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New Orleans Sports News and Rumors

New Orleans Saints DE Will Smith says he sees himself in the team's 2013 mix

James Varney, nola.com

Saints defensive end Will Smith and actor Wendell Pierce held a joint fundraiser for their respective foundations Friday evening, and prior to it Smith said he sees his future with the Saints. "In my mind, a productive, great year, so...

Mike Triplett, nola.com

Goodell's stance on Saints bounty investigation remains as firm Friday as it was 11 months ago

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

We’re drawing ever closer to kickoff, but there’s still time to fill before Super Bowl XLVII finally kicks off. We’ll fill some of it by welcoming three NFC South stars to the Pro Football Talk on NBC Sports Network set in New Orleans. Saints quarte…

Brett Michael Dykes, nytimes.com

The view from New Orleans: Airplanes dragging banners have joined the blimps in signaling to New Orleans that the Super Bowl is only two days away.

Larry Holder, nola.com

Commissioner stands by his belief the Saints conducted a pay-to-injure program for three seasons

Jack Dickey, deadspin.com

When news leaked out that the New Orleans Hornets would be changing their name to the Pelicans, each person online seemed to have an opinion. We at Deadspin endorsed it. Yahoo Answers did not. But everyone trying to think through the symbolism of the te…