Ohio Attorney General Chief Counsel Bridget Coontz and Justin Herdman, an attorney hired by the city, asked in court filings that U.S. District Judge David Ruiz dismiss the Browns’ case and instead allow the fight to play out over a separate lawsuit that the city filed in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday.

The city of Cleveland has filed a lawsuit to stop the Browns from leaving their lakefront stadium and building a domed stadium in suburban Brook Park.

The city of Cleveland filed a lawsuit against the Browns to prevent the team’s planned move to a new domed stadium in Brook Park, Ohio. In the complaint, filed Tuesday in Cuyahoga County (Ohio), the city alleges that a Browns move would violate the Modell Law — an Ohio law that placed conditions on how teams can leave their publicly financed facilities.

In the interest of educating Browns fans about their new offensive coordinator, Sports 4 CLE dug up a quote from former Alabama coach Nick Saban about Rees in 2023—when the assistant helped quarterback Jalen Milroe finish sixth in the Heisman voting.

The Cleveland Browns promoted Tommy Rees from tight ends coach/pass game specialist to offensive coordinator on Wednesday. "Tommy has an incredible football mind," Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski said.

The Browns officially announced the hiring of Tommy Rees on Wednesday as their new offensive coordinator. Rees, 32, spent last season as the Browns' tight ends coach/pass game specialist. He replaces Ken Dorsey,