Modell's team was named the " Baltimore Ravens " after a fan contest and began play in the 1996 season.

Modell's move returned the NFL to Baltimore for the first time since the Colts left for Indianapolis after the 1983 season.

The hostile fan reaction to Modell's planned move of the franchise to Baltimore has been lampooned and chroniclized in many media circles, particularly in print and television.

* The Baltimore Ravens started play in 1996, as a result of the controversy stemming from Art Modell's attempt to relocate the Browns to Baltimore.

In 1995, he assisted his friend at the time Art Modell, former owner of the Browns, in moving Modell's NFL franchise rights from Cleveland to Baltimore.

Paul Brown had won seven league championships prior to Modell's acquisition of the team.

Because Modell's Stadium Corp. still controlled Municipal Stadium, it may have made more business sense for Modell to try to keep the Indians at Municipal, particularly as the baseball team began to show signs of improvement both on the playing field and at the box office.

During Modell's 35 seasons as team owner the Browns qualified for the postseason 17 times, winning 11 division titles and the NFL championship in 1964.

The Ravens ' regular season record during Modell's tenure as team owner stands at 72 – 63.

Under the deal, Modell retained a small interest ( approximately 1 % share ) upon the team's sale as a legal maneuver to avoid a claim by the Andrews trust, which was controlled by family of a former business adviser who sought to collect an estimated $ 30 million finder's fee upon Modell's sale of the team.

His teams ' winning ways had helped obscure his harsh methods and need for control, but Modell's active involvement in the team exposed them.

Despite a no-cost stadium lease, all revenues from parking, concessions, and TV, as well as a reported $ 25M Maryland subsidy, Modell's ownership of the Ravens resulted in continual financial hardships, and the NFL stepped in and directed Modell to sell his franchise.

Many suite customers switched their business from Cleveland Stadium's older suites to Jacobs Field's newer suites, due to the Indians ' new-found success and popularity in the mid 1990s and because Modell's Stadium Corp. refused to decrease the annual rent for the suites even though the events for which the suites could be used decreased substantially ( 81 home games ) with the loss of the Indians as a tenant.

The Browns returned to the NFL in 1999 with Lerner, a friend of Modell as well as a minority owner of Modell's original franchise and MBNA CEO and owner, assuming ownership, after Lerner outbid other interested parties for the right to buy the reactivated Browns ' franchise.

There are prominent signs for Madame Tussaud's, Loew's, Empire, AMC 25 Theatre, and Modell's.

* William Modell ( 1921 – 2008 ), chairman of the Modell's Sporting Goods retail chain.

Prior to Modell's arrival, the Browns had dominated the NFL and the AAFC, winning seven championships in 17 years.

Subsequent contract battles with defensive end Jack Gregory in 1971 and second-round draft pick Tom Skladany in 1977 only served to damage Modell's image among Cleveland fans.

The Indians organization became dissatisfied with Modell's Stadium Corp. as its landlord.

The team's overall regular season record during Modell's tenure was 252 – 233 – 10, ( winning percentage. 519 ), and its post-season record was 7 wins against 14 losses ( winning percentage. 333 ).

Modell's only marriage was to Patricia Breslin, lasting from 1969 until her death in 2011.

In exchange, Modell's newly formed company, Stadium Corporation, assumed the expenses of operations from the city.

When he came to Baltimore, he was leaving a team which was supposed to win the National League pennant, and he was joining what seemed to be a second division American League club.

The Baltimore Orioles of the 1970s, led by manager Earl Weaver, were an example of such a " slugging " team that aspired to score most of its runs via home runs.

The Baltimore Ravens are officially a quasi-expansion franchise, having originated in 1996 with the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his intention to relocate the team to Baltimore.

The Baltimore Ravens came into existence in 1996 when Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his intention to relocate his team from Cleveland to Baltimore.

After relocation, Modell hired Ted Marchibroda as the head coach for his new team in Baltimore.

The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States.

As mentioned above, the Miles-Hofberger group renamed their new team the Baltimore Orioles soon after taking control of the franchise.

In 1901, Baltimore and McGraw were awarded an expansion franchise in the growing American League, but again the team was sacrificed in favor of a New York City franchise, as the team was transferred to New York in 1903.

Thanks to the big stadium, that " Junior World Series " easily outdrew the major league World Series which, coincidentally, included the team that would move to Baltimore ten years later and take up occupancy in the rebuilt version of the big stadium.

The station has previously carried the team from their arrival in Baltimore in 1954 through 1978 ; in the first four seasons, WJZ-TV shared coverage with WMAR-TV and WBAL-TV.

