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Slain woman's family reportedly files lawsuit vs. Saints' Grant
Posted By: Dan in Lafayette
Posted On Yesterday
07:00 AM
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Lineman allegedly involved in fracas that led to her death
MikeTriplett / New Orleans Times-Picayune
Saints defensive end Charles Grant reportedly is facing a $5 million civil lawsuit in addition to legal charges stemming from his alleged involvement in a fight that led to the shooting death of a pregnant woman outside of a nightclub in Blakely, Ga., in February.
According to WGNO-TV, Grant's attorney, Edward Tolley, confirmed that the aunt of victim Korynda Reed filed the lawsuit. Tolley could not be reached for comment Wednesday, and details of the suit could not be confirmed.
Grant was indicted for involuntary manslaughter in May by a grand jury in Early County, Ga. He was one of seven men indicted on the manslaughter charge, stemming from their involvement in a fight that spilled outside the club. Grant's longtime friend, Laquient Macklin, is charged with felony murder and feticide for allegedly firing the bullet that hit Reed, a bystander. Full Story – Picayune
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My all-time Saints
Posted By: Dan in Lafayette
Posted On Yesterday
06:57 AM
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Teddy Renois / Houma Courier
I recently went through my annual summer ritual -- cleaning of my desk.
You know, getting rid of the stuff I accumulated covering the 2007-08 sports season.
Knee deep into trash, I came across last year’s New Orleans Saints preview tab.
I quickly scanned through it and came across the Saints 40th-anniversary all-time team.
Most of the 27 players listed came from the Jim Mora-era, which makes sense. The Mora years clearly was the best of times for the franchise, and the players from that era deserve all the accolades.
Looking at the team got me thinking that the players listed are the heroes of my young colleagues. Full Story - Courier
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Saints return to Jackson for camp
Posted By: Dan in Lafayette
Posted On Yesterday
06:51 AM
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From combined reports / Kosciusko Star Herald
JACKSON— The New Orleans Saints are set to return to the Millsaps College campus for training camp on Wednesday, July 23 for almost three weeks of two-a-day practices in preparation for the upcoming 2008 season.
This is the Saints’ third consecutive year to come to Millsaps College’s Jackson campus for an away training camp. Following the team’s first visit to Millsaps for training camp in 2006, the Saints’ made their first-ever appearance in the NFC Championship Game and became the South Division Champions for that year.
“We look forward to the excitement that always comes with having the New Orleans Saints on campus,” said Millsaps College President Frances Lucas. “This is a great opportunity for fans to come see a professional football team and see the Millsaps campus.” Full Story – Star Herald
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Panthers scout Adams heading to Saints
Posted By: Dan in Lafayette
Posted On 07-02-2008
07:02 AM
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Darin Gantt / Rock Hill Herald
CHARLOTTE — The Carolina Panthers lost yet another member of their scouting department, the third at the end of a year of significant personnel turnover for the team. College scout Brian Adams left the team to become the assistant director of college scouting for New Orleans.
Adams, 47, had been with the team since 2001, and the title he’s taking doesn’t exist in the Panthers’ organizational flow chart. Earlier this offseason, college scout Joe Schoen, 28, left to become a national scout for Miami. Also, pro scout Tag Ribary left to take a job with ESPN’s Scouts, Inc.
While Ribary was at the end of his contract — and looking to get back to his family, which moved from Charlotte back to the Seattle area a year ago — the other two were still bound to the Panthers. The Dolphins and Saints asked permission to interview them, and the Panthers had chances to match the offers they got. Full Story - Herald
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Saints sign former VooDoo linemen
Posted By: Dan in Lafayette
Posted On 07-02-2008
06:54 AM
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AP / Biloxi Sun-Herald
NEW ORLEANS --The New Orleans Saints signed a pair of offensive linemen who recently finished a season with the Arena Football League's New Orleans VooDoo.
The Saints also released two players including former LSU lineman Carnell Stewart.
Center Rob Hunt and guard Isaiah Ross were added to the Saints' roster on Tuesday, a little more than three weeks before training camp opens in Jackson, Miss.
