This is the January 8, 2013 news archive. View today's New Orleans Sports news and rumors.

New Orleans Sports News and Rumors

De Smith says Saints fans, Sean Payton got the “raw end of the deal”

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The bounty case is over, for the most part.  But with the NFL soon descending on New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII, plenty more will be said about the situation — especially since Saints coach Sean Payton remains suspended as the franchise is preparing …

Spencer Lund, dimemag.com

The New Orleans Hornets (they’re not the Pelicans just yet) are a team in flux. They started the year with the specious ROY, Anthony Davis, and his inexorable brow grabbing most of the headlines. But it didn’t last. Davis went down with an ankle injur…

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

As a rookie with the Memphis Grizzlies during the 2010-11 season, Greivis Vasquez experienced some success against the San Antonio Spurs, going 3-1 in four regular-season meetings with Gregg Popovich's team and notching a first-round upset of the top-se…

ESPN.com

One thing I always like to do after the season is look back at playing time for all the players in the NFC South. We’ll get to the Buccaneers, Panthers and Saints at some point in the coming days or weeks. But we’re going to take a look at the Atlanta…

Katherine Terrell, nola.com

Talk still focused on Robert Griffin III's knee injury