Hey Cleveland, get ready for another excuse for why you never win anything: Browns running back Peyton Hillis is the <a href="http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/feature/madden2012cover">face of Madden NFL 12</a>.

The Cleveland Browns might be the only NFL team rooting for no football in 2011.

LeBron James recently told ESPN that the NBA could benefit from teams having more superstars, a la his partnership with Dwyane Wade and that other guy on the Miami Heat.

It's funny, you see, because sometimes when someone is doing something particularly well, especially in sports, people will often refer to that person as being "on fire.

Fun Times In Cleveland Again.

One Cleveland news outlet is reporting that Browns coach Eric Mangini will be fired at the end of the regular season, which would make him the fourth NFL head coach of the year to lose his job while everyone wondered how he got one in the first place.

ESPN reported this morning that Cleveland Browns rookie Colt McCoy will make his first career start when the Browns visit the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday.

Eric Mangini has never met a quarterback situation he hasn't wanted to muddle.

It continually amazes me how the owners and vendors at NFL games look for ways to screw its fans.

When it comes to powerhouse sports rivalries, us East Coast media elitists tend to concentrate on the big names, meaning that timeless rivalries like the Cleveland Browns and the Kansas City Chiefs go largely unnoticed and unloved.

The Lions and Browns are generally awful, but every now and again they manage to awkwardly fumble around until they have an <a href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2009112202/2009/REG11/browns@lions">exciting game</a> against each other.

Cleveland Browns defensive lineman Shaun Rogers is having an offseason for the ages.

Here's Cleveland Browns kick returner Joshua Cribbs signing the "Witnessmobile," that white four-doored petition driving around northeast Ohio collecting signatures asking for LeBron James to not LeGetTheHellOuttaTown.

Shaun Rogers of the Cleveland Browns was arrested for carrying a gun in an airport.

Derek Anderson already has apologized for calling Cleveland Browns fans "ruthless," which seems to me like apologizing for calling water wet.

Ben Roethlisberger was sacked eight times as the Pittsburgh Steelers lost their fifth straight game, this time to the hapless Cleveland Browns, 13-6.

The Browns were part of the first Monday Night Football telecast in 1970.

UPDATE: When asked about James, ESPN reports that Browns coach Eric Mangini said, "<a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4667259">I think he should come on down.</a>" Word.

Mike Tirico said that he didn't like the Thursday Night Football on NFL Network because he didn't like the matchups.

We've already <a href="http://withleather.uproxx.com/2009/11/monday-suck-off-coach-of-the-year">made a case for Andy Reid</a>, who couldn't manage a clock if it was jammed into a serving of chicken marsala.