And first, he goes up to Martin Grammatica and says, “Hey, instead of this ball going through the up-rights for three points, I’m gonna have this guy block it and this other guy catch it and return it for a touchdown. Read the rest of this entry »

This week I’m talking with Drew Magary, author of “Men With Balls: The Professional Athlete’s Handbook“, regular contributor to Deadspin.com and one of the founding writers of the NFL blog “Kissing Suzy Kolber.” Magary is also a Vikings fan who isn’t exactly jumping for joy that Gus Frerotte is his team’s starting quarterback.

 

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Last week I pointed out that the best media blowhard to make fun of was L’il Wayne for completely omitting any reference to his hometown Saints. I was not alone as many people on his ESPN blog wondered in the comments section as to why he didn’t mention the Black and Gold.

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Well, L’il Wayne’s second blog post is up now and he offers an explanation (albeit a weak one): Read the rest of this entry »

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Because the Saints Monday night game this week, there won’t be a “Best of the Saints Game Preview” until after Sunday. In lieu of that, though, I bring you this report from the Green Charter School, where the Harrah’s Foundation donated $257,000 to the Brees Dream Foundation on Wednesday to help complete the school’s Edible Schoolyard.

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So it seems that Hollis Thomas has used his time off from the Saints to pursue his love of all things Spongebob Squarepants. I could paraphrase the report from Baller Alert, but that really doesn’t do it justice. The full description after the jump.

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A cynic might point out to these two young, industrious Saints fans that that subject of their body paint did not have a good day yesterday. Saints fans might counter with “who cares?” In such a case, I’d side with the former. But while chants of “Reg-GIE, Reg-GIE!” did engulf the Superdome for a brief period after Bush got into it with the 49ers defense, there was one running back that was clearly front and center in the hearts and minds of Black and Gold faithful.

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The chant started during pre-game introductions. All the other players offensive players had been announced and one would’ve thought the intros were over. But then came the second starting running back. From Ole Miss, number 26, Deeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucccccceee McAaaaaaaalllllllliiiisssssssttttteeerrrrrrrrr!

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(UPDATE: Brees just threw his third TD pass, this one a 47-yard bomb to Robert Meachem. This could turn out to be a long day for the San Fran defense).

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As I write this, the Saints just went up 14—3 on the 49ers on Drew Brees’ second touchdown pass (61st all-time, fourth-most in Saints’ history), this one a 33-yarder to Lance Moore. The Saints’ D is playing stout, having already caused a fumble that led to the Saints’ first touchdown and, most importantly, the “Deeeeuuuuuuuucccceeee” chant is alive and well in Superdome, with McAllister leading all rushers with 35 yards on eight carries.

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Oh, and as you can see, the Saints special teams are still bustin out the dance moves.

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In which I take all the best news, quotes, pictures and everything else Saints-related toss it together and serve it up for our readers. This week we’ll be tackling the Saints (1—1) week 3 matchup against the San Francisco 49ers at home in the dome. There’s a lot to cover this week, we got injuries and benched veterans and sympathy vodka, OH MY!

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Because it’s not every day that a British newspaper does a profile on an NFL running back playing in Louisiana and so I’m not pre-conditioned to scan them for such news. Consider this a lesson learned.

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