Both the Saints and VooDoo are owned by Tom Benson. Full Story - Sun-Herald
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McKenzie Prepares for 34 Ways Foundation Weekend Fundaraising Events
Posted By: Dan in Lafayette
Posted On 07-02-2008
06:50 AM
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Special to NewOrleansSaints.com
New Orleans Saints’ cornerback Mike McKenzie and his 34 Ways Foundation will host the 3rd Annual 34 Ways Foundation Event Fundraiser on Friday, July 4th and Saturday, July 5th, 2008 at the W Hotel New Orleans located at 333 Poydras Street. There will be plenty of refreshments and live entertainment on both evenings from 4 – 8pm in the Grand Ballroom on the second floor of the hotel.
McKenzie and several players from the Saints will host a silent auction on July 5th from 4 – 7pm. The auction will feature donations from some of New Orleans’s finest businesses. The proceeds will go toward the design and construction of the 34 Ways Foundation Community Learning Center, an after-school facility that Mike McKenzie is developing for the continued education, health and fitness of New Orleans’ youth. The fundraiser is made possible through 34 Ways Foundation and its partnership with Think Tank Productions. Full Story - NewOrleansSaints.com
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Saints Sign Offensive Linemen Hunt, Ross
Posted By: Andrus
Posted On 07-01-2008
10:11 PM
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NewOrleansSaints.com
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 1, 2008
The New Orleans Saints signed a pair of free agent offensive linemen Tuesday, adding to the roster center Rob Hunt and guard Isaiah Ross. Both players recently completed a season playing with the New Orleans VooDoo of the Arena Football league. The signings were announced by Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis.
Hunt, a 6-4, 301-pound product of North Dakota State, is a former fifth-round draft choice of the Indianapolis Colts in 2005. He spent the 2005 and 2006 seasons on the practice squad of the Denver Broncos and was later signed by the Kansas City Chiefs, with whom he played in the 2007 preseason. The native of Cavalier, North Dakota can also play guard and played two seasons in NFL Europe (Rhein, 2006 and Berlin, 2007) prior to the 2008 campaign with the AFL’s VooDoo.
Ross (6-3, 320) has spent the last two springs playing indoors in the Arena League, 2007 with the Nashville Kats and ’08 with the VooDoo. Playing indoors, Ross caught 14 passes for 140 yards and five touchdowns in addition to his blocking duties for the VooDoo during the 2008 season. He first signed out of the University of Nevada as a rookie free agent with the San Diego Chargers in 2004 and went on to start 10 games for the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe in 2005.
In a corresponding move, the Saints also waived offensive linemen Marquay Love and Carnell Stewart, both of whom were signed earlier this offseason.
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Breakout players: Ten who will step way up in class
Posted By: Dan in Lafayette
Posted On 07-01-2008
06:58 AM
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Editor's note: This is the first of three parts of Pete Prisco's breakout players for 2008.
Pete Prisco / CBS Sports
The term "breakout player" can mean a couple of different things in the NFL. It can mean a surprise player, somebody like Green Bay Packers running back Ryan Grant last season, or it can mean a player who goes from good to even better.
Each season we see plenty of both, guys who come from nowhere to be major contributors and players who find their way into their first Pro Bowl after a couple of years of growth.
My list of breakout players will focus on the latter group, players who have already done some things, some even really good things, but appear poised to do a lot more.
The list is made up of 30 players. They are numbered in order of how much of an impact I think they will make in 2008, with No. 1 being the best and No. 30 the least of this group. Full Story – CBS Sports
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Bucs need healthy Garcia in the huddle to take next playoff step
Posted By: Dan in Lafayette
Posted On 06-30-2008
06:58 AM
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Tom Pedulla / USA Today
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers hope a combination of the very old and the very young can build on 2007's NFC South title, which left them hungry for more.
"We won a division championship. That's a great accomplishment in itself. But in the National Football League, that is not enough," coach Jon Gruden says.
He was rewarded for leading Tampa Bay to its third division title in six years with a three-year contract extension that carries through the 2011 season. General manager Bruce Allen was given the same consideration.
There may be no time like the present for the Buccaneers' elder statesmen to enjoy one last hurrah … or at least produce the franchise's first playoff victory since a 48-21 rout of the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII. Full Story – USA Today
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Mike Detillier's Football World - Are the Saints in the market for Lamont Jordan?
