Published on: 14th December, 2010
Daddy used to say 90 percent of life and success was just showing your face—at meetings and weddings and funerals, etc. He said, "Son, you can achieve success beyond your wildest dreams if you just make a life-long commitment to showing your face." You could say the same thing about football as ...Published on: 22nd November, 2010
And you wonder why NFL coaches and players hate kickers? You need look no further than yesterday's Saints-Seattle game for the reasons why. In 2007, Olindo Mare made only 10-of-17 field goal attempts after the Saints released John Carney and gave up a draft choice to get him. This year for Seattle, Mare ...Published on: 17th November, 2010
The NFL is a small town really. You always meet your ole' pals again somewhere down the road. And, if Reggie Bush and Pete Carroll have any bitter feelings towards each other, they aren't saying so publicly. Kind words have been flowing back and forth in abundance between the two as the Saints prepare ...Published on: 30th October, 2010
They say it's going to be the largest Halloween party in history Sunday night in the Superdome. If conventional wisdom holds to form, the surging Steelers will win easily over these walking-wounded New Orleans Saints. Yet, it is New Orleans and it is Halloween and some strange things have been known to happen on ...Published on: 12th October, 2010
But I know the neighborhoodAnd talk is cheap when the story is goodAnd the tales grow taller on down the line—REO Speedwagon You know the world has turned upside down when Les Miles is being hailed for his clock management skills and Sean Payton admits to getting a play call in ...Published on: 4th October, 2010
It is the Spring of '09 and 24 year-old Usama Young listens as New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator tells his players what he values most in a player. Brightness...Toughness... Ability...Versatility...that's what I'm looking for men! On Sunday in the Superdome Young displayed all of those virtues and not very many vices ...Published on: 4th October, 2010
Drew Brees had a front row seat in 2006 when former Washington Redskins RB Ladell Betts ran circles around a New Orleans Saints team headed to the NFC Championship Game. After injuries to most of the Saints' offensive backfield, Betts is wearing black and gold these days and is the latest weapon at ...Published on: 24th September, 2010
(Best of Randy) Halloween, 2009 Hatred strikes me as one of the few signs of life remaining in the world. This is another thing about the world which is upside-down: all the friendly and likable people seem dead to me; only the haters seem alive. Walker Percy Any Saints fan 40-plus ...Published on: 21st September, 2010
Following last night's 25-22 loss to the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers RB Frank Gore told ESPN, "We whupped their behind up and down the field. They couldn't stand up with us. We beat ourselves. We beat ourselves for the second week in a row. We ...Published on: 15th September, 2010
Former Michigan Wolverine and Green Bay Packer star Desmond Howard, the 1991 Heisman Trophy winner and a Super Bowl MVP, called Reggie Bush's relinquishing of the Heisman Trophy a "travesty" and criticized USC athletic director Pat Haden for duplicitous behavior in a Wednesday morning interview on ESPN's Mike & Mike. "You ...