NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The New Orleans Saints announced the first regular season game against the Tampa By Buccaneers will be played without fans. The official statement: he New Orleans Saints announced today that the team will not…
Baseball. Basketball. Football. The backbone of American culture. Well, if not the backbone, at least three of its ribs, right? Another rib, if not as popular on social media, is the American highway system. It’s a place I find…
It’s lights out for the state of Louisiana in the “Road to Omaha” as the LSU Tigers were swept by the underdog Florida State Seminoles, a team that some thought should not have received an at-large bid into the…
If you were a sane person, you would have marked the two months “off” after Mardi Gras to recover from a month of excess. But of course, you’re not sane and therefore we have the New Orleans Jazz &…
Dec. 28: Drew Brees and the Brees Dream Foundation announced today a $100,000 contribution to the 9th Ward Field of Dreams. The gift supports the building of a shared community space including a state-of-the-art football field, track, stadium seating, and lighting to be open to…
New Orleans Saints starting WR Marques Colston had arthroscopic knee surgery on Tuesday, Saints head coach Sean Payton revealed Thursday. While Colston hasn't been ruled out for Sunday's regular season finale against the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it seems unlikely that he would be…
The Saints appeared to hit rock bottom last week.They were dominated and embarrassed at home against the Cleveland Browns.Brees threw costly interceptions, two to David Bowens for touchdowns.The running game was non-existent.The crowd was dead.The Saints turned it on last…
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees said he and his wife, Brittany, have agreed on a name for their second son: Bowen Christopher Brees.The reigning Super Bowl MVP announced the name on his Twitter account Wednesday, one day after the baby was born,…
he Saints are a 14.5 point favorite at home against the Browns, showing that experts believe New Orleans is back after a close game with Carolina and a loss at Arizona. This huge spread is not without reason, but should…
Just when it looked like the New Orleans Saints would finally get it going, jumping out to a 10-0 lead against Arizona, they showed us all, once again, that they aren’t the same team that won the Super Bowl last season.Will this…
METAIRIE, La. -- Saints coach Sean Payton says New Orleans' running game must get better and has been improving despite injuries.Although running backs Reggie Bush and Pierre Thomas have been injured, Payton says it's hard to blame the club's rushing woes on their absence…
Welcome to SportsNation! On Tuesday, we look ahead to Week 7 for the college football season with members of the Capital One All-America Mascot Team, who will compete each week to be named the Capital One Mascot of the Year, awarded…
Recapping Week 6 in the SEC, where South Carolina's win against Alabama threatens to rewrite the script. And Les Miles does something else insane in LSU's shocking win against Florida...Read More
I think it’s pretty clear to everyone that this isn’t the same New Orleans Saints team from last year. Last year’s Super Bowl champs aired the ball out, held nothing back, and got into shootout after shootout. This year’s version…
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…
(Reuters) - The New Orleans Saints have brought back long-time kicker John Carney after his successor, Garrett Hartley, missed a field goal that would have beaten the Atlanta Falcons last weekend. Carney, 46, was added to the roster of the…
The Saints looked sloppy this week and for that matter, this year and just have not looked like the team that won the Super Bowl this year.New Orleans travels to Carolina this week and they are 13.5 point favorites and…
I had the privilege (which ultimately turned to misfortune) of going to the Saints game yesterday with my friend Sara. We were positively buzzing with excitement –– all decked out, “Who Dat” ready to pounce out of our mouths at…
SAN FRANCISCO -- A week after announcing he would give up his Heisman Trophy, Reggie Bush faces the prospects of being sidelined by injury as a New Orleans Saints running back.Bush suffered a right leg injury on an attempted punt return during…
Add “crazy scheduling” to the many reasons it’s so hard for Super Bowl champions to repeat. The Saints opened the season as one of the performers in the Taylor Swift-Dave Matthews Band-Brett Favre Tinsel and Stubble Music Festival two Thursdays…
After a hard-fought victory in their opener, the New Orleans Saints have the chance to make franchise history. The San Francisco 49ers are just looking to avoid their worst start in six years following a deflating loss.The Saints will try…
The NFL started the 2010 regular season in the same spot in the same spot it ended last season -- with TV viewership reaching record levels. NBC's telecast of the New Orleans Saints' 14-9 win against the Minnesota Vikings drew a 17.7…
In last night's 14-9 barnburner, New Orleans Saints kicker Garrett Hartley shanked two very make-able field goals of 46 and 32 yards.Even with a win, one would think that head coach Sean Payton would be rightfully upset with his kicker...Read More
The joyful civic intoxication that marked the latter half of last year’s regular NFL season and playoff action for Saints fans was so intense it’s hard to remember that New Orleans wasn’t quite in that mode at this point last…
The Heisman Trophy Trust is expected to strip former University of Southern California star running back Reggie Bush of college football’s top honor by the end of September, sources told Yahoo! Sports.Bush would become the first player in the 75-year…
Drew Brees has led the NFL in touchdowns in each of the past two seasons, and is attempting to become the first player to lead the league three years in a row since Brett Favre did it from 1995-97.Brees is…
North Carolina lost before it even stepped on the plane this morning. A total of 15 players have either been declared ineligible or remain in limbo for Saturday's season opener against LSU for violations of school and/or NCAA rules, according to a…
Drew Brees came into this league as the first pick of the second round (32nd overall) of the 2001 NFL Draft.Almost a footnote to LaDainian Tomlinson at the time, Brees had lifted his black and gold Purdue Boilermakers to the…
It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes a sporting event is so much more than that. New Yorkers won’t soon forget Mike Piazza’s homer against the Braves in the first major league game in the city after 9/11. A hundred years from now,…
BEREA, Ohio (AP) - Scott Fujita signed as a free agent with Cleveland in March. His heart stayed behind in New Orleans. Fujita has remained loyal to Louisiana from his time with the Saints' Super Bowl championship team. He's involved in…
