No TV blackout for Browns, who team up with sponsors to buy tickets for Monday night game

Cleveland Browns avert local TV blackout

CLEVELAND — The Browns have averted their first TV blackout since 1995.

The team announced Thursday night that the remaining tickets for Monday night’s game against the Baltimore Ravens have been purchased by the Browns, ESPN, Bud Light and WJW-TV, which will air the game.

The Browns said the four entities will distribute the tickets to the USO and other local organizations.

Cleveland has not had a game blacked out since its expansion return in 1999. Of the Browns’ four remaining home dates, only the Dec. 10 game against Pittsburgh is sold out. Cleveland also will host San Diego (Dec. 6), Oakland (Dec. 27) and Jacksonville (Jan. 3).

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