Posted By: Dan in Lafayette
Posted On 06-29-2008
08:18 AM
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Mike Detillier / Houma Courier
During the NFL offseason, teams are still in search of a nugget or two that could put them into a position to make the playoffs.
What stood out to me after the 2008 draft is that the New Orleans Saints did not draft a running back.
While backs like Kevin Jones, Najeh Davenport, Travis Henry and Cedric Benson are available, the one back who could well fit what the Saints missed last season due to Deuce McAllister’s knee injury is a power-style runner like Oakland’s Lamont Jordan.
Reports over the past few weeks are that the Raiders are hoping to get a draft choice out of a team in need of running back help, but Jordan’s contract may put a bit of a roadblock in any deal. Full Story - Courier
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Taylor ever mindful of his long climb
Posted By: Dan in Lafayette
Posted On 06-29-2008
08:13 AM
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MikeTriplett / New Orleans Times-Picayune
Ike Taylor knows that his unlikely rise to NFL stardom wouldn't have been possible without plenty of help along the way.
That's why it's so important for Taylor, a Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback, to come home to the West Bank every summer so he can pay it forward.
Taylor, who came to live with his aunt and uncle in Harvey when he was in seventh grade, hosted his fourth annual "Face Me Ike" youth football camp at Arden Cahill Academy in Gretna on Friday. He was joined by a handful of Steelers teammates and friends from other NFL teams, including Steelers safety Anthony Smith and Saints rookie linebacker Jo-Lonn Dunbar. Full Story – Picayune
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Westlake graduate and NFL player Billy Miller has made sure his trianing facility is open to athletes of every level
Posted By: Dan in Lafayette
Posted On 06-29-2008
08:05 AM
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Rhiannon Potkey / Ventura County Star
Why wait?
Every time New Orleans Saints tight end Billy Miller envisioned another aspect of his retirement business plan, the question kept popping into his head.
Why wait until another kid slips through the cracks? Why wait until another athlete doesn't realize his or her full potential?
Pretty soon, why wait turned into why not and Miller decided to open an athletic training facility in the county before his professional football career was over. Full Story – Star
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Saints report: Inside slant
Posted By: Dan in Lafayette
Posted On 06-27-2008
07:07 AM
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The Sports Xchange
One of the most encouraging signs of the Saints' recently-concluded offseason workouts was the play of second-year wide receiver Robert Meachem.
Meachem, healthy now after being inactive for all 16 games of his rookie season because of a knee injury that bothered him throughout training camp, appears ready to make a strong run at becoming the third wide receiver this fall.
After receiving praise from Saints coach Sean Payton, general manager Mickey Loomis and quarterback Drew Brees for his attitude and work ethic in the spring, Meachem will at least go into training camp with much more confidence than last season.
As a result, he will likely battle veterans Devery Henderson and Lance Moore for the third spot behind starters Marques Colston and David Patten. The job is Meachem's for the taking since Henderson and Moore each went through periods of inconsistency a year ago. Full Story – CBS Sportsline
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Saints report: Notes, quotes
Posted By: Dan in Lafayette
Posted On 06-27-2008
07:05 AM
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The Sports Xchange
First-round draft pick Sedrick Ellis is not expecting to sign a contract as quickly as some of the players picked ahead of him in the draft this spring.
Ellis, a defensive tackle from Southern Cal, was the seventh overall selection in the draft. Three of the six players chosen before him -- tackle Jake Long (first, Miami), quarterback Matt Ryan (third, Atlanta) and running back Darren McFadden (fourth, Oakland) -- are already signed.
"I don't even think there's been any discussions," Ellis said recently.
Ellis said he doubted that negotiations will begin until July, which is when the Saints typically start signing their draft picks, and will wait to see what type of deal defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey, the fifth pick, gets from the Kansas City Chiefs. Full Story – CBS Sportsline
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A healthy Vilma could make the Saints contenders once again
Posted By: Dan in Lafayette
Posted On 06-26-2008
06:51 AM
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Dan Parr / Pro Football Weekly
These Saints could use some saving.
