Art Modell expects to keep 'most hated in Cleveland' title from LeBron James

LeBron James' decision to abandon Cleveland is drawing comparisons to Art Modell. But the man who moved the Browns to Baltimore in 1995 says the situations are different.

CLEVELAND - LeBron James' decision to abandon Cleveland is drawing comparisons to Art Modell. But the man who moved the Browns to Baltimore in 1995 says the situations are different.

Modell tells Cleveland radio station WTAM that "you can't equate the two." He also says he feels sympathy for the Cavaliers and owner Dan Gilbert, who will have to get by without their star.

In another interview, with The Morning Journal of Lorain in northern Ohio, the 85-year-old Modell said if there is a title of "most hated man in Cleveland," he expects to hold on to it and not lose it to James. He says Cavaliers fans will carry on.

Modell says he wishes both Cleveland and James well.