In 1995, Art Modell, who had purchased the Browns in 1961, announced he was relocating the team to Baltimore, Maryland.

The outrage and controversy that erupted, as well as the NFL's desire to keep a team in Cleveland, led to an agreement whereby Modell was cleared to move his team ( which became the Baltimore Ravens ) but relinquished ownership of the Browns ' name, colors, logos and history.

In 1992, the NFL released the list of five areas open to a potential NFL team: Baltimore, Maryland ; St. Louis, Missouri ; Memphis, Tennessee ; Jacksonville, Florida ; and the Carolinas, represented by Charlotte.

The team was officially founded as the Baltimore Colts in 1953 and were based in Baltimore, Maryland until the team relocated to Indianapolis in 1984.

State Senator Joseph A. Bertorelli ( D., First Baltimore ) had a stroke yesterday while in his automobile in the 200 block of West Pratt Street.

He used stevedores working the docks in Baltimore to infect horses with glanders while they were waiting to be shipped to Britain.

The Hall effect was discovered in 1879 by Edwin Herbert Hall while he was working on his doctoral degree at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

The Colts had two Super Bowl appearances while in Baltimore, losing to the New York Jets in Super Bowl III, while defeating the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V.

The situation was reversed by the end of the decade, with Baltimore winning the 1968 NFL title while New York would arrive at continuously less impressive results.

The same year that Booth's father married Holmes ( 1851 ), he built Tudor Hall on the Harford County property as the family's summer home, while also maintaining a winter residence on Exeter Street in Baltimore in the 1840s – 1850s.

On third down, Morrall threw his third consecutive incompletion, which would have forced Baltimore to punt from deep in their own territory, but Renfro was called for a 13-yard pass interference penalty while trying to cover Hinton, giving the Colts a first down.

Fans kept their distance from the Senators while the Baltimore Orioles, to the northeast, won four American League pennants and two World Series from the 1966 season through the 1971 season.

In October, he was formally charged with having accepted bribes totaling more than $ 100, 000 while holding office as Baltimore County Executive, Governor of Maryland, and Vice President of the United States.

Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Pinkerton served as head of the Union Intelligence Service in 1861 – 1862 and foiled an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland, while guarding Abraham Lincoln on his way to his inauguration.

Six Howard Transit bus routes now serve Columbia and connect it with its neighboring areas ( such as Ellicott City and BWI Airport ), while several Maryland Transit Administration ( MTA ) routes provide access to and from both Washington and Baltimore.

In 1976, while playing in Baltimore, Jackson had said, " If I played in New York, they'd name a candy bar after me.

The story, written during travels after leaving college, is based on a three-person romantic affair she joined while studying at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.

Betsy returned to Baltimore with her son, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, called " Bo " by his mother, and lived with her father while she continued to flaunt her royal connection and skimpy attire.

Avalon Hill moved its corporate offices to 4517 Harford Road in Baltimore in the 1960s, while maintaining a second address on Read Street, where play-testing was conducted and inventory maintained.

It passes over the Baltimore Light Rail as it crosses and interchanges with Maryland Route 648 a little while later, near Cromwell Station.

Blake and Lee met around 1895 while both attended Primary School No. 2 at 200 East Street in Baltimore.

Some residents work for the Charles County government, while others commute to Waldorf or the Washington, D. C. and Baltimore areas for work, including to Andrews Air Force Base and Naval Air Station Patuxent River.

Union troops guarded the Thomas Viaduct and the thoroughfare to Baltimore City with a captured Winans Steam Gun while camping on Lawyers Hill, a community of summer estates built over the years by residents such as Caleb Dorsey (" Belmont "), Baltimore City Supreme Bench Judge George Washington Dobbin (" the Lawn "), Thomas Donaldson (" Edgewood "), John Latrobe (" Fairy-Knowe "), and the Penniman family home (" Wyndhurst ").

* 1912-1924 Baltimore & Ohio purchased the rail line servicing Gilboa in 1912 and shut it down sometime between 1917 & 1924 ( Railroad records say by 1919 but a 1922 map shows the railroad while a 1924 ODOT map does not ).

Notable staff included 9 year NFL Veteran John " JT " Turner of the Minnesota Vikings and Sam Adams, 6 time pro bowl defensive tackle who had two Super Bowl appearances and one Super Bowl ring while playing for the Baltimore Ravens.

The troops were sent to Naic, Cavite on boats while the governor was transferred to the American cruiser USS Baltimore and became a prisoner with his family.