Haslam is in; Holmgren out?
Jimmy Haslam officially took over as the owner of the Cleveland Browns this morning, and within an hour, ESPN was announcing that Mike Holmgren is out as the team’s president.

Holmgren did not attend the NFL owners meetings Chicago as expected, and Haslam is likely to name former Philadelphia Eagle’s President Joe Banner as Holmgren’s successor.

The NFL owners unanimously approved the sale of 70 percent of the team from Randy Lerner to Haslam this morning.. Lerner will keep a 30 percent piece of the team for four more years. The total deal is costing Haslam $1 billion, and Haslam is selling his 12.5 percent stake in the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Browns are 1-5, notching their first win Sunday by beating Cincinnati 34-24.

Ohio report cards delayed, again
State officials have rescheduled the release of school and district academic ratings that already have been delayed for six weeks by a statewide review of student-attendance data. The Department of Education now tentatively plans to release the report cards Wednesday. It already has released the bulk of the information within the report cards, but not the final ratings, which range from excellence with distinction to academic emergency.

Ryan continues to be a fixture in Ohio
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan is making yet another stop in Northeast Ohio this week, speaking at Baldwin Wallace College in Berea with former Secretary of State Condeleezza Rice tomorrow morning.

The Romney-Ryan campaign has been sharply critical of the Obama administration’s dealings in the Middle East, including misinformation after the attack on a Libyan consulate that killed the U.S. ambassador and three others on Sept. 11.  But Rice has called her successor, Hillary Clinton, outstanding.

Ryan will have been in Ohio seven of the last 10 days. His stop in Youngstown Saturday drew some controversy after the owner of a soup kitchen where he was photographed said Ryan came uninvited and unannounced and pretended to wash dishes that were already clean.

Miami U and Bowling Green police investigate
Miami University is investigating a flier found in a restroom at a co-ed dorm with the title "Top Ten Ways to Get Away with Rape". University officials have scheduled a mandatory meeting for male residents of the dormitory. And police are investigating racist graffiti scrawled in chalk on the sidewalk outside the home of Bowling Green State University basketball coach Louis Orr. Vandals wrote "white power" along with a swastika. Orr is black and has coached the team since 2007.

Making the turnpike make money
State officials may increase tolls and close maintenance facilities as they consider ways to make more money from the Ohio Turnpike. According to The Columbus Dispatch, Department of Transportation deputy director Jim Riley said yesterday that a $2.85 million study of the future of the road is in the works.