Playoffs rule change could spice up overtime

2010-03-18T08:00:41Z

<div><p>MIAMI (Reuters) - A proposed change to the rules governing overtime in NFL playoff games could see teams having to do more than win the coin toss and kick a field goal to secure victory.</p><p>NFL Compe...

Chiefs sign defensive tackle Shaun Smith

2010-03-10T12:15:17Z

<div id="subtitle">Kansas City adds depth to defensive line with acquisition of DT Shaun Smith</div><div><p>The Kansas City Chiefs have signed free agent defensive tackle Shaun Smith, who played last season for Cincinnati.</p><p>The Chiefs announced the deal Wednesday but d...

Saints agree to terms with DB Torrence

2010-03-09T15:45:38Z

<div id="subtitle">Saints agree to terms with defensive back Leigh Torrence</div><div><p>New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis says the club has agreed to re-sign reserve defensive back Leigh Torrence to a one-year contract.</p><p>Torrence has been with the Saints si...

Saints star in celebratory video

2010-03-09T08:00:54Z

<div><p>One month after their Super Bowl triumph, the Saints are still the stars of the show in New Orleans.</p><p>The Saints claimed their first National Football League crown after 43 years in February, and on Monday the commemorative video of their championship s...

NFL champs Saints star in celebratory video

2010-03-09T03:16:36Z

Former Saints teammates file suit over investment

2010-03-08T13:02:59Z

<div id="subtitle">Current, former Saints players sue ex-teammate over investment that never materialized</div><div><p>New Orleans Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey and former defensive lineman Charles Grant are suing ex-teammate Who takes centerstage at halftime. Before the kickoff. Before the coin toss. Before the endless hours of pre-game predictions, pageantry and hype. Before it all will be the memories of the season gone by.</p><p></p><p>FOX News anchor Bill Hemmer<...

Saints to release DE Grant

2010-03-04T17:15:15Z

<div id="subtitle">Saints release OL Nesbit, LB Simoneau and will release DE Grant</div><div><p>Charles Grant, a starting defensive end for most of the New Orleans Saints' first championship season, will be released by the only club for which he's played in his eight-year career.</p><p>Saints general manager

How NFL teams approach uncapped free agency

2010-03-04T14:15:36Z

<div id="subtitle">How each of the 32 NFL teams are approaching free agency without a salary cap</div><div><p>How each of the 32 NFL teams are approaching Friday's opening of free agency with no salary cap:</p><p>___</p><p>AFC</p><p>BALTIMORE RAVENS</p><p>Ravens don't intend to be th...

Reebok sued over 'Finish Strong' Saints T-shirts

2010-03-02T13:18:31Z

<div id="subtitle">Finish Strong sues Reebok over T-shirt using namesake slogan embraced by New Orleans Saints</div><div><p>The New Orleans Saints' Super Bowl-winning season has led to a trademark dispute involving the team's unofficial 2009 motto and two manufacturers of athletic wear.</p><p>In a suit filed in

abbey road

2010-02-16T17:17:34Z

**File Photos** * BEATLES' ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS FOR SALE THE BEATLES' favourite recording studio has been put up for sale. The Abbey Road recording facilities provided the name for the band's 1969 album, and the iconic cover shot of the musicians crossing the street was snapped outside the building. Other artists to have recorded there include Michael Jackson<...

New Orleans Parties During Traditional Mardi Gras Celebration

2010-02-16T14:31:34Z

NEW ORLEANS - FEBRUARY 16: A Mardi Gras reveler dressed in a cape stitched with "Breesus," a nickname for New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, stands outside St. Louis Cathedral during Mardi Gras day on February 16, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. T...

Chilly weather can't stop New Orleans' big party

2010-02-22T09:17:54Z

<div id="subtitle">Big chill can't cool Mardi Gras; party rolls through New Orleans still buzzing from Saints win</div><div><p>Pete Fountain, clarinet in hand and looking dapper in a white tuxedo and fedora trimmed in gold, kicked off Mardi Gras with his "Half Fast Marching Club" the way they have for 50 years: with ...

Mardi Gras Saints Football

2010-02-14T19:17:50Z

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees watches after throwing a small football while riding in the Bacchus Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. The Saints won Super Bowl XLIV on Feb. 7. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

Brees leads major New Orleans Carnival parade

2010-02-22T09:31:07Z

<div id="subtitle">Saints QB suits up as monarch of Bacchus, one of New Orleans' biggest Carnival parades</div><div><p>One of the most accurate arms in the NFL had no trouble finding receivers Sunday night.</p><p>Thousands lined the streets to catch small, foam footba...

Super Bowl Football

2010-02-12T17:46:20Z

Indianapolis Colts head coach Jim Caldwell, left, talks with team president Bill Polian before the start of the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game between the Colts and New Orleans Saints in Miami, Sunday, Feb. 7,...

Good times roll at Saints victory parade

2010-02-22T10:39:02Z

<div id="subtitle">Saints fans celebrate "Lombardi Gras" with Super Bowl victory parade</div><div><p>Only a Super Bowl victory parade could upstage Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Carnival floats carrying Saints players, coaches and team owner Tom Benson rolled past ...

Saints raise their city's spirits, maybe for good

2010-02-22T10:42:05Z

<div id="subtitle">New Orleanians exult in Saints' victory, hope that championship feeling rubs off on them</div><div><p>People lined up by the hundreds to buy Monday's Times-Picayune, which hollered "AMEN!" from its front page. The Saints' Super Bowl victory was a pr...

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials

2010-02-22T10:19:26Z

<div id="subtitle">Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and Abroad</div><div><p>Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:</p><p></p><p>___</p><p>Feb. 9</p><p>The Times, NEW ORLEANS - FEBRUARY 09: Quarterback Drew Brees #9 of the New Orleans Saints celebrates as his team parades though the city after winning Super Bowl XLIV on February 9, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/

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