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AP Photo / David J. PhillipBy Scott Rabalais | The AdvocateIf it is true that the clothes make the man, what exactly did Sean Payton’s undershirt say about him Wednesday?Something perhaps that could get him fined by the NFL. Nothing that would not have Saints fans cheering him lustily —...

Advocate Staff PhotoBy Scott Rabalais | The AdvocateWhat makes a bad official’s call one of the worst of all time?There has to be a something significant on the line. And there has to be a seriously egregious miscarriage of justice.Unfortunately for the New Orleans Saints, Sunday’s no...

Advocate photo by CHRIS GRANGERBy Scott Rabalais | The AdvocateThe electronic sign on the Pontchartrain Causeway in Metairie on Sunday spoke volumes in its mute-but-pained three words blaring out into the night:“WE WERE ROBBED”The anguish over the no-call at the end of the NFC...

Courtesy photo via angle eventsBy Scott Rabalais | The AdvocateDrew Brees is 40 on Tuesday. He is no longer, to borrow a riff from George Carlin’s classic take on age milestones (“I’m four and a half! You’re never thirty-six and a half.”) pushing 40. The only push he may want or need now is...

Advocate Staff photo by CHRIS GRANGERBy Scott Rabalais | The AdvocateTeddy Roosevelt, the president who once threatened to abolish football because it was getting too violent, first coined the now well-worn phrase, “Nothing in the world is worth having … unless it means effort, pain and...

AP photo by Butch DillBy Scott Rabalais | The AdvocateThe New Orleans Saints' three-game road to Super Bowl glory consists of three parts, like the classic magic trick of Christopher Nolan’s masterpiece movie:The pledge.The turn.The prestige.The pledge is everything the Saints have...

(AP Photo/Bill Feig)By Scott Rabalais | The AdvocateMacaulay Culkin was once Home Alone at Christmas.The New Orleans Saints on Sunday made sure they will be home in their dome, surrounded by friends and worshipers, smoking a victory cigar and waiting for all the challengers to come as...

Advocate Photo by STEPHEN LEWBy Scott Rabalais | The AdvocateARLINGTON, Texas — Back in 2009, when the New Orleans Saints' epic season-opening 13-game winning streak finally fizzled out, the Dallas Cowboys were the ones to douse the flame.“Who dat?” linebacker Bradie James mockingly asked...

Advocate staff photo by SCOTT THRELKELDBy Scott Rabalais | The AdvocateMaybe it was the short week. Maybe it was a turkey-induced hangover.But after three straight games with a high-octane offense, scoring at least 45 points each against the Rams, Bengals and Eagles, the New Orleans...

Advocate staff photo by LESLIE GAMBONIBy Scott Rabalais | The AdvocateThis is what the New Orleans Saints reduced the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles to during their 48-7 win Sunday:• The Eagles went for it on fourth-and-5 from their own 41 with just over 10 minutes left...

Advocate Staff photo by SOPHIA GERMERBy Scott Rabalais | The AdvocateAlex Anzalone reached up into the highly excited, air-conditioned Mercedes-Benz Superdome air and pulled out a plum — a Jared Goff interception.This old dome started rocking, literally rocking, from the frenzy of some...

AP photo by Bruce KluckhohnBy Scott Rabalais | The AdvocateMINNEAPOLIS — The New Orleans’ Saints dreams of Super Bowl glory came to a nightmarish end here in January.Nine months later, this might be where those dreams came into sharper focus.No miracle finishes came to the Minnesota...

By Scott Rabalais | The AdvocateBefore it all unfolded Monday night, all the chills and the tears and the sound of one of sports’ most immense records shattering, a mic’d up Drew Brees gathered his New Orleans Saints teammates around him like he always does for some fervent words of...