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Celizic: Trash Talk? Not at this Super Bowl

Celizic: Hype Week isn’t what it used to be. If you doubt it, keep track of the big stories coming out of Miami this week. New Orleans really, really loves its Saints. Peyton Manning is a really, really good quarterback. It’s not that there’s …

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Sports |

Saints in Super Bowl is no mirage (AP)

AP – On the first day of February, the New Orleans Saints will be preparing for a football game. Think about that for a while: The team once disparagingly called the Aints whose fans wore bags on their heads are heading to South Florida to play in t…

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Sports |
 

Hornets slip past Grizzlies in OT

Emeka Okafor had 21 points, Darren Collison added 17 points and a career-high 18 assists and the New Orleans Hornets defeated Memphis 109-102 in overtime on Saturday, snapping the Grizzlies’ 11-game home winning streak.

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Sports |

Hornets slip past Grizzlies in OT (AP)

AP – Emeka Okafor had 21 points, Darren Collison added 17 points and a career-high 18 assists and the New Orleans Hornets defeated Memphis 109-102 in overtime on Saturday, snapping the Grizzlies’ 11-game home winning streak.

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Sports |
 

Florio: Non-Super Bowl storylines to follow

Florio: The Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints will get most of the attention next week in Miami. But what other NFL stories will get buzz? Here’s a look at 10 of them.
 

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Sports |

T.G.I. Friday’s(R) Restaurants to Offer $5 Off Party Platters for the Big Game

CARROLLTON, Texas, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ — T.G.I. Friday’s announced it will offer $5 off party platters at participating restaurants in the U.S. for the February 7, 2010 professional football championship between New Orleans and Indianapolis. In addit…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Sports |
 

League clampdown on Super Bowl ‘Who Dat?’ products

MIAMI (Reuters) – The yell ‘Who Dat?’ has become a greeting and rallying call for Super Bowl-bound New Orleans Saints fans but the NFL is clamping down on unofficial merchandisers who use the slogan.

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Sports |

Glier: Once a joke, Saints on a ‘different level’

Glier: The franchise that has had the worst of luck, and made the worst of decisions, got this one right and is headed to the Super Bowl. Yes, even the New Orleans Saints have a chance at a title.
 

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Sports |

Super Bowl 2010: Carrie Underwood, others will perform

Carrie Underwood has been chosen to sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl XLIV game on February 7, 2010. She will joined by Queen Latifah and The Who to perform at the game between Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints.

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Sports |

Pizza Hut(R) Preps for Its Busiest Day of the Year — Football’s Biggest Day of the Year

DALLAS, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ — As the teams from New Orleans and Indianapolis are huddling up to play the biggest game of the football season on Feb. 7 in Miami, the Pizza Hut team of more than 120,000 employees will be calling plays from the kitchens…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Sports |