games in high-definition, the station announced Tuesday.

Three of the four games will take place on Saturday nights in August. For the first time, the games will be produced and aired in full HDTV.

The four games are:

Aug. 11: vs. Kansas City: 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 18: vs. Detroit: 7 p.m.
Aug. 25: at Denver: 9 p.m.
Aug. 30: at Chicago: 8 p.m.

“Each season we do our best to accommodate both the Browns fans and the Bengal fans with the best in game coverage and coverage on Wall to Wall Sports,” said Frank Willson, 10TV’s Director of Operations. “With the expectation of Dublin native Brady Quinn making his pro-debut, these games made all the sense in the world for us to carry.”

Willson said that 10TV is pushing CBS to carry more games in HD.

“High-definition television is no longer a luxury in professional sports — it’s an expectation,” Willson said. “WBNS-10TV has led the way in HDTV carriage and production. We appreciate the Browns giving us an HD option this year.”

On newsstands soon, Brady Quinn is featured on the cover of the August 2007 issue of Men’s Health Magazine. Inside is an interview and pictorial.

Brady Quinn was on hand at the Cleveland Indians home game against the Philadelphia Philles on Monday, June 18th. He even lost one of his shoes while throwing out a fastball pitch.

The Cleveland Browns officially open the 2007 National Football League campaign with the start of training camp on Friday, July 27 at the Browns training facility in Berea, Ohio. Training camp practices are open to the public free of charge and will conclude on Thursday, August 23.

The Browns will be on the field a total of 22 days with 29 practices scheduled in Berea. Seven evening practices will take place throughout camp which will allow families to attend after the work day. Event details including specific dates and times for training camp will be announced next month.

The Browns and AT&T present Family Night at Cleveland Browns Stadium, in association with Cleveland Clinic Sports Health, cleveland.com and National City Bank on Friday, August 3 beginning at 7:00 p.m. The team will break away from their daily training camp practice schedule in Berea to practice at Cleveland Browns Stadium. Fans can enjoy music, inflatables and numerous giveaways starting at 5:00 p.m. outside the Stadium on Alfred Lerner Way.

Tickets for Family Night are available at www.clevelandbrowns.com, the Cleveland Browns ticket office, www.ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations or by calling Ticketmaster (216) 241-5555. Tickets are $5 with proceeds benefiting the Cleveland Browns Foundation.

Brady Quinn gave the following statement from Browns minicamp:

“I’m digesting the system, but it’s tough to tell until we get into a game scenario. My goal is not where I’m at now, but where I am headed. I feel like I’m getting used to the speed of the game and how quickly the windows open and close.”

His coach, Romeo Crennel, also feels that he is making progress. However, he also notes that the team’s more experienced quarterbacks currently have the edge; as should be expected.

Meet ALL of the newest Browns rookies outside on the Plaza at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The rookies will be on hand to discuss their college careers, potential futures with the Cleveland Browns and sign autographs from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m on June 20. Admission required.

More information available at profootballhof.com/hall/story.jsp?story_id=2422

The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that according to “Browns Insiders”, Brady’s agent, Tom Condon, may hold him out when the team’s official training camps start. The idea behind his move is to secure a better contract for Quinn despite where he was selected in the NFL draft.

Brady was asked about the possibility of a hold out and here’s what he had to say:

“That’s something, I don’t know, that’s (Condon’s) job. The pressure’s on him, not me. The pressure’s on me to perform on the field. I think there (are) two sides to it. It’s not just on me. It’s on him and the Browns. They’ve got to come to an agreement and figure something out. I’m just a guy out here playing. They’re doing all the talking.”

Browns training camp is scheduled to start in late July. If the holdout does occur, the starter quarterback job all but belongs to Charlie Frye.

The Memorial’s policy of no autographs during play didn’t extend to celebrities in the gallery on Saturday. As leaders Adam Scott and Rod Pampling were teeing off, Dublin native and Browns quarterback Brady Quinn was getting more attention from the fans.

“I try to come every year,” Quinn said. “It’s always fun to watch people golf. It’s just great for the city of Dublin to have this kind of tournament.”

Quinn said he’s a casual golfer, though a friend bragged that Quinn cranked a drive 380 yards recently.

“That’s true,” Quinn said. “But it was downhill, with the wind.”

Quinn said he’s never met Jack Nicklaus, though he hopes it’ll happen some day. Browns fan, Stow resident and former Kent State star Ben Curtis, who was dressed in Cincinnati Bengals attire as part of his Reebok contract, felt bad Quinn didn’t catch him on one of his Cleveland clothing days.

“He should have told me he was coming,” Curtis said. “I would have worn Browns.”