Greg Little News

When the Cleveland Browns open the 2013 NFL regular season, they will do so without their emerging receiver in Josh Gordon.

A new safety-related NFL rule requires players to wear thigh and knee pads for the first time since 1994.

" @Str8UpGlittle : Never thought me not wanting to wearing pads on my legs would be such a big deal lol" media is bored fam What is Greg Little talking about? Last Thursday, Tom Reed of the Plain Dealer posted an article about the new knee and thigh pad rule for the 2013 NFL season.

Coming this year, fans will be permitted to bring less stuff into the stadium and players will be required to wear more stuff onto the field.

The Cleveland Browns have finished offseason organized team activities and mini-camp and are looking forward to training camp in late July with only a couple true competitions for starting slots still up in the air.

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According to The Plain Dealer , Gordon faces a one-year banishment from the NFL if he fails another drug test.

Wide receiver Greg Little and safety T.J. Ward of the Cleveland Browns will host a non-contact youth football camp this summer in Parma.

Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon has been suspended without pay for the first two regular-season games of the 2013 season and fined two additional game checks for violating the NFL's policy and program for substances of abuse, a league spokesperson said in a statement this afternoon.

BEREA - " Davone Bess and Travis Benjamin - " the "undersized" receivers - " went the six offseason practices open to the media without a dropped pass of note.

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Davone Bess is the oldest wide receiver on the Cleveland Browns, but he isn't showing his age at minicamp.

Browns linebacker Barkevious Mingo is working with the second team at right outside linebacker behind Jabaal Sheard , but plans to be in the starting lineup on opening day.

Coach Rob Chudzinski refuted a report Tuesday by saying running back Trent Richardson is scheduled to participate when training camp opens in late-July.

The lanky receiver didn't join them in the huddle as he continues to rehab from a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered in last season's opener.

Last year I wrote about the strategy you should take when approaching the tight end position in your fantasy draft.

Training camp doesn't begin for at least another seven weeks. The Browns don't play their first regular-season game until Sept.

After missing his entire rookie season, Steelers guard David DeCastro seems ready for a fresh start .

Not only because the 45-year-old is a legitimate up-and-comer in the NFL coaching world, but because he has the ideal personnel to cater to his vertically threatening attack.

Growing up a Cleveland sports fan teaches you a wide variety of lessons and virtues.