Pro Football Talk has the poop on the Cleveland Browns wideout who filed a civil lawsuit against the team on the basis of negligence and fraud. The suit reads that the Browns knew about a staph problem with team facilities, one that allegedly contributed to the seven surgeries Jurevicius was forced to undergo to clean infections from his surgically repaired knee. The moral of the story is clear: don’t ever, EVER, go to Cleveland.

According to Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Jurevicius has filed a civil lawsuit in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court.  The defendants are the Browns, the Cleveland Clinic, former team physician Dr. Anthony Miniaci, and current team physician Dr. Richard Figler.

Jurevicius, per Cabot, claims that the defendants committed negligence and fraud, resulting in the staph infection that possibly has ended his football career.

Ohio treats Cleveland the way America treats Ohio, and Cleveland deserves it. Jurevicius was cut by the Browns in March and remains a free agent. PFT also noted that the Browns have had issues with staph as early as 2003. Probably has something to do with that giant fecal cloud hanging over the city limits. Get out while you can, LeBron! Save yourself!

NFL locker rooms are having trouble with staph infections:

One month into the preseason, the league's 32 teams have managed to avoid an outbreak. That stands in stark contract to recent years when at least six franchises — Cleveland, Miami, St. Louis, San Diego, Washington and San Francisco — were forced to battle dangerous bacteria at some point during the season.

See, writers who get paid in actual currency make spelling/wrong word mistakes too – I think Mr. Marvez meant to write 'stark contrast'.  

One of the hardest-hit teams was the Browns. Five Cleveland players were infected over the past three seasons, with the most severe case being contracted by [center] LeCharles Bentley . . . "There were so many days that I didn't know what was going on," Bentley said when addressing Browns media earlier this month. "The last several months — the last year — hasn't been easy. But I'm here now and I thank God for that."

This so sad, as it appears LeCharles has taken a turn for the worse.  Clearly he's displaying the final stages of dementia if he's thankful for being in Cleveland.  The healthy reaction is to punch yourself in the face. -KD