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New Orleans Saints News and Rumors

Ravens, 49ers share practice field at Saints facility

Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com

The Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers shared the same practice at the same time Thursday at the New Orleans Saints practice facility. According to John Clayton of ESPN.com, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh elected to move their team’s practice fro…

Larry Holder, nola.com

NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith calls Saints bounty scandal 'personal'

Melinda Morris, nola.com

Hearing about defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo's heave-ho from the New Orleans Saints made me sad. But the reasons had less to do with football and more to do with my son, Paul Morris, now 21, who was diagnosed last summer...

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

Brian Stropolo lost his gig as an NFL replacement ref when Facebook pictures of him in Saints gear emerged just before he was supposed to officiate a Saints game. But the pictures were far from a secret, and were even discovered by Ravens coach John Har…

CNNSI.com

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Unhappy with the hard artificial turf at Tulane University's baseball field, the Baltimore Ravens will hold their main practice Thursday at the Saints' facility instead.

Brett Michael Dykes, nytimes.com

The view from New Orleans: The actor Wendell Pierce, a Saints fan, talks about the Super Bowl, New Orleans and beignets.

Larry Holder, nola.com

There's plenty of issues the Saints are dealing with as Sean Payton has returned to the job

Doug Farrar, yahoo.com

NEW ORLEANS -- Yes, the Baltimore Ravens do know that Super Bowl XLVII will be played in the Superdome, and that the Superdome is an indoor facility. That factoid, however, did not deter John Harbaugh's team from turning down the New Orleans Saints' off…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

The practice plan for Super Bowl week was for the 49ers to use the Saints’ facilities, and the Ravens to use Tulane’s facilities. But it hasn’t quite worked out. After the Ravens tried to make do Wednesday on a baseball field at Tulane (whose footba…