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Those Yankees over at ESPN somehow managed to rank the Colts No. 1 and the Saints No. 5 in their preseason poll. Well, at least they make no attempt to mask their hatred of the South and all things southern. Let me just say in the words of the legendary Lynrd Skynyrd: Well, I heard mister Young sing about her Well, I heard ole Neil put her down Well, I hope ...

It's well before sunrise, October of 2006, and you're driving your black Mercedes S550  down the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway with Sports Illustrated' s Michael Silver in the passenger seat and Kenny Chesney blasting from the stereo. It is the most relaxing moment you will have all day as you turn your attention to transforming the star-crossed New Orleans Saints into a Super Bowl contender. You tell Silver that instead of focusing on the team's ...

(Writers note: comments interspersed in italics are fan reaction to Thursday's article in the Biloxi Sun-Herald.) Seems Brett Favre—the "now-I'm-retired-now-I'm not" man—is getting downright decisive in his old age. Favre, the future Hall-of-Fame QB with a long resume of legendary playoff meltdowns, told the Biloxi Sun-Herald on Thursday that he still feels he can play at a "high level" after 20 seasons, and he would love to go beat the Saints ...

You're Anthony Hargrove, one the best defensive lineman in football and one of its least famous. On those steamy Saturday nights down in New Orleans, the French Quarter preachers are fond of shouting in front of houses of ill repute, "GOD IS REDEMPTION! GOD IS REDEMPTION! And you walk past them and smile and think to yourself, maybe they aren't as crazy as they look. After your own trip to hell and ...

Hell and back may be the best way to describe first-round wide receiver Robert Meachem's rookie year with the Saints. The former Tennessee Volunteer reported to camp out of shape, tweaked his ankle and everything went downhill from there. Lingering knee problems rendered Meachem inactive for all 16 games and he earned the ignominious distinction as the only top-round selection to not see the field in 2007. Critics ...

I was in Washington, D.C. a couple of weeks ago on business. You know your company may be trying to phase you out when they ask you to go to D.C. to meet with congressmen and senators. So, I was very depressed by the time I landed at Reagan National as you can imagine. The same weekend as the healthcare vote...just wandering around and snapping photos of protestors hurling insults at congressmen walking into ...

The Giants' team psychiatrist told them not to draft your crazy ass. He said you were out of your freakin' mind and he even came up with some legal mumbo jumbo bullshit about why they couldn't draft you. He went as far as telling GM Ernie Accorsi that he wasn't going to let him draft you. Ernie is his own man and he damned sure ain't gonna let some geek psychiatrist from Princeton tell him ...

As I walked through the park on Thursday evening, two middle-aged assholes were stretching and discussing in loud and annoying voices the Chicago Bears' acquisition of Julius Peppers. Man, What do you think about Lovie paying all that money to Peppers at his age? "Lovie's not thinking long-term," said the other asshole. "He thinking about an immediate impact." What life-changing wisdom! I kept walking since I don't give a shit about Lovie or Peppers ...

He was one of Sean Payton's original warriors back in 2006. The team's best defensive free-agent acquisition in the early days of the Payton regime. It was love at first sight for Scott Fujita and wife Jaclyn when the couple first set foot in New Orleans four years ago. "There was something unique," Fujita told The Times-Picayune shortly after signing with the team. "I thought about coming to this community and being ...

(Port Allen, Louisiana) Port Allen, La. sits in on the West Bank of the Missisippi River directly across from Baton Rouge and in the shadows of LSU Tiger Stadium where National Championships have been won. Although Port Allen is only one hour west of New Orleans, it may as well be a million miles away. Two different worlds. New Orleans is Cosmopolitan. Port Allen was country before country was cool. And as you walkáup the ...