September 2002

BROWNS PLANET

If the Dallas Cowboys are America's Team -- a dubious nickname in the wake of Sunday's 

face plant at Houston -- the Cleveland Browns belong to the world.

For evidence, look no further than the Bougouni Browns Backers of Mali, West Africa, a group 

selling Cleveland T-shirts to raise money to build a school in its village. The goal is to sell 500 

shirts.  

"What touches us most is not necessarily the orders that we are receiving, but the outpouring 

of support and encouragement," reads a statement on www.clevelandbrowns.com from Scott 

Lacy, president of the Bougouni Browns Backers. "People from Ohio to Nevada and beyond 

have sent us inspirational notes and inquiries about life here in Mali."

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