A signed photo of Browns quarterback Tim Couch. A signed photo
of Browns quarterback Tim Couch.  In a sense for collectors,
it's like a scene out of the 1980s prime-time soap opera hit,
Dallas.  Maybe it was all a dream, but the Cleveland Browns are
back after a three year hiatus - thanks to former owner Art
Modell's decision to bolt the city and transplant his team to
Baltimore. Modell wanted to take the team's heritage - and
lucrative colors and past - with him like any other owner who
picks up and moves his franchise.  But the NFL, spurred on by
angry Browns' backers and collectors, would have nothing of it.
So Modell, who could keep the team's players, had to surrender
its lucrative merchandising machine that had propelled them to
near the top of the NFL wish list for collectors and fans.  For
three years, Browns' merchandise was still sold and collected,
even though they had no team. Now, they have a team in the form
of an expansion franchise and already they have surpassed
Modell's Ravens in the standin