You can’t exactly say that readers of the CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER were sad that former Browns receiver Braylon Edwards was charged a little while ago with misdemeanor assault. Commenter Stefrusconi, a few minutes after word came down: “ALL CHARGES SHOULD BE DROPPED JUST LIKE THE FOOTBALL.” How rude. But then Browns fans and Mr. Edwards are not on the best of terms.
The charges stem from the infamous LeBron Incident on Oct. 4 at the View Ultralounge & Nightclub in Cleveland, when Edwards allegedly punched entertainment promoter Edward Givens. Somewhere Tom Cable is laughing for the first time in two months. Read more…
New on ABC: “Everybody Hates Braylon.” In this week’s episode, disgruntled Cleveland Browns fans are bombarding Braylon Edwards with Twitter and text messages, reminding him that he isn’t exactly their favorite receiver. Braylon is not exactly amused by the abuse, as you can see in one of his replies, below. Where’s that YouTube crying guy when you actually need him?
Browns fans have been piling on since last week, when Edwards was traded to the Jets for, as one Twitter hooligan phrased it, “a flobee and 7 pounds of air.” Read more…
It’s a scenario that would be totally rejected as an “Entourage” spec script, but since this is real life, and Cleveland, it’s totally believable. The Browns’ Braylon Edwards supposedly slugged a friend of LeBron James outside of a nightclub late Sunday night, and now James is sniping back at Edwards via Twitter.
Edward Givens has told police that Edwards assaulted him outside of View nightclub in Cleveland at about 2:30 a.m. this morning. Givens, who said that he went to Lutheran Hospital this morning for a black eye, a cut and a headache, is friends with LeBron. This is what LeBron has to say about it via a sportswriter’s Twitter account: Read more…
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jason on Aug. 04, 2009, 8:00pm
• Detroit Pistons rookie DaJuan Summers places a Twitter bet with porn star Valerie Luxe: Whoever gets 4,000 followers first wins either dinner & a massage, or a trip to the water park.
• Meanwhile, ESPN’s Mark Schlereth gets into a Twitter war with Chad Ochocinco.
• But neither guy would want to mess with J.R. Smith, especially if the Nuggets player is Tweeting like he’s a member of the Bloods.
• Roger Mayweather - Floyd Jr.’s uncle & trainer - is accused of attacking & trying to strangle a female boxer.
• Browns WR Braylon Edwards poses with a bunch of alcohol. So all those drops were due to the D.T.’s?
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This photo is OK if you’re Charlie Sheen, or you have a bet with Big Enos Burdette that you and the Bandit can get all of this to Atlanta in 28 hours. But if you’re wide receiver and perennial screwup Braylon Edwards, perhaps it isn’t the best PR move of the century to be posing on your Facebook page with this much hooch.
Not only did Edwards lead the league in drops last season, but he also failed his physical and injured himself in a pickup basketball game. And don’t forget the time he injured his foot when a teammate stepped on it because Edwards was running practice routes in his socks. But the bigger issue here, of course, is that Edwards was out drinking with Donte Stallworth on the fateful night of Stallworth’s DUI accident that claimed the life of a pedestrian. But welcome to my basement anyway! How do you like your martini? (Hick!) Read more…
A taped interview with Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth, plus other evidence, was released on Tuesday by the Miami Beach Police Dept., shining a little light on the events that occurred prior to the auto accident that killed 59-year-old Mario Reyes on March 14. Stallworth, who is serving a 30-day jail sentence (not exactly the “Shawshank Redemption”) after pleading guilty to DUI manslaughter in the case, said that he drank up to four shots of premium tequila while partying with friends at a Miami Beach club. But he did not feel drunk, he said, in the hours before he struck and killed the pedestrian with his car.
When asked how many shots of tequila he had at the hotel that night (March 14), Stallworth said in an interview recorded by police that he drank some tequila from teammate Braylon Edwards’ table and later bought some shots himself. How many? “Three, four at the most,” Stallworth said. “I wasn’t really counting.”
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Adam J on Jun. 12, 2009, 5:30pm
It’s a contract year for Braylon Edwards, and if there’s one constant among professional athletes, it’s that contract years are their best years; one good season can erase years of underperformance and lead to a giant contract (these usually make their way into “severe regret” territory; see Austin Croshere for more). If Edwards’ 2009 is more like his 2007 (1289 yards, 16 TDs) than his 2008 (873 yards, 3 TDs, 1 seriously pissed off city of Cleveland), then it’s money time, chocos!
(Braylon actually making a catch, meaning this was probably from 2 years ago.)
So it stands to reason that Braylon should want to start the contract year off on the right foot, especially with a new coach with a penchant for controversy. Nothing but good decisions from here on out, right? Oh, but he’s got an “undisclosed injury.” Um, what? Say, there’s the fantastic Cleveland blog WAITING FOR NEXT YEAR. We could ask them. And they’re… shaking their head sadly.
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Posted by
Adam J on Dec. 18, 2008, 2:13pm
It has really not been a good six months for Braylon Edwards and the Cleveland Browns. Expectations were sky-high for the fourth-year receiver after he posted some insane numbers in 2007: 1289 yards on 80 catches and 16 scores, all (obviously) career highs. Further, Cleveland went 10-6, barely missing the AFC playoffs, and it looked like their offense was set for years to come.
(Braylon, in happier times. Like last year.)
Yes, well, not so much. About the only thing Edwards caught this season was a severe case of the dropsies, Derek Anderson struggled mightily under center when he wasn’t getting benched or injured, and the Browns are a lowly 4-10. Clearly, clearly, not what they had in mind. Edwards has managed all of three touchdowns this season, his catches are way down (5 per game in 2007, 3 and a half in 2008), and worst of all, he has engendered some serious hatred from Cleveland fans–so much so that he’s taking his ball and going home. Did I say ball? I mean community service and charity: Read more…
Last Thursday night, we as a nation were treated to an opportunity to watch the Denver Broncos and Cleveland Browns play on the NFL Network. After all, there’s nothing like a battle between two mediocre football teams to help pass the time. Well, while we all got to see Brady Quinn make his NFL debut and Jay Cutler go off, we also got to see the Browns choke away a lead for the second straight week.
The loss knocked the Browns to 3-6 on the season and basically killed any talk of the playoffs in Cleveland, and instead sparked a whole new kind of talk in the Cleveland locker room. After the game running back Jamal Lewis said that some players on the team quit, and yesterday return specialist Joshua Cribbs echoed those thoughts and thinks the Browns need to do something about it.
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