Mangini's job in jeopardy against Jags


CLEVELAND (AP) — Eric Mangini was a ball boy and wide-eyed media relations intern for the Browns the last time they won four straight games. In 1994, one year before Cleveland’s unimaginable move as a franchise to Baltimore, Mangini’s future in the NFL seemed boundless.

Now, his time in Cleveland could be up: Mangini may not make it to his one-year anniversary as Browns coach.

Fired after the Jets completed their belly slide to the finish last season, Mangini was quickly snapped up by Browns owner Randy Lerner, who hired him on Jan. 8, 2009, hoping the coach once tabbed “Mangenius” by the New York tabloids could revive his lousy team.

Mangini has at least partially restored the Browns — just maybe too late to save himself.