Jonathan Vilma could, too.
In that way, the February trade that sent the former Jets middle linebacker to the Saints for conditional draft picks was the perfect swap.
The thud of New Orleans’ disappointing ’07 campaign still echoes throughout the city. Fresh off an NFC championship game berth following a revitalizing 2006 season, the Saints sputtered to a 0-4 start and finished 7-9 in ’07, missing the playoffs after being billed as a legitimate title contender. Full Story – Pro Football Weekly
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Original Stories
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 Mike Detilliers Top Senior and Junior Prospects for 2008
Posted On 06-11-2008
Mike Detilliers Top Senior and Junior Prospects for 2008
Top Senior Players in College Football for 2008
1. James Laurinaitis, Middle Linebacker, Ohio State
2. Rey Maualuga, Middle Linebacker, USC
3. Michael Oher, Offensive Tackle, Ole Miss
4. Malcolm Jenkins, Cornerback, Ohio State
5. Brian Cushing, Outside Linebacker, USC
6. Fili Moala, Defensive Tackle, USC
7. Tyson Jackson, Defensive End, LSU
8. Michael Johnson, Defensive End, Georgia Tech
9. William Moore, Free Safety, Missouri
10. James Davis, Halfback, Clemson
11. Duke Robinson, Offensive Guard, Oklahoma
12. Curtis Painter, Quarterback, Purdue
13. Darry Beckwith, Middle Linebacker, LSU
14. Brandon Pettigrew, Tight End, Oklahoma State
15. Phil Loadholt, Offensive Tackle, Oklahoma
16. Demetrius Byrd, Wide Receiver, LSU
17. Brian Orakpo, Defensive End, Texas
18. Ian Campbell, Defensive End/Outside LB, Kansas State
19. Mike Mickens, Cornerback, Cincinnati
20. Victor “Macho” Harris, Cornerback, Virginia Tech
21. Eugene Monroe, Offensive Tackle, Virginia
22. Travis Beckum, Tight End, Wisconsin
23. Jeff Owens, Defensive Tackle, Georgia
24. Brian Robiskie, Wide Receiver, Ohio State
25. Arian Foster, Halfback, Tennessee
26. Max Unger, Offensive Tackle/Center Oregon
27. Tim Jamison, Defensive End/Outside LB, Michigan
28. Aaron Kelly, Wide Receiver, Clemson
29. Marlon Lucky, Halfback, Nebraska
30. Nic Harris, Strong Safety, Oklahoma
31. Alex Boone, Offensive Tackle, Ohio State
32. Brandon Gibson, Wide Receiver, Washington State
33. Hunter Cantwell, Quarterback, Louisville
34. Herman Johnson, Offensive Guard, LSU
35. DeAndre Wright, Cornerback, New Mexico
36. Wopamo Osaisai, Cornerback, Stanford
37. Vance Walker, Defensive Tackle, Georgia Tech
38. Joe Burnett, Cornerback, Central Florida
39. Pat White, Quarterback/Athlete, West Virginia
40. Terrance Taylor, Defensive Tackle, Michigan
41. Javon Ringer, Halfback, Michigan State
42. Alex Mack, Offensive Center, California
Top Junior Prospects in College Football in 2008
1. Matthew Stafford,...
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Ask Mike - June 11, 2008
Posted On 06-11-2008
Ask Mike – June 11, 2008
From: Andy-Bayou Blue
Comments:
Michael, I wished when WWL had made the change in the sports department you could be more involved, but I know you are very busy to take another full-time job.
Will you, Bobby and Hokie do the HTV television show this season. I really enjoyed that show each week.
During the practice sessions you were on the radio and stated that the three areas that concern you entering the season were how good this team could run the ball up the middle, the play of the cornerbacks and special teams.
Based off the practice sessions do you feel better about these spots?
What about the draft stock of Nicholls State safety Ladarius Webb?
Todd McShay and Mel Kiper have been very high on the draft status of LSU DT Al Woods. Did these guys watch Rickey Jean Francois play last season because they don’t’ mention him at all. What is up with that?
When will the Saints finally pay Will Smith is fair share?
Thanks and please continue to answer questions at times for us on the SaintsReport.
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