- A look at the collapse of the Cleveland Browns in 1995 amid the bankruptcy of owner Art Modell and his decision to move the team to Baltimore, while the coaching staff would go on to enormous football success in later years.
- A look at the fateful 1995 season of the Cleveland Browns, a team coming off a strong playoff season but which was being rocked by internal strife and economic collapse for team owner Art Modell. The Browns, one of the most popular clubs in the NFL, entered the season with a strong coaching staff and front office that included head coach Bill Belichick and ex-player turned front office executive Ozzie Newsome. But economic struggles for owner Art Modell became far more serious than most outside the organization could know then, and when the city of Baltimore (without a football team since the end of 1983 other that the short-lived USFL Baltimore Stars and CFL Baltimore Stallions) agreed to build a new stadium for the Browns, Modell, close to bankrupcy and after many years lobbying Cleveland for a replacement for the team's outdated venue, made the universally unpopular decision that the Browns would leave Cleveland - to become the Baltimore Ravens, a decision that helped doom the team to a dismal 1995 record.
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