A look back through the years with New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson.
John DeShazier | Senior Writer - NewOrleansSaints.com
If there still are times when it feels as if Tom Benson is attending a game in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome or Smoothie King Center, watching a practice at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center on Tom Benson Way, or making clear his vision at an NFL or NBA owner’s meeting, that’s understandable.
Today marks the one-year anniversary of Benson’s death at the age of 90, and it’s easy still to feel the presence of the New Orleans titan.
But while the state, NFL and NBA all fondly can reflect on Benson’s life and legacy today, and New Orleans can commemorate on how it galvanized during one of its most significant celebrations of life a year ago, two franchises can warmly look to the past and hopefully approach the future because of the foundation laid by Benson.
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John DeShazier | Senior Writer - NewOrleansSaints.com
If there still are times when it feels as if Tom Benson is attending a game in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome or Smoothie King Center, watching a practice at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center on Tom Benson Way, or making clear his vision at an NFL or NBA owner’s meeting, that’s understandable.
Today marks the one-year anniversary of Benson’s death at the age of 90, and it’s easy still to feel the presence of the New Orleans titan.
But while the state, NFL and NBA all fondly can reflect on Benson’s life and legacy today, and New Orleans can commemorate on how it galvanized during one of its most significant celebrations of life a year ago, two franchises can warmly look to the past and hopefully approach the future because of the foundation laid by Benson.
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