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Ben Roethlisberger, DeMarco Murray headline Week 13′s initial practice participation reports

Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com

We begin our look at the NFL injury situation with the final injury reports before Thursday night's New Orleans Saints-Atlanta Falcons game. Five Saints were ruled out, including wide receiver Courtney Roby (ankle), offensive tackle Charles Brown (knee)…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Boston College is looking for a new head coach.  And the man who served as the interim to the interim head coach in New Orleans earlier this year will be getting a closer look for the job. Per a league source, B.C. athletic director Brad Bates will inte…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

If it’s not a rivalry, we’d hate to see what would happen if it were. Via WWL-TV, multiple Saints players indicated via Twitter on Wednesday night that workers at the Atlanta airport egged the Saints bus after the team arrived from New Orleans for Thu…

Jeff Duncan, nola.com

If you're questioning the intensity of the rivalry between the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints, check out this tweet from Saints backup quarterback Chase Daniel. It came just minutes after the team's charter flight touched down in Atlanta on...

Larry Holder, nola.com

Attorneys for accused players will be able to question primary NFL witness

Katherine Terrell, nola.com

Drive will kick off Saturday, Dec. 1 at Macy's in Lakeside Mall

Nakia Hogan, nola.com

Saints GM Mickey Loomis said B.C. hasn't contacted team

Katherine Terrell, nola.com

New Orleans Saints punter Thomas Morstead leads at his position

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

Falcons cornerback Dunta Robinson (illness) returned to practice Wednesday, but his partner Asante Samuel is questionable for Thursday’s game with a shoulder injury. Samuel hasn’t practiced this week, making him, by definition, a 50-50 call for tomorr…

Katherine Terrell, nola.com

Junior Gallette, Courtney Roby, Charles Brown, Tom Johnson and Isa Abdul-Quddus officially out for Thursday

Benjamin Hoffman, nytimes.com

The Saints' defense, the N.F.L.'s worst against the run, gets a chance to stop the eminently stoppable Michael Turner.

ESPN.com

TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT -- I am about to take off for Atlanta, where I’ll be covering Thursday night’s grudge match between the Saints and Falcons. While I’m in the air, keep an eye on Roddy White’s Twitter account, keep your ears open for any…

Dan Swenson, nola.com

Drew Brees, Saints offense vs. the San Francisco 49ers

Jim Trotter, CNNSI.com

NEW ORLEANS -- This was the tipping point Who Dat Nation had been waiting on. Its beloved Saints, after surrendering 21 consecutive points, had scored to make it a one-touchdown game, and now they had 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick facing 3rd-and-11…

ESPN.com

Join our ESPN.com NFL experts as they break down the NFC South match up between the New Orleans Saints and the Atlanta Falcons. Contribute your thoughts and questions beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET. See you there. Countdown Live: Saints-Falcons

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

After the Saints beat the Falcons a couple of weeks ago, there were a lot of chatter from both sides. The Saints were upset by the way the Falcons were “classless” before the game and talked about the Falcons as their “little brothers” who have c…

Mike Triplett, nola.com

Trash-talking escalated after Saints' 31-27 victory in Week 10