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All Hail the Sports Nut-in-Chief
 All Hail the Sports Nut-in-Chief 
DANA MILBANK
Aug 10, 2010 10:35 AM CDT

All Hail the Sports Nut-in-Chief

Obama's jock-a-riffic weekend riles Dana Milbank

(Newser) - The only difference between the boys and the presidents is the scale of their jockalicious birthday weekends, and Barack Obama just threw himself a doozy, a predictably cranky Dana Milbank writes for the Washington Post. The president kicked it off with a round of golf with the boys, kept the...

Saints to Raffle Super Bowl Ring for Gulf

And Obama will return again to the region on Monday

(Newser) - The New Orleans Saints will raffle off a Super Bowl championship ring to raise money for the cleanup efforts on the Gulf Coast. Raffle tickets will go for $2, and the team will set up a website with details, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. QB Drew Brees made announcement on...

Reggie, Kim Split&mdash;Again
 Reggie, Kim Split—Again 
she's too 'sophisticated'
Mar 24, 2010 8:16 AM CDT

Reggie, Kim Split—Again

But Bush-Kardashian could go for round 3

(Newser) - Reggie Bush and Kim Kardashian have called their romance off—again—but that’s not the surprising part of the story. No, that would be the reason behind the split: A source calls reality star Kim “a sophisticated businesswoman” and claims Reggie is just “not grown-up enough for...

A Call for Separation of Church and Sports


 A Call for Separation 
 of Church and Sports 
ANALYSIS
Feb 22, 2010 12:23 PM CST

A Call for Separation of Church and Sports

Football players leave much to be desired as Christian role models

(Newser) - Christian evangelicals must be pretty amped up by the high profile of their religion in professional sports, David Gibson writes, but the "cozy coupling" of church and sport has its dark side. First, there’s what commentator Shirl James Hoffman recently called the “cheap grace” of athletic faith....

Saints Afterglow Warms Chilly Mardi Gras

Traditional Fat Tuesday festivities more Super than usual

(Newser) - The fleur-de-lis symbol of the hometown Saints was much in evidence during New Orleans’ Mardi Gras celebrations, which, despite what the Times-Picayune describes as “artic air,” were even merrier than ever as the Big Easy continued to fete the NFL team’s Super Bowl victory. Indeed, one reveler...

Drew Brees, New Orleans Revel in Bacchus Parade

Saints QB and Super Bowl MVP reigned as king over Sunday event

(Newser) - Drew Brees could probably be called king of New Orleans any day of the week, but yesterday was special: he reigned as King of the Bacchus Parade, the traditional pre-Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras celebration. Locals tell the Times-Picayune the crowds were bigger than usual this year on account of the...

New Orleans Fetes Saints
 New Orleans Fetes Saints 
'DAT TUESDAY'
Feb 9, 2010 8:41 PM CST

New Orleans Fetes Saints

Thousands jam parade route for Super Bowl champs

(Newser) - A week ahead of Fat Tuesday, aka Mardi Gras, the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints celebrated "Dat Tuesday." Carnival floats carrying players, coaches and team owner Tom Benson rolled past tens of thousands of members of "Who Dat" nation in a victory parade. The Mardi Gras-flavored...

Super Bowl TV Rating Breaks All-Time Record

Audience of 106.5M tops 1983 M*A*S*H finale viewership

(Newser) - This year's Super Bowl was the most-watched TV program of all time, with 106.5 million viewers. More than two-thirds of American TVs in use were tuned in to the Saints' 31-17 upset of the Colts, a figure that soared to 82% in New Orleans and 80% in Indianapolis, reports...

Records Tied or Broken at Super Bowl XLIV

Drew Brees has highest career completion percentage

(Newser) - Last night's Super Bowl didn't just net the Saints a win, but added some names to the record books as well. At 82.1%, QB Drew Brees now has the highest Super Bowl career completion percentage. The New Orleans Times-Picayune takes a look at other new records:
  • Most completions: The
...

Brad, Angie Together at Super Bowl
 Brad, Angie 
 Together at 
 Super Bowl 
what a relief
Feb 8, 2010 9:41 AM CST

Brad, Angie Together at Super Bowl

Pitt, Jolie bring son Maddox to cheer for the New Orleans Saints

(Newser) - Who cares who won the Super Bowl—Brad and Angelina were there! The power couple, again defying rumors of the demise of their relationship, were spotted looking very much together in a private box, along with son Maddox, TMZ reports. The Jolie-Pitts were cheering for the triumphant New Orleans Saints....

Saints Teach New Orleans to Hope
 Saints Teach  
 New Orleans to Hope 
EDITORIAL
Feb 8, 2010 9:25 AM CST

Saints Teach New Orleans to Hope

Here's one rebuilding project that went right

(Newser) - The Saints’ Super Bowl victory was a transcendent moment for New Orleans, “because since Hurricane Katrina, the Saints are much more than just a football team—they are a civic cause” writes the New Orleans Times-Picayune in an editorial today. “They embodied our resilience and our unity” and...

