Sun archives: Art Modell

Peter Schmuck: Modell's Hall snub has analogy in baseball's O'Malley

Though it didn't garner giant headlines in Baltimore, the news last week that the late Walter O'Malley will be inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., in July couldn't help but make me wonder anew when they'll get around to enshrining Art Modell in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

Giving Modell thanks

When Jonathan Ogden was drafted by the Ravens with the organization's first pick in 1996, the former UCLA offensive tackle said the first thing he was struck by was the team owner's habit of mingling with players to get to know them.

Keeping ties to team suits Modell just fine

Art Modell doesn't make road trips anymore. He no longer endures marathon work weeks, either. As for major decisions around the Ravens, let's just say it's a choice between baked chicken and prime rib at the team's cafeteria.

Modell: 'I didn't want to go to Baltimore'

Sore feelings over Art Modell's move of the Cleveland Browns 10 years ago were renewed when he told a radio interviewer that community leaders reneged on an offer to provide financial help.

Mike Preston: Modell has waited long enough to get into Hall

Maybe this year the Pro Football Hall of Fame committee will invoke a statute of limitation on the Ravens' move from Cleveland to Baltimore after the 1995 season and vote former majority owner Art Modell in as a member.

Modell tribute tops NFL meetings agenda

PALM BEACH, Fla. - The start of this year's owners meetings was a mixture of smiles, tears and goodbyes for Art Modell.

Modell: I'll never forget farewell

Art Modell's final game as an NFL owner was a mixture of cheers and tears.

Ceremony for Modell postponed for week

Art Modell's induction into the Ravens' Ring of Honor, scheduled for halftime of last night's Ravens-Pittsburgh Steelers game at M&T Bank Stadium, was postponed because the team owner was battling a respiratory infection and did not attend the game.

Modell doesn't look back

Don't expect Art Modell to look back over the past 43 years and get misty-eyed.

Modell is a master at NFL name game

In 43 years as an NFL owner, Art Modell has dealt with nearly every important, semi-important or self-important league figure. The Sun asked him to play word association with some of the NFL's historic names.

Mike Preston: Modell stands first in league for heart, generosity, spirit

OUR FIRST MEETING didn't go well. On Feb. 9, 1996, only minutes after he announced that his Cleveland Browns were moving to Baltimore, Art Modell was whisked away by bodyguards to a limousine about 100 feet from the stage.

In final season, Modell leaves a lasting legacy

Decades before the tortuous franchise move and the triumph of a Super Bowl, Ravens owner Art Modell's emotional ties with football became rooted in Roy Lumpkin.

Bisciotti plans to buy out Modell

Before leaving for next week's NFL owners meetings, Steve Bisciotti said he is prepared to take the biggest handoff in Ravens history.

Mike Preston: Pro Football Hall fumbles in shunning of Modell

THE ABSENCE OF Ravens owner Art Modell's name from the list of 15 finalists for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003 was expected. There is still too much passion and, in some cases, disdain when his name is mentioned.

Passing torch, Modell won't burn bridge

When Art Modell last endured this amount of off-season turmoil, he was branded a villain.

Ravens' Modell has mild heart attack

Ravens owner Art Modell is recovering in a Rancho Mirage, Calif., hospital after suffering a mild heart attack Friday morning.

Mike Preston: Lifelong service to pro football should land Modell spot in Hall

NEW ORLEANS -- If Ravens owner Art Modell is not selected for Hall of Fame induction on Saturday, it would be an affront to the man, the game and the NFL.

Finally at the top, Modell likes the view

This year's path to training camp may be uncharted territory for Art Modell, but the resilient Ravens owner is certainly enjoying the ride.

President salutes Ravens' season

WASHINGTON - While NFL teams are looking ahead to a new season, President Bush gave the Baltimore Ravens another chance yesterday to savor this year's Super Bowl triumph, offering them a presidential pat on the back at the White House.

Modell, Browns fans reach deal on lawsuit

Ravens majority owner Art Modell has agreed to a $3 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit brought by Cleveland Browns fans angry about the team's 1995 move to Baltimore, lawyers in the case said yesterday.

Lesson Modell learned reaps Super reward

UNTIL SUNDAY, the words Art Modell and the Vince Lombardi Trophy had not exactly fit together like pieces in the perfect joint. The trophy goes to the Super Bowl winner. Mr. Modell's team, neither the original Cleveland Browns nor its Baltimore Ravens incarnation, had been to a Super Bowl, much less won one.

For long-patient Modell, overflowing emotions

TAMPA, Fla. - On the night that Art Modell's Super Bowl dream finally came true, he had to admit that he had once entertained serious doubts that this Ravens team could win the NFL championship.

Owners make it unanimous for Bisciotti

PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Anne Arundel County businessman Stephen Bisciotti bought himself an early birthday present yesterday.

Modell ready to own up to 40-year tenure

Art Modell would prefer a grand exit to a glorified entrance.

Modell agrees to sell Ravens

Art Modell's 38-year run at the top of American sports has apparently entered its final years, as the Ravens team owner has agreed to relinquish his franchise to a new investor as soon as 2004.

With Modell's endorsement, Lerner awarded Browns

CHICAGO -- Ravens owner Art Modell let bygones be bygones and helped his former friend and business partner, Al Lerner, win the bidding war for the Cleveland Browns to become the 31st NFL owner last night.

Unforgettable is what it's been

It's been a tough 12 months for Art Modell.

THE NFL RETURNS TO BALTIMORE

Airport reception hails NFL conquering hero

It was a celebration 12 years in the making.

Deal clears NFL path to Baltimore

CHICAGO -- The National Football League last night reached a tentative accord with the city of Cleveland that will bring a renamed Browns franchise to Baltimore this year and a replacement team to Cleveland by 1999.

Inside the Browns deal

As the Gulfstream jet lifted off the runway on its secret mission, Cleveland Stadium came briefly into view.

Change of cities turns villain Modell into hero

Art Modell left Cleveland yesterday being called a thief in the night.