The Cleveland Browns are the only team in the National Football League without a logo on its helmet. The helmet is the logo. It is a source of pride for Browns fans.

Pride is a big part of what it means to call oneself "a Browns fan." It seems odd considering after the Browns won the NFL Championship in 1964, each season has ended in disappointment. Whether it was a 3-13 record or coming within 98-yards of a Super Bowl berth, heads hung.

Still, 70,000-plus Browns fans return each year to the stadium in September to witness 53 orange helmets run onto the field. A new season presents the opportunity that one can finally answer, "Yes!" When asked, "Is this the year?"

There is an indescribable pride and connection fans have with professional football players wearing seal brown and burnt orange uniforms. Perhaps fans have become more passionate since 1999 when one considers what happened in 1995.

That year Browns fans saw their beloved team shipped to Baltimore. Instead of giving up, Browns fans led a fight against the NFL to keep their team's history and colors in the city, set aside for the rebirth of the Browns.

Four years later that new team arrived to the shores of Lake Erie with the records, history and, most importantly, the logo-less helmets.

Then Cleveland Mayor Michael White commissioned a stainless steel plaque to hang on the south side of the stadium. It reads:

    "In 1995, Browns fans across the nation banded together in a vigilant fight for the return of our team ... our name ... and our colors. We refused to let the grand tradition and proud franchise that had been part of our City's fabric for half a century be destroyed. We sent a message to the entire country that unsurpassed fan loyalty, community support and history matter. We proved that the Browns belong in Cleveland, the home of the greatest fans in the world. Today, our Browns have come home to a facility built on a foundation of dreams at the brink of a new Millennium. We welcome a new era of success for the Cleveland Browns and a new era of memories for fans and future generations of Clevelanders. Cleveland Browns Stadium is dedicated to the invincible spirit of Browns fans who, through their perseverance and tenacity, refused to say goodbye. OUR TEAM . . . OUR NAME . . . OUR COLORS. August 21, 1999."

Today, the passion of being a Browns fan continues to be passed on to new generations. That new generation has an insatiable appetite for news, analysis and the ability to discuss their team with a wide audience. It's the world we live in thanks to 24-hour sports news cycle and the vast world of the Internet.

Enter NoLogoNeeded.com. Editor Don Delco and fellow staff writers Brandon Rastok and Aaron Ziraks strive to bring you all the current news on the Cleveland Browns on a daily basis coupled with analysis and a chance for you, the passionate Browns fan, to weigh in with your opinions.

So, welcome to NoLogoNeeded.com and stay a while. We're talking Browns football.

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Don Delco — Co-Founder & Editor Emeritus
After more than 15 years of sports writing experience, covering everything from field hockey to the NFL, No Logo Needed was born in the summer of 2008. It turned out to be the perfect online marriage of my love of writing, writing about sports and, most of all, the Cleveland Browns. As soon as I got started, I knew I had to ask friends of mine, Brandon Rastok and Aaron Ziraks, to join me. We already waste hours talking Browns football - the logical step was to move those discussions to the blogosphere and invite fellow Browns fans to read and comment on those discussions.

In two years, No Logo Needed became a popular online destination for Browns fans. Our work now appears regularly on Cleveland.com and Ohio.com. In the early days, an exciting day was when we had more than 100 visitors. Quickly, it became commonplace for more than 1,000 visitors a day and we've had months of more than 60,000 visitors.

In May of 2010, I was offered an opportunity to join the Orange and Brown Report. While the decision was difficult, I felt it was the right time to leave No Logo Needed in the capable hands and minds of Brandon and Aaron. My work can now be found at TheOBR.com. I can still be reached at ddelco@gmail.com.

Brandon Rastok — Staff Writer
I have been football fan my whole life. It began at 6 years old when I would analyze teams’ strengths and weaknesses and how they could get better. I would lie out my football cards out on the floor and draft teams or search for the right guy to fill a team’s weakness on Madden. I’ve had more fun making teams than actually playing the game. As I got older, I’ve continued to waste hours of my life by learning every player in the NFL Draft so I could understand what the Browns were thinking. I continue to analyze how the Browns compare to other teams in terms of youth, reviewing how certain free agents or draft picks might fit in with the team and examine what are the best schemes for their personne. My dream job would have been to be an NFL GM but since there are only 32 of them, I find myself doing the next best thing — NoLogoNeeded.com. I hate that football teams are run like businesses and firmly believe that a team should pull the trigger on any move that makes the team better. Even though I am the #1 Squeeler hater and have no love in my heart for the overrated QB #7, I make every attempt to take emotion out of my thoughts and defend them with logic or stats.

Aaron Ziraks — Staff Writer
Although I have poor grammar, terrible spelling, and use run on sentences like its my job, I somehow have always found a way to get my opinions on sports in print (Thanks, BG News).  I do this because I love the Browns and have a passion for the game of football.  I love the smell, the weather, everything about football season.  I hate everyone that doesn't think Bernie Kosar is the best quarterback ever to play the game of football.  I truly believe in my heart that if it weren't for Kelly Holcomb, Tim Couch would still be in the NFL.  Basically I am a die hard fan, blinded by my love for the Browns — and now I write about it.

The Voice of Reason — Contributing writer
The Voice of Reason was born an optimistic Browns fan in Northeast Ohio where he used to record all of the Browns parody songs that played on the radio including such classics as “Bad, Bad Cleveland Browns,” “Return to Denver” and of course “Bernie, Bernie.”  At the tender age of 8 that optimism quickly morphed into jaded realism in 1987 when, after yet another epic collapse, he came to the grim realized that the Universe was not a Browns fan.  The relocation of the franchise caused The Voice to shun the NFL for three years during which time he attended college out of state and majored in common sense.

Currently residing in Columbus, the Voice of Reason continues to support the Browns in his uniquely nihilistic manner while steering clear of his Bengals’ supporting wife on Sundays.  Among his many beliefs are that teams should always go for it on fourth and 1 regardless of field position, an Eric Metcalf draw on third and long was the worst play call ever, and the Browns should never place a logo on their helmets.  To date, the Voice’s greatest gridiron accomplishment is kicking three field goals in a flag football game, which is probably some kind of record that shouldn’t be talked about.