Saints Fans Start Mardi Gras Early
 Saints Fans Start 
 Mardi Gras Early 
super bowl XLIV
Feb 7, 2010 10:44 PM CST

Saints Fans Start Mardi Gras Early

Streets of New Orleans fill with celebrating fans

(Newser) - Music filled the air and Saints fans filled the streets tonight as New Orleans celebrated the hometown team's first Super Bowl victory. Jubilant supporters shook off the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and started Carnival-style revelry a week and a half before Mardi Gras. "You can't describe it. It's so...

Saints Stun Colts, 31-17

 Saints Stun 
 Colts, 31-17 
super bowl xliv
Feb 7, 2010 9:00 PM CST

Saints Stun Colts, 31-17

New Orleans makes upset look easy as Indy receivers go AWOL

(Newser) - The New Orleans Saints stymied Peyton Manning, then intercepted him to seal the Super Bowl, rallying to beat the Indianapolis Colts tonight in Miami, 31-17. Tracy Porter intercepted a pass from Manning and sprinted 74 yards for a touchdown and a 31-17 lead with 3:12 left. Playing in the...

Landrieu Scion Wins New Orleans Mayoral Election

Mary Landrieu's brother, Mitch, succeeds term-limited Ray Nagin

(Newser) - Frustrated by term-limited Mayor Ray Nagin's leadership of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina, voters elected Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu to succeed him last night, turning to a political scion to speed up the city's recovery. Landrieu, 49, became the majority-black city's first white mayor since 1978, the year his...

Your Guide to the Big Game
 Your Guide to the Big Game 
SUPER BOWL XLIV
Feb 6, 2010 3:21 PM CST

Your Guide to the Big Game

From why everyone feels disrespected to who wins

(Newser) - If you’re just getting up to speed on Sunday’s Super Bowl between the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts, Jason Gay has the insider’s guide to America’s “overcooked spectacle” of an homage to ancient Rome:
  • The overarching theme is disrespect. The Saints feel it because
...

Why Saints LB Scott Fujita Makes the Ladies Swoon
 Why Saints LB Scott Fujita 
 Makes the Ladies Swoon 
SUPER BOWL XLIV
Feb 6, 2010 12:01 PM CST

Why Saints LB Scott Fujita Makes the Ladies Swoon

He's pro-choice, pro-gay rights, and wants to be a teacher

(Newser) - We all know the big names playing in tomorrow’s Super Bowl—Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, Reggie Bush—but Irin Carmon has an enormous crush on Saints linebacker Scott Fujita, and thinks you should, too. Some reasons why, per Jezebel :
  • Though he was given up for adoption by a teen
...

Brownie's Pick? Um, Not New Orleans
 Brownie's Pick? 
 Um, Not 
 New Orleans 


SUPER BOWL XLIV
Feb 6, 2010 5:16 AM CST

Brownie's Pick? Um, Not New Orleans

Michael 'heckuva job, Brownie' Brown says he just follows Colts

(Newser) - The Indianapolis Colts have perhaps taken over as public enemy No. 1 in New Orleans ahead of tomorrow’s Super Bowl matchup with the Saints, but that’s not stopping Michael Brown from trying to get the crown back. Brown, whose handling of Hurricane Katrina as head of the FEMA...

All Over New Orleans, Saints Fans Go Marching Out
All Over New Orleans, Saints Fans Go Marching Out
super bowl
Feb 5, 2010 5:20 PM CST

All Over New Orleans, Saints Fans Go Marching Out

Side effects of Super Bowl madness include absenteeism

(Newser) - Best of luck to the candidates in tomorrow's New Orleans mayoral primary—they have the attention of just about no one. "The race isn't at the top of anyone's mind," says one candidate, understating the Super Bowl fever sweeping the Big Easy. In ordering the postponement of a...

New Orleans Loves Its Mannings, Colts or Not

Saints take on hometown boy Peyton in Super Bowl

(Newser) - When the New Orleans Saints go marching into their first Super Bowl on Sunday, the man standing between them and the Lombardi Trophy is none other than hometown-boy-made-good Peyton Manning. Since the Saints drafted dad Archie in 1971, the Mannings have been the first family of the Big Easy—from...

Schaub Leads AFC Past NFC, 41-34
 Schaub Leads AFC 
 Past NFC, 41-34 
pro bowl
Jan 31, 2010 10:23 PM CST

Schaub Leads AFC Past NFC, 41-34

Texans quarterback snags Pro Bowl MVP award

(Newser) - In its new role as a warmup to the Super Bowl, the Pro Bowl became a series of wind sprints. Long gains were the rule and hard hitting the exception as the AFC beat the NFC tonight in Miami, 41-34. Light showers fell but uniforms remained mostly spotless, with more...

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