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By Tom Schad, USA TODAYDelvin Breaux watched the now-infamous no-call live from Section 102 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, about six rows up from field level. He saw Nickell Robey-Coleman collide with Tommylee Lewis and wondered, incredulously, why New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton wasn't...

BloombergThe National Football League and Commissioner Roger Goodell asked a federal court to toss a lawsuit over a crucial blown call in the National Football Conference championship game.Even if New Orleans Saints season ticketholders and fans are understandably upset at the outcome of...

(Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)By Mike Scott, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneMission accomplished, Who Dat Nation.New Orleans Saints fans wanted their voices to be heard after the blown call two weeks ago that cost their team a trip to Super Bowl LIII -- and after...

By Steve Gardner, USA TODAYNew Orleans Saints fans are still bitter the Los Angeles Rams are playing in Super Bowl LIII while their team sits at home.Two weeks after a controversial no-call likely cost their team an opportunity to face the New England Patriots in Atlanta, black and...

A protest-acular.By Christian D'Andrea | SBNationTwo weeks ago, the New Orleans Saints had their Super Bowl 53 hopes dashed thanks to, in no small part, a horrible botched call from the officials. On Sunday, with the big game looming, fans in Louisiana banded together to let the world know...

By Des Bieler | Washington PostFebruary 3 at 7:13 PMSaints fans outraged by their team’s loss in the NFC championship game were hardly about to let go of that frustration on the day of the Super Bowl. Ahead of the matchup Sunday between the Rams and Patriots, thousands of Saints supporters...

By Paul Kasabian | Bleacher ReportNew Orleans Saints fans may get over a blown call in their team's 2018 NFC Championship Game loss some day, but it's not today.Michael DeMocker of NOLA.com provided video of thousands of Saints fans marching on Super Bowl Sunday in New Orleans, while...

By Mark Fischer | New York Daily NewsIf you have a pulse, you’ll never forget the moment the Saints’ Super Bowl dreams began to die.This recently revealed harrowing image following Nickell Robey-Coleman’s foul obliteration of Tommylee Lewis maybe just as cringe-worthy as the egregious...

By Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneDonald Trump said the controversial missed call by game officials that negatively impacted the New Orleans Saints in their NFC Championship loss was “a bad call.”“Maybe it was a terrible call,” he said.The President was asked about the...

(Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)By Mike Scott, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneDearly beloved, we are gathered here today in a time of grief and loss. A time of turmoil and confusion. A time of fist-shaking anger, of slipping faith, of overwhelming and overpowering...

By Mike Triplett | ESPN Staff WriterMETAIRIE, La. -- Drew Brees took issue with the fact that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell waited 10 days to publicly address the officiating error that went against the New Orleans Saints in the NFC Championship Game.Brees made the media rounds Friday at...

(Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)By Luke Johnson, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneDrew Brees said he would have rather not been appearing on national broadcasts to answer the same questions over and over again, but he was doing so out of his responsibility as the New...

By Shalise Manza Young | Yahoo SportsDuring his annual state of the league address on Wednesday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell seemed to indicate that he’d spoken with members of the New Orleans Saints, including players, after the fourth-quarter blown call in the NFC championship game...

Photo - WDSUBy News-HeraldThe 2018 New Orleans Saints season should be remembered for moments like Drew Brees breaking the NFL's all-time passing yards record.But in all likelihood, something else will be the lasting impression.The blown non-call for pass interference would have set the...

(Image by John David Mercer)By John SimermanA federal judge in New Orleans on Thursday tossed out a lawsuit filed by a pair of Saints ticket-holders over the infamous “no call” that cost the Saints a trip to the Super Bowl, ending a long-shot gambit by embittered fans hoping to resurrect...

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)Advocate Staff ReportRoger Goodell didn't have much to say about the Saints' controversial loss to the Rams, but there was an issue with what some heard him utter Wednesday: It wasn't true.Zach Strief, the longtime Saints offensive lineman and current radio...

By Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneATLANTA — Morten Andersen was happily promoting Certified Angus Beef as he walked around radio row at Super Bowl LIII on Thursday.Then, a reporter asked him about the missed call in the NFC Championship, and he looked ready to puke.“I...

By Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneTwo New Orleans Saints fans filed suit against Roger Goodell with an “unclear” purpose, wrote a federal judge in her ruling that denied a request that the court force the NFL commissioner to further review a missed call toward the end of the...

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. (Photo: John David Mercer, USA TODAY Sports)By Nancy Armour, USA TODAYATLANTA — Roger Goodell is the master of double talk and untruths.The NFL commissioner held his annual news conference at the Super Bowl on Wednesday, and there will be no bigger waste of...

Roger Goodell © John David Mercer | 2019 Jan 30By Rod Walker | The AdvocateATLANTA — For New Orleans Saints fans, Super Bowl week more or less came to an end Wednesday.Nothing else that happens in Atlanta over the next four days really matters.(Well, unless Drew Brees upsets Patrick...

(Photo - David J. Phillip)By Jeff Duncan | NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneATLANTA -- Roger Goodell finally broke his public silence and addressed the NOLA no-call on Wednesday (Jan. 30), 10 days after the debacle marred the end of the NFC Championship Game.Goodell answered five questions...

Joint Advocate file photo and Associated pressBy Advocate StaffNFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday that he "absolutely did not" consider using executive power as an overrule to a controversial call at the end of the Saints-Rams game a week and a half ago."We understand the...

By Don Yaeger - Contributor | Forbes Leadership StrategyI study high performers in sports for lessons in business leadership.As a father, I’ve made it a point to teach my kids good manners. To help them, we’ve ingrained three simple phrases into their brains:“Please.”“Thank you.”“I’m...

Nickell Robey-Coleman of the Rams was not penalized for this defending of Tommylee Lewis, infuriating Saints fans.CreditCreditGerald Herbert/Associated PressBy Ken Belson | New York TimesATLANTA — At N.F.L. media nights, the biggest stars speak at podiums, and this year was no different...

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