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Leaked Audio: Former Saints Coach Calls For His Team To Injure Specific 49ers Players
Hearing Gregg Williams talk about trying to “kill Frank Gore's head” and seeing if Michael Crabtree is “real” by going for his “outside ACL” is pretty horrifying. This bounty situation may be worse than we initially thought.Leaked Audio: Former Saints Coach Calls For His Team To Injure Specific 49ers Players... more
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The NFL has ruled New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton suspended for one year without pay over bounties payed to team members for his participation in the so-called Bountygate sacandal. Saints former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, who is now with the St. Louis Rams, has been banned from the NFL indefinitely.The NFL has ruled New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton suspended for one year without... more
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What the words to the Drew Brees Pre-Game Chant? HERE IT IS - Let BREES TELL YOU!See it @ http://saints.livinggodsdream.com
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1 in 3 teens experience violence in relationships. NFL Players Association, Verizon Foundation and A CALL TO MEN launched the LIVERESPECT pledge to help teens end relationship violence. The program educates teens on the meaning of healthy relationships.1 in 3 teens experience violence in relationships. NFL Players Association, Verizon... more
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On the morning on August 29, 2005, a category three hurricane stuck the Gulf Coast of the United States. The aftermath of the disaster was the most costly in U.S. history. An estimated $81 Billion dollars in damages occurred and left one of the oldest and most beloved American cities in near ruins.On the morning on August 29, 2005, a category three hurricane stuck the Gulf Coast of... more
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Recently Complete News Updates Mr. Alex Brown Girl Scout cookies go on sale Saturday and there's a big kickoff at Conseco Fieldhouse to celebrate. Girl Scout Cookies, If you root for one of eight teams scheduled to play the Wild Card Weekend, you probably have your shirt ...Recently Complete News Updates Mr. Alex Brown Girl Scout cookies go on sale Saturday... more
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Monday Night Football Saints Vs Falcons: Recently Complete News Updates Today The Falcons will host the Saints with plenty of NFL playoff scenarios involved.Monday Night Football Saints Vs Falcons: Recently Complete News Updates Today The Falcons will host the Saints with plenty of NFL playoff scenarios involved.Monday Night Football Saints Vs Falcons: Recently Complete News Updates Today The... more
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Latest Complete Sports News Updates The Falcons will host the Saints with plenty of NFL playoff scenarios involved.Latest Complete Sports News Updates The Falcons will host the Saints with plenty of... more
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Latest News Updates The Tennessee Titans have a very favorable remaining schedule. Unfortunately, fifth-year quarterback Vince Young won't be in position to reap the benefits.Latest News Updates The Tennessee Titans have a very favorable remaining schedule.... more
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The NFL champion New Orleans Saints edged the 49ers in San Francisco Monday night 25-22, as Garrett Hartley kicked the game winning 37 yard field goal with no time left in regulation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUHT2lqKq9A&feature=subThe NFL champion New Orleans Saints edged the 49ers in San Francisco Monday night... more
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Charlie Vanderpool and Darlene Paige met five years ago after Hurricane Katrina. Both are die-hard New Orleans Saints fans who decided to the tie the knot at the tailgate before the opening game of the National Football League season
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OZrm5xbDpwCharlie Vanderpool and Darlene Paige met five years ago after Hurricane Katrina. Both... more
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I can't say I'm much of a football fan, but I do have a powerful love of the city of New Orleans. I was born down there and my family is still spread all across southern Louisiana. When "Geaux Saints" turned into "Who Dat" it took over my Facebook wall months before the playoffs were even mentioned.
So I'm excited for the Crescent City's turn of fortune. Everyone seems to agree, after Katrina and after the disaster that has been post-Katrina, the city needed it.
But there was something else the city got this weekend that it desperately needed: a new mayor. Mitch Landrieu (brother of Senator Mary and son of former mayor Moon) won a first round mayoral contest Saturday with a dominating 66 percent of the vote. It was a change the city needed and apparently also wanted in a large majority.
Landrieu outlined some of his priorities in his pre-game acceptance speech including getting New Orleans closer to Washington, finding a new police chief, and addressing New Orleans' endemic violence:
Asked about the killing Friday of a 15-year-old honor student who was waiting for the school bus, Landrieu repeated his oft-repeated view that violent crime, especially against young black men at the hands of their peers, "is an American tragedy and a national shame."
"It's not something that we should accept, nor is it normal, " he said. "It happens all around America, but it happens a lot in the city of New Orleans, and it's critically important that the citizens of New Orleans understand, as we have spoken to many times in the campaign, that making the streets safe so that our sons and daughters can be protected on one end, or something as simple as being able to sit on your porch again or have your child ride your bike, is very important to all of us."
"So, my message to them is: I hear you, and we understand, and we're going to do something about it, " he said.
Congratulations New Orleans, I hope this really is a new day.
