OBR News-o-rama

Posted: 24 Jan 2008 03:07 PM CST

If you run a Dillards in Cleveland, and were planning any 95% off bargain sales, you better re-think it. <cheap shot>You're down one customer. </cheap shot>

A year after signing him alongside the customary media noise, the ~~Las Vegas~~ Cleveland Gladiators have dumped 30-year-old Peter Warrick from their roster.

How Warrick showed up on the roster again is a bit of a head-scratcher, given that he signed a deal with the Gladiators back in January 2007, and then was dumped again six weeks later when he refused to report.

It was hoped back in 2007 that Warrick would help reverse the Gladiators fortunes, but the WR opted instead to head to Atlanta to attempt to latch on with the Falcons.That didn't work out so well, apparently.

Browns fans undoubtedly remember Warrick most fondly from when he competed with fellow NFL failures Courtney Brown and Lavar Arrington for the right to fail as the Browns top draft pick in 2000. Arrington had the most successful career of the three, none of whom made a significant mark on the league.

Warrick's last NFL experience came in 2005 with the Seattle Seahawks, where he caught eleven passes for 180 yards. He tried out with the Giants in 2006 and tried to make the Falcons in 2007.

Now it looks like Warrick is going to play for Team Florida in the new All-American Football League. Warrick is listed as a member of that team, along with some well-known names like Chris Leak, Fred Weary, and Elton Patterson.

And, of course, he owns an Applebees. That's a good thing.

OBR News-o-Rama: 1/24

Posted: 24 Jan 2008 10:25 AM CST

Even with the Senior Bowl practices in full swing, things seem a bit slow around the NFL. Not even endless discussions about Tom Brady's foot can fill the hours. Perhaps it's because the Browns don't have a first-round pick, but things seem muted.

Here's the latest, including a ton of blogs and reports from the Senior Bowl practices...

BROWNS NEWS FROM THE OBR NEWSWIRE (rss)

Willie McGinest likes Romeo. Browns fans seem to as well, now that the team had a good season (Canton Repository)

Bill Belichick was limited in Cleveland because he worked for a moron (Dayton Daily News)

Definition of slow news day: Writing about a band named after a player (Youngstown Vindicator)

Definition, Part 2: Writing about a story another writer wrote (Official Site)

TRACKING OLD FRIENDS

TE Keith Heinrich looks like he's going to go after a shot with the Tampa Bay Bucs, and OT Pete McMahon has signed a reserve/future deal with the Jaguars.

A BROWNS BLOGGER IN MOBILE

Mark Leonard, an old friend of the OBR, is down in Mobile checking things out for Browns fans and updating his blog with what he sees. Here are two recent entries:

If Browns were drafting strictly from Mobile... - Mark Leonard

Making/losing money in Mobile - Mark Leonard

SENIOR BOWL NEWS

Scout's team at the Senior Bowl has been going nutzoid tossing out everything they hear and see from Mobile. There might be some other sites doing that sort of stuff, but I can't find 'em. Here are some articles about the Senior Bowl we've stumbled across, and after that's listed all of Scout's stuff from the last couple of days.

If you're an OBR subscriber you can get into all the Scout articles. Plus, you're just way cool and all the chicks dig you. Or hot guys, depending on gender. Or both, depending on orientation. I'd better stop now.

Gilberry driven to keep succeeding (Official Site)

Stock on the rise (Mobile Press-Register)

Quite the tandem: Cal duo has displayed offensive skills

Crash course for Senior Bowlers reality (Mobile Press-Register)

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