Browsing: September 6

A Brief History On September 6, 2012, former owner of the Cleveland Browns and former owner of the Baltimore Ravens, Arthur B. “Art” Modell died at the age of 87 in Baltimore.  Once the toast of the town in Cleveland, Ohio, Modell became a pariah and perhaps the most hated sports figure in Cleveland History when he moved the Browns NFL franchise to Baltimore in 1995.  Here we list 5 sports figures that fans in Cleveland can’t stand, hate, don’t like, or hold a grudge against. Digging Deeper 1. Art Modell. Modell bought a controlling interest in the Cleveland Browns in…

A Brief History On September 6, 1995, Cal Ripken, Jr., infielder for the Baltimore Orioles, set a new major league baseball record by playing in his 2131st consecutive baseball game, breaking the record held by Lou Gehrig for 56 years. Digging Deeper Ripken played another 6 years, stretching his incredible record to 2632 games, finally retiring in 2001 after a stellar 20 year career.  He had hit safely 3184 times and knocked in 1695 runs, earned 2 Gold Gloves and 2 MVP trophys.  Named to the All Century Team, Ripken was a 19 time All Star, and was elected to…

A Brief History On September 6, 1620, the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth, England, headed for the “New World” in America.  Many Americans are under the false impression that these were the first white settlers of North America, but this belief is historically incorrect!  The Pilgrims are often treated as the real founding fathers of the United States, despite the fact that Spanish explorers and some settlers had arrived one hundred years before them and in complete disregard of the Native Americans who had already been there for at least 10,000 years.  Even the English first settled Jamestown, Virginia more than a decade earlier.  Although historians usually know what…