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Nude model Cindy Margolis has a new reality show, and Conor Knighton takes a look in his weekly roundup of the world of media. Also includes the Blizzard of 2010, Saints win the Super Bowl, Little Miss Perfect, Celebrity Fit Club, Bad Girls Club, and Sarah Palin's handy notes.
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I can't say I'm much of a football fan, but I do have a powerful love of the city of New Orleans. I was born down there and my family is still spread all across southern Louisiana. When "Geaux Saints" turned into "Who Dat" it took over my Facebook wall months before the playoffs were even mentioned.
So I'm excited for the Crescent City's turn of fortune. Everyone seems to agree, after Katrina and after the disaster that has been post-Katrina, the city needed it.
But there was something else the city got this weekend that it desperately needed: a new mayor. Mitch Landrieu (brother of Senator Mary and son of former mayor Moon) won a first round mayoral contest Saturday with a dominating 66 percent of the vote. It was a change the city needed and apparently also wanted in a large majority.
Landrieu outlined some of his priorities in his pre-game acceptance speech including getting New Orleans closer to Washington, finding a new police chief, and addressing New Orleans' endemic violence:
Asked about the killing Friday of a 15-year-old honor student who was waiting for the school bus, Landrieu repeated his oft-repeated view that violent crime, especially against young black men at the hands of their peers, "is an American tragedy and a national shame." "It's not something that we should accept, nor is it normal, " he said. "It happens all around America, but it happens a lot in the city of New Orleans, and it's critically important that the citizens of New Orleans understand, as we have spoken to many times in the campaign, that making the streets safe so that our sons and daughters can be protected on one end, or something as simple as being able to sit on your porch again or have your child ride your bike, is very important to all of us." "So, my message to them is: I hear you, and we understand, and we're going to do something about it, " he said.
Congratulations New Orleans, I hope this really is a new day.
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Bourbon Street in New Orlean's French Quarter came alive Sunday night as the New Orleans Saints won their first Super Bowl, defeating the Indianapolis Colts 31-17. (Feb. 7)Bourbon Street in New Orlean's French Quarter came alive Sunday night as the New... more
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UPDATE: Congratulations to the Saints and the city of New Orleans! Although it was mostly about the talent on the field, this game could do a lot of good for smarter NFL strategery. Expect a lot more onside kicks next season!
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Let's take a quick look at the Saints' decision to go for the touchdown on fourth down and about a yard-and-a-half with 1:55 to go in the first half. Although Pierre Thomas got stuffed, it was probably the best play by a wide margin.
How come? Because even if you miss, the Colts are pinned inside their own 2 yard line. This makes a lot of difference: having the ball on your own 1 or 2 is worth about -1.5 points, according to David Romer's seminal paper (that is to say, the value of possession is outweighed in this instance by your incredibly poor field position). Conversely, having the ball on the 20 or thereabouts after a made field goal and a kick-off is worth +0.5 points -- your opponent has a positive scoring expectation. (There's also the case of a missed field goal, in which the Colts would have the ball at about their own 9; that's worth -0.5 points.)
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/02/go-for-it-saints-understand-value-of.htmlUPDATE: Congratulations to the Saints and the city of New Orleans! Although it was... more
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If you’re heading to the “Big Dance” this weekend—that is, the Super Bowl—grab a copy of the local independent weekly and learn how fucked up Florida is. This week’s issue of the Broward-Palm Beach New Times comes with a “Vice Guide” for Super Bowl revelers, which includes tips like “Scoring Coke like a Local.”
But if you’re scoring cocaine in South Florida, you might as well be sporting a five o’clock shadow, loafers and a flourescent sport coat. These days, everyone in South Florida knows that prescription drugs, particularly OxyContin and Xanax, is what everybody’s doing.
“As in the 80’s and 90’s cocaine was a big thing, now prescriptions have just exploded,” Sgt. Richard Pisanti of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office told Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller last May.
Or as the New Times puts it in their “Vice Guide: Procuring Party Pills”:
“In Florida, OxyContin and Xanax aren't the new cocaine; they're coke plus heroin, pot, meth, and all hallucinogens combined.”
See, the New Times has got you covered. And the great thing about their guide to scoring prescription drugs is that after reading it you can just flip to the back to the paper and find 10 pages of advertisements for the pain clinic/Dr. Feelgoods they tell you supply the pills. You know, 10 pages of ad revenue that help pay for stories like where to get your pills. It’s a beautiful cycle.
I’ll give the New Times credit for at least disclosing some disturbing statistics about Florida’s prescription drug problem:
“In 2008, about half the illegal prescription drugs in this country came from the Sunshine State, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency…Three times as many people here die from prescription pills than from all other drugs combined, according to a Florida Medical Examiners Commission report that was published in 2008.”
But for a better picture of what’s going in the “Colombia of prescription drugs” check out the Vanguard documentary “The OxyContin Express.”
Watch the full episode at Current.com.
Or, of course, you can follow the New Times guide, learn for yourself—and hopefully not be one of the 11 people in Florida who OD everyday from pills.
Follow Darren Foster on Twitter: @fineyoungman.
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