Payton’s place will always be in Who Dats’ hearts
(Jan. 25) For people who didn’t suffer through the first 21 years of the New Orleans Saints football team or endure Hurricane Katrina, it is almost impossible to imagine the distress caused […]
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Drew Brees deserves to go out on top
(Feb. 18) If there is any poetic justice in the NFL, all-time passing leader Drew Brees will win a Super Bowl this coming year. The 41-year-old Brees announced Tuesday he […]
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Brees, the horrid NFL, and a great movie genre
Five pieces on sports and culture. For the full columns, follow the links embedded in the headlines. Absurd politics of Time and Sports Illustrated help show why Americans chose Trump […]
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Lamenting the NFL’s pass interference follies
(Nov. 26 — two days before Thanksgiving’s game between the Saints and Falcons) It takes no originality to say that the National Football League’s officiating mistakes continue to be a major […]
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Cheaper by the dozen: 12 pensive pieces, no platitudes
Old-School college football, minus the pomp, at old Tulane (Sept. 2). When Tulane, ignoring law, let Jim Harbaugh get away (Sept. 3). For one week, these Saints were in crazy […]
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Sean Payton’s Civics Lesson
by Quin Hillyer at Opportunity Lives: When New Orleans Saints football coach Sean Payton held a press conference Wednesday to announce, after weeks of public speculation otherwise, that he would […]
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Fire Rob Ryan
Sean Payton has an obese mess on his hands, and if he doesn’t do something about it, he will show he clearly has lost his edge. Payton should fire Rob […]
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All Saints Day: The Football Version
Don’t mess with the New Orleans Saints on All Saints Day or All Souls’ Day. The Saints were of course officially born on All Saints Day of 1966. It was […]
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Frayed Saints Need Massive Shake-Up
Everybody who saw Sunday’s game needs nobody to tell you just how bad the Saints looked against a very, very, very weak Tamp Bay Bucs squad. Even before a point […]
