By: Allen Johnson

New Orleans is a city that is “fond of its own self-portrait,” Adam Nossiter of The New York Times noted in a post-Katrina dispatch. Locals hungering for first impressions from “new” New Orleans residents James Carville and Mary Matalin may have to wait until later this week. Read the rest of this entry »

By: Jeremy Alford

If a diner asks, restaurants would have to reveal the origin of their crawfish and shrimp under a bill approved by the House last week. Rep. Fred Mills, D-St. Martinville, handed out “Ask Before You Eat” buttons on the House floor before his colleagues approved his House Bill 266. “It’s time we start asking what we eat,” he says. Read the rest of this entry »

by Alejandro de los Rios

You read that right. Vegas has the Hornets as 4 1/2 point favorites (odd considering that the winner of every game has done so in double-digits) and, as Ron Hitley from Hornets247.com pointed out, four of six ESPN analysts are picking the Hornets to win tonight as well as David Thorpe from Scouts Inc.

So what brought on this massive bandwagon jumping? Who knows. Maybe it’s the fact that home teams in the second round of the playoffs have lost just two games. Or maybe it’s because the rest of the country is starting to realize just how much of a home-court advantage the Hornets have.

Or maybe it’s because people are just sick and tired of the Spurs. To be fair, aside from a combined two minutes of interaction with Gregg Poppovich and Manu Ginobli, I don’t haven’t made much of an attempt to talk to the Spurs. All I can say is that Poppovich can be a boorish ass and Manu is open about the problem with his country’s soccer hooligans. Really that just leaves me free to link to this guide to hating the Spurs.

But yea, Game 7 is tonight. Tip-off is ataround 7 p.m. And don’t worry, that low rumbling you’ll be hearing across is the New Orleans Arena.