Saints Pick Up DE Akiem Hicks with 89th Overall SelectionMatt Loede, saintsgab.com By Jake Saltzman The prospect from further North than any other is headed to the NFL franchise further South than any other. With the 89th overall selection in the 2012 NFL Draft, the New Orleans Saints selected Akiem Hicks, a defensive end from Regina,… |
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Trivia on Saints' Canadian draft pickApr 27, 2012
The New Orleans Saints turned a few heads when they drafted a player from a Canadian university Friday night. They used a third-round pick No. 89 overall on Regina defensive tackle Akiem Hicks. ESPN Stats & Information passed along a great trivia nu… |
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Saints look to Canada for DT helpApr 27, 2012
The New Orleans Saints, who were without a pick in the first two rounds, just made their first pick of the draft and it’s a unique one. They selected a guy who played his college football in Canada. They chose Regina defensive tackle Akiem Hicks with th… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Last month, an employee of NFL Network publicly identified the person who was believed to have blown the whistle on the Saints’ bounty system. Now, an employee of a TV station owned by Saints owner Tom Benson publicly has identified the person believed … |
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Dom Cosentino, deadspin.com Now that the NBA's regular season is over, it's time to wrap-up our analysis of NBA tickets that had the least demand. Once again, we turned to Will Flaherty, the director of communications for SeatGeek, the online ticket search engine that compiles dat… |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com FOX8 in New Orleans claims to have identified ESPN's source for the Mickey Loomis wiretapping story, and if they're right, it wasn't anyone intimately connected with football operations. Instead, FOX8 (a station owned by Saints owner Tom Benson) claims … |
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Nakia Hogan, nola.com Loomis: 'I'm angry about it. It's not true. I have a clear conscience. That's all I can say.' |
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Mike Triplett, nola.com 'Best available player' has been good to New Orleans |
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