Art Modell purchased the Browns in 1961 for $4 million and remained owner well into the 1990s. Although the team never reached, let alone won, the Super Bowl -- a status that remains to this day ...

John A. Moag Jr., left, who worked long and hard to get a team in Baltimore, holds up the hand of Browns owner Art Modell, center as Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening looks on during a news ...

By Tom Reed, Cleveland.com Associated Press file Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley shakes hands with Baltimore Ravens former owner Art Modell after practice in January 2007 in Owings Mills, Md.

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Former Ravens owner Art Modell was denied a bid to the Pro Football Hall of Fame again. Modell was being considered on the coach/contributor list for next year's induction.

Modell and his wife, Patricia, continued their charitable ways in Baltimore, donating millions of dollars to The Seed School of Maryland, a boarding school in Maryland for disadvantaged youths ...

Art Modell, who took Cleveland's beloved football team and moved it to Baltimore, was rooting for John McCain to win. He rooted a lot, judging from the money he gave to McCain's campaign.

Former Baltimore Ravens owner Art Modell, along with Randy Gradishar, Art Rooney Jr., and Marty Schottenheimer are one step closer to being elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The HoF's 12 ...

Modell said he lost millions of dollars operating the Browns in Cleveland and cited the state of Maryland's financial package, including construction of a $200 million stadium, as his reasons for ...