09Feb

As Champions March In, Their City Parties Harder

Posted by ADMiN as Mardi Gras, New Orleans (La), New Orleans Saints, New York Times, News, Parades, Super Bowl

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Two days after their first Super Bowl victory and in the midst of Mardi Gras season, a raucous parade honors the Saints.

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08Feb

Payton’s Path Was Winding, His Confidence Never Wavering

Posted by ADMiN as Coaches and Managers, Football, Fort Lauderdale (Fla), New Orleans Saints, New York Times, News, Payton, Sean, Super Bowl

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Saints Coach Sean Payton’s circuitous path to the top of the N.F.L. embodies the team’s “unwanted and underrated” character.

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08Feb

After the Parade, Saints Face Many Decisions

Posted by ADMiN as Battista, Judy, Brees, Drew, Bush, Reggie, Football, Fujita, Scott, Hurricane Katrina, Indianapolis Colts, Manning, Peyton, Mardi Gras, National Football League, New Orleans (La), New Orleans Saints, New York Times, News, Payton, Sean, Sharper, Darren

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The Super Bowl champion Saints have 29 free agents — 11 of them unrestricted — heading into next season.

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08Feb

Saints 31, Colts 17: Champs? The Saints, Dat’s Who

Posted by ADMiN as Addai, Joseph, Brees, Drew, Clark, Dallas, Football, Freeney, Dwight, Hartley, Garrett, Indianapolis Colts, Manning, Peyton, New Orleans Saints, New York Times, News, Payton, Sean, Shockey, Jeremy, Super Bowl

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The Saints, long associated with losing and disappointing their fans, defeated Peyton Manning and the Colts in Super Bowl XLIV and gave New Orleans a reason to cheer.

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08Feb

Playing Precisely, Brees Answers Critics

Posted by ADMiN as Brees, Drew, Colston, Marques, Football, New Orleans (La), New Orleans Saints, New York Times, News, Super Bowl

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Super Bowl XLIV vindicated Drew Brees, who has been battered like the city that adopted him as quarterback.

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07Feb

Saints Aren’t the First to Call on Fleur Power

Posted by ADMiN as Football, Logos, National Football League, New Orleans Saints, New York Times, News, Super Bowl

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The fleur-de-lis has come to be the symbol of the Saints. But it has been the symbol of many other things.

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07Feb

Landrieu Takes Mayoral Seat in New Orleans

Posted by ADMiN as Blacks, Elections, Hurricane Katrina, Landrieu, Mitch, Local Government, Murray, Edwin R, Nagin, C Ray, New Orleans (La), New Orleans Saints, New York Times, News

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Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu won the election by a wide margin and became the first white man to hold the position since his father, Moon Landrieu, left office in 1978.

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06Feb

Brees’s Colleagues See an Amazing Athlete Within

Posted by ADMiN as Bishop, Greg, Brees, Drew, Football, Indianapolis Colts, Manning, Peyton, National Football League, New Orleans Saints, New York Times, News, Payton, Sean, Purdue University, Super Bowl

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Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been described as a thinker, an overachiever and an underdog. But an athlete?

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05Feb

Beneath Brown Bags, Saints Had Loyal Fans

Posted by ADMiN as Diliberto, Buddy, Football, New Orleans Saints, New York Times, News, Super Bowl

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A paper bag became the symbol for all the fans had to endure, but New Orleans’s team had rabid support all along.

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The New Orleans defense has developed a reputation for trying on almost every down to cause a turnover.

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01Feb

Football’s First Family

Posted by ADMiN as Football, Indianapolis Colts, Manning, Archie, Manning, Olivia, Manning, Peyton, Nagin, C Ray, National Football League, New Orleans (La), New Orleans Saints, New York Times, News, Super Bowl

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Archie Manning, revered in New Orleans for his 11 seasons as quarterback of the Saints and his years of commitment to the city, says he can't root against his son.

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25Jan

N.F.L. Fast Forward: No. 1 vs. No. 1: It’s Rarer Than You Think

Posted by ADMiN as Football, Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints, New York Times, News, Super Bowl

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The Super Bowl will feature the top seeds in each conference, the Saints and the Colts, for the first time since 1994.

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25Jan

Saints 31, Vikings 28, OT: Surviving Twice, Saints Reach Super Bowl

Posted by ADMiN as Brees, Drew, Bush, Reggie, Favre, Brett, Football, Henderson, Devery, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, New York Times, News, Playoff Games, Sharper, Darren, Shiancoe, Visante

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Garrett Hartley’s 40-yard kick in overtime sent the Saints to their first-ever Super Bowl appearance.

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24Jan

Live Analysis: Saints 28, Vikings 28, Overtime

Posted by ADMiN as Minnesota Vikings, N.F.C. Championship, New Orleans Saints, New York Times, News

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Thayer Evans and Joe Lapointe are in New Orleans providing live analysis of today's National Football Conference championship game between the Vikings and the Saints.

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22Jan

Appealing Subplot Pits Saints Safety Against Favre and Vikings

Posted by ADMiN as Brees, Drew, Digital Audio Players, Favre, Brett, Football, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, New York Times, News, Playoff Games, Sharper, Darren, Vilma, Jonathan

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Darren Sharper and the Saints will play the Vikings for a trip to the Super Bowl and there is more than one coincidence involved.

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16Jan

Saints 45, Cardinals 14: The Saints Hit and Run

Posted by ADMiN as Arizona Cardinals, Brees, Drew, Bush, Reggie, Football, New Orleans Saints, New York Times, News, Playoff Games, Warner, Kurt

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With a balanced attack by Drew Brees, and a dazzling performance by Reggie Bush, the Saints beat the Cardinals to advance to the N.F.C. Championship game.

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16Jan

Saints 45, Cardinals 14: The Saints Hit and Run

Posted by ADMiN as Arizona Cardinals, Brees, Drew, Football, New Orleans Saints, New York Times, News, Playoff Games, Warner, Kurt

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With a balanced attack by Drew Brees, and a dazzling performance by Reggie Bush, the Saints beat the Cardinals to advance to the N.F.C. Championship game.