This is the January 23, 2013 news archive. View today's NFC South news and rumors.

NFC South News and Rumors

49ers' Gore fined more than $10K for low socks

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

Frank Gore's efforts in the San Francisco 49ers' NFC Championship Game victory over the Atlanta Falcons didn't go unnoticed by the NFL, which decided he wore his socks last Sunday a little too low to its liking.

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

In November, the disclosure that the long-term contract negotiated by the Saints and coach Sean Payton had been rejected by the league office spawned breathless reporting that Payton could be a free agent.  (We reported at the time that the Saints were …

Doug Farrar, yahoo.com

MOBILE, Ala. -- You know what they say about the coaching bug -- it's tough to shake, especially when you haven't done it for a while. So it was for New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton, who was at the Senior Bowl in Mobile on Wednesday, one day af…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

While the NFL has yet to reinstate former Saints and former (for a few weeks) Rams defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, the league has allowed him to look for work. Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Williams has had such clearance …

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Police say they have arrested the man who committed a stabbing outside the Georgia Dome following the Falcons’ loss to the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday. James Lewis McCoy of Villa Rica, Georgia, was arrested on Tuesday. There’s no word…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

For Buccaneers linebacker Quincy Black, getting back on the field has taken a back seat to getting well. Bucs general manager Mark Dominik said Black needed surgery later this month to help a damaged nerve, casting more doubt on his future as a football…

ESPN.com

Atlanta Falcons The Falcons released strength coach Jeff Fish over "philosophical differences," Fox Sports reports. The move is something of a surprise, the Journal-Constitution adds, given that the likes of Tony Gonzalez and Matt Ryan had cre…

ESPN.com

Just a quick note to let you know that we’ll be off our regular schedule the rest of this week. There will be no NFC South chat this Friday. I’m going to take a little down time, but please keep checking the blog. Our editors will be posting roundups,…

CNNSI.com

ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) -- Former Oakland coach Bill Callahan has denied allegations made by two of his former players that he "sabotaged'' the Raiders in their Super Bowl loss to Tampa Bay 10 years ago.

nydailynews.com

Roger Goodell issued a pre-emptive strike, which can be interpreted as a peace offering, to Who Dat Nation and the city of New Orleans on Tuesday by reinstating Saints coach Sean Payton from his season-long BountyGate suspension one week before the comm…