NOVEMBER 6th - All is Well That Ends Well



On this day in 1995, Art Modell decided to move the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore, which was eleven years after the Colts bolted Baltimore for Indianapolis, which was 100 years before Britain placed a protectorate on the Territory of Papua in southern New Guinea. That last event has little to do with the first two as I don't think they played American Football in Papua New Guinea during the late 1800s. But it also happened on November 6th, and I like groups of threes better than groups of twos, which is a positive in writing, but can be a bit detrimental when looking for a relationship. Which us brings us back to Art Modell. Yeah, he was a little sneaky in his execution, but can you really blame him for wanting to leave Cleveland? I don’t have any personal experience with Cleveland, so I shouldn’t judge. At the same time, and at the risk of alienating all my Baltimore readers, not sure that would be my first choice for getting out of Cleveland. Say what you will about LeBron James, but can you really fault wanting to head to South Beach to hang out with you best friend and win a couple of championships? They were the two best friends anybody could have. And Chris Bosh was there too. But all is well that ends well. Cleveland got a new set of Browns and they got LBJ back. Baltimore got the Ravens and a couple of Super Bowls. Indy Got Peyton Manning a Super Bowl and then Andrew Luck. And Papua New Guinea? I have no idea. But it is really fun to say.

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