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• No New Orleans: Taking The New Orleans Out Of New Orleans

  Published: August 1, 2007, 3:00 pm

  Tags: New Orleans Saints, Nfl, No New Orleans

  Like many people, we found ourselves rooting for the Saints last year, even though we became a little exhausted with the repeated meme that, somehow, a football team's success was going to make it...

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• No New Orleans: Taking The New Orleans Out Of New Orleans

  Published: August 1, 2007, 3:00 pm

  Tags: New Orleans Saints, Nfl, No New Orleans

  ourselves rooting for the Saints last year, even though we became a little exhausted with the repeated meme that, somehow, a football team's success was going to make it more likely that people would, you know, have homes. But you'd think, in the wake of last year, the Saints' main selling point would be their hometown. Nope. Canal Street

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• Steelers 20 Saints 7 Mike McKenzie: part of a well-balanced breakfast

  Published: August 6, 2007, 12:02 pm

  Tags: Bad Ms Paint, Pittsburgh Steelers, Mckenzie Points Beluga Caviar, Saints

  not a season make, but the Saints will need better play at the corner if they are to repeat last year's success. McKenzie couldn't guard a fencepost, much less Cedrick Wilson last night.Bryant Gumbel gave us no sign that he miraculous turned into a tolerable play-by-play man during the off-season. At one point, Gumbel earnestly told a

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• NFL Preview: New Orleans Saints

  Published: August 6, 2007, 1:16 pm

  Tags: Nfl, Reggie Bush, New Orleans Saints, Rupert, Nfl Previews

  your heart (Cheerleaders)The Saintsations! Those marketing executives never cease to amaze do they? They must have ruled out some really awful names if the Saintsations was the best available choice. Nevertheless, despite the dumb name and metallic gold and black unis, the Saintsations are a decent squad, but nothing special. If I was giving

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• From the Editor's Desk: Watching Films at 35,000 Feet

  Published: August 13, 2007, 4:02 pm

  Tags: Guide To Recognizing Your Saints, Airplanes, Battlestar Galatica, Cinematical, Films, Freaks Geeks, Heroes, Movies, Tale Of An Osaka Love Thief, Weeds, Wristcutters

  A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Wristcutters (a LEGAL copy, mind you -- I'm no pirate), Tale of an Osaka Love Thief (a doc I've heard wonderful things about), The Boys of Summer (another festival-ish doc), Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Series, Weeds: Season 1 (for the wife) and Battlestar Galactica: Seasons 1 and 2.0. (Damn you Heroes for

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• Doubt and atheism aren’t the same thing

  Published: August 27, 2007, 12:02 pm

  Tags: Theology Amp Amp Faith, Saints, Atheism

  she (like many, many other saints) struggled with doubt and a feeling of God’s absence. Of course, this won’t be news to anyone who read Carol Zaleski’s “The Dark Night of Mother Teresa,” published in that notorious skeptic rag First Things over four years ago. What is surprising is that some atheists have such a

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• “Our hearts are restless until they rest in You”: St. Augustine

  Published: August 28, 2007, 11:42 am

  Tags: Theology Amp Amp Faith, Augustine, Saints

  Today is St. Augustine’s feast day. He remains one of the most influential, as well as controversial, figures in the history of Christianity. Some blame him for all that’s wrong with “Western” Christianity: its alleged obsession with sin, legalism, hangups about sex, the frightful predestinarian picture of God, etc. Some of

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• Tay Ninh and Cu Chi Tunnels, Vietnam part 1/2

  Published: February 6, 2007, 5:36 am

  Tags: Travel Around The World, Ninh, Tunnels, Excursion, Saints, Religion, Vietnam, Unique

  painting depicting The Three Saints where one of the Saints is Dr Sun Yat-sen and the other two is Victor Hugo and Nguyen Binh Khlem. I did not expect the Chinese revolutionary and political leader often referred to as the father of modern China to have his influence in this part of Vietnam.This temple was seriously by far the most unique

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• Full 2007-2008 NFL Picks and Predictions

  Published: August 31, 2007, 9:44 pm

  Tags: Football, Pro Sports, 49ers, Bears, Bengals, Chargers, Colts, Cowboys, Eagles, Espn, Patriots, Rams, Ravens, Saints, Seahawks, Steelers

  Just about every ESPN analyst and football expert gave their 2007-2008 NFL prediction: Tom Jackson, Michael Smith, John Clayton Scott Symmes, Len Pasquarelli, Jeffri Chadiha Mike Sando, Matt Mosley, Joe Theismann Mark Schlereth, Merril Hoge, Eric Allen Sal Palantonio, Mike McAllister, Scouts, Inc, Michele Tafoya The results are pretty

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• Sportswrap's NFL Game of the Week Features Defending Super Bowl Champ Indianapolis Colts Vs New Orleans Saints

  Published: September 2, 2007, 5:54 pm

  Tags: Football, Pro Sports, Deuce Mcallister, Drew Brees, Indianapolis Colts, Joseph Addai, Marques Colston, Marvin Harrison, New Orleans Saints, Peyton Manning, Reggie Bush, Reggie Wayne

  while the New Orleans Saints are looking for redemption after their dramatic run in last year’s playoffs was ended a game short

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• NFL Season Preview: NFL Season Preview: New Orleans Saints

  Published: September 4, 2007, 1:35 pm

  Tags: New Orleans Saints, Nfl, Nfl Season Preview

  Believe it or not, folks, the NFL season is much closer than you can possibly imagine. So close, in fact, that, if we're going to fit in every NFL team preview by the start of the season, we have to...

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• NFL Season Preview: NFL Season Preview: New Orleans Saints

  Published: September 4, 2007, 1:35 pm

  Tags: New Orleans Saints, Nfl, Nfl Season Preview

  effect somehow -- if the Saints manage to beat the Colts in the opener, it's not impossible to see them running the table on the next 14 games (the schedule is just that soft), which would see them facing the Bears in the final game of the season, where Lovie Smith will doubtless want to rest whoever has finally replaced Rex Grossman at QB.

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• NFL Division Previews: It's The NFC South Pants Party

  Published: September 5, 2007, 4:00 pm

  Tags: Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, Nfl, Nfl Division Previews, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

  • AJ Daulerio: Saints, Falcons, Panthers, Buccaneers. • Kissing Suzy Kolber: Saints, Panthers, Buccaneers, Falcons. • Robert Weintraub, Slate: Saints, Panthers, Falcons, Buccaneers. • Matt Pitzer, USA Today: Panthers, Saints, Falcons, Buccaneers. • Aaron Schatz, Football Outsiders: Saints, Panthers,

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• NFL Division Previews: It's The NFC South Pants Party

  Published: September 5, 2007, 4:00 pm

  Tags: Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, Nfl, Nfl Division Previews, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

  To the NFC South! We don't want to speak out of turn here, but we think the NFC South might be our least favorite division in football. There's the Saints -- that's Kenny Chesney in that picture, of...

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• It Begins: No More Waiting Around; The NFL Is Back

  Published: September 6, 2007, 6:55 pm

  Tags: Indianapolis Colts, It Begins, New Orleans Saints, Nfl

  You want to know how long it's been since there was some damned NFL football? The last time a game counted, we glogged it. It seems like decades ago. And now, with your last chance for sign up for...

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