Ohio.com reporter Stephanie Storm writes about the unassuming Peyton Hillis off the field, and the battering ram Hillis on the field. Cincinnati Bengals cornerbacks Roy Williams and Ron Joseph probably felt like Hillis was hunting them Sunday when he inadvertently knocked both out of the Browns' 23-20 victory. They suffered knee and forearm injuries, respectively, as they attempted to tackle...
Peyton Hillis Ohio.com reporter Stephanie Storm writes about the unassuming Peyton Hillis off the field, and the battering ram Hillis on the field.
Cincinnati Bengals cornerbacks Roy Williams and Ron Joseph probably felt like Hillis was hunting them Sunday when he inadvertently knocked both out of the Browns' 23-20 victory. They suffered knee and forearm injuries, respectively, as they attempted to tackle Hillis on separate plays.
''Peyton's real physical,'' Browns quarterback Jake Delhomme said. ''You don't see Roy Williams [fall like that]. He's a man, he can bring it. Peyton brought it to him a good bit last week.''
Hillis is happy to be who he is and where he is after being traded in March to the Browns from the Denver Broncos in the Brady Quinn deal.
''I love being a Cleveland Brown,'' said Hillis, who played in every offensive series last week, except for the final three plays when quarterback Seneca Wallace took a knee to run out the clock. ''I think the Lord had his way for sending me here. It's the best thing for me.''
Mangini says
Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini spoke to the media who covers the Atlanta Falcons, and Mangini had plenty to say about this team and the Falcons.
ON PEYTON HILLIS: “Peyton is a guy I played against when I was in New York and he was in Denver. . . He was tough to deal with. He was tough to deal with as a runner. He was tough to deal with out of the backfield. When we had the opportunity to get him, that was something that I really wanted to do. I thought he had versatility.
ON THE FALCONS DEFENSE: “They play with tremendous effort defensively. Most of the time at the end of the play you’ll see four, five or six hats on the ball. That’s effort. That’s intensity. That has nothing to do with athletic ability. That’s want to. I really like the style of football that the Falcons play.”
When it comes to the quarterback situation, Mangini says he will keep a close eye on Jake Delhomme, who is coming back from an injury. Mangini is also pleased with the play of Seneca Wallace, who guided the team to their first win in a victory over Cincinnati last weekend.
Billions and billions
Nathan Vardi of Forbes.com writes how Cleveland Browns owner Randy Lerner is embroiled in a lawsuit over his October attempt to redeem $40 million from a hedge fund run by two sisters and a recent Republican Congressional candidate.
In legal papers, Lerner claims the funds have been “hidden.”
Paige Capital Management, a New York hedge fund firm owned by sisters Michele Paige and Jessica Paige, sued Randy Lerner’s Lerner Master Fund, which holds trust assets of the Lerner family, in Delaware’s Chancery Court after Lerner notified Paige Capital that it planned to redeem its entire investment at the end of October.
“[W]e are fully prepared to litigate this matter to the bitter end because we will continue to manage your money, and collect management and incentive fees, until this matter is resolved many years hence,” Christopher Paige, Paige Capital’s general counsel, defiantly wrote in a March letter, court filings show. “You cannot win because you will spend more litigating than we’re fighting over … we decide the best way to protect the funds, and your opinion is irrelevant.”