He’s one of the most recognizable faces in the NFL, and he happens to play in New York. He has a huge Nike billboard that covers the whole side of a building near Times Square, but Eli Manning came out of the closet today and admitted he is a die-hard Browns fan. After years of keeping quiet about his personal life, Manning felt enough was enough.

“I am proud to say that I am a Cleveland Browns fan,” Eli said in a message posted on his official website. “I am very blessed to be who I am.”Manning said writing his memoir and thinking about his time in New York led him to go public.

“To keep living a lie, and act like I give a shit about the Giants as I did up until today would be to indirectly diminish the glow that my kids were born with. So today is my day, this is my time, and this is my moment,” he wrote.

“These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn’t even know existed,” he continued. “What will happen now? It doesn’t matter. The Giants organization can suck it, and Goodell can fine me. I don’t care. A weight has been lifted from my shoulders.”

Manning went on to say that he attended Browns games as a child and occasionally gets a chance to see them play when his team has a buy week – although he admits there hasn’t been much to cheer about lately. “The word “happiness” takes on a new meaning for me as of today. It has been a very intense process. Every word that I write in this letter is born out of love, acceptance, detachment and real contentment. I love the Browns, good or bad.” Manning later admitted that he’s had a Bernie Kosar tattoo on his ass since 1994, something that has been difficult to hide in the locker room.

There’s nothing like watching a little football after spending years in the dark caves of Northern Afghanistan. That’s what Osama bin Laden did on Sunday when he attended the Cleveland Browns season finale against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The leader of Al Qaeda, who has spent much of his time in isolation recently, saw the Steelers hand the Browns a big bag of shit, in a lopsided 41-9 victory. According to the AP, bin Laden flew from Toro Bora to New York on Saturday, before catching a flight to Cleveland Sunday morning. A life-long Browns fan, Osama seemed none too pleased with the outcome of the game.

“I come all this way to see best team in world play like dogs! I risk life and limb to see poo-poo! Me no like the poo-poo! Must bomb Berea! I go!” he shouted as he left the stadium. When asked by brownieman.net how it felt to be back in the public eye, Osama, who had Dawg Pound tickets for the game, said: “I never left. Praise be to Allah.”

Fans in the Dawg Pound said that Osama sat quietly during warm-ups, but began booing when the Star Spangled Banner was played over the loudspeaker. They also indicated that he hit the ground when F-16′s did a pre-game fly-by — an indication that we was a little on edge. His behavior deteriorated from there. At halftime, bin Laden was seen throwing beer bottles at the Browns’ coaching staff, calling them “infidel pigs”. It is uncertain why law enforcement officials did not attempt to arrest the FBI’s most-wanted terrorist, or how he was able to get in and out of the country undetected. Perhaps they were just distracted by the poo-poo on the field.