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| Grizzlies put postseason aspirations on line at New Orleans |
NBA Basketball |
04/15/2012 |
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| 's what I'm here for, to help the team win, and that's what I try to do. I'm looking forward to the rest of these games this season and see what can happen for me being here in the future." Earlier Friday, NBA Commissioner David Stern announced that New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson bought the Hornets from the NBA for more than $300 million. New Orleans has lost the first two meetings with Memphis this season and six of the previous eight encounters in this series. The Hornets, though, have won 10 of the last 1 |
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| Gordon and Hornets get past Jazz |
NBA Basketball |
04/14/2012 |
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| was generally a tight affair barring Gordon's late dominance. It was 28-24 in favor of the Jazz after one and tied at the half. Kaman's 10 points in the third had the Hornets up 73-70 entering the fourth. Game Notes Earlier Friday, NBA Commissioner David Stern announced that New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson bought the Hornets from the NBA... Smith had a career-high four assists to go with eight points and eight rebounds...Gordon's six assists tied a season-high...The game featured 13 ties and 17 lead changes. |
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| Line of Scrimmage: Mock Draft No. 1 - Feel the Rush |
NFL Football |
04/13/2012 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (BettingExpress) - The NFL is truly a copycat league. That is, at least in most cases. Now, surely teams won't be emulating the controversial practices that helped the New Orleans Saints to a Super Bowl title during the 2009 season, not after commissioner Roger Goodell's historically unrelenting crackdown on the organization in response to the Bountygate scandal. You can bet they've been paying close attention to the business model the New York Giants have administered, with Big Blue's philosoph |
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| Saints' Vitt to assume head coaching duties |
NFL Football |
04/12/2012 |
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| Metairie, LA (BettingExpress) - Joe Vitt will assume the day-to-day coaching duties for the New Orleans Saints while Sean Payton serves his suspension. The Saints said Thursday that Vitt, an assistant head coach and linebackers coach, will take over for Payton on April 16 but did not indicate what will happen when Vitt begins serving his own six-game suspension at the start of the regular season for his role in the team's bounty program. General manager Mickey Loomis, who will serve an eight-game ban next season |
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| Vikings sign LB Mitchell, CB Carr |
NFL Football |
04/10/2012 |
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| nesota Vikings signed linebacker Marvin Mitchell and cornerback Chris Carr, both free agents. Terms of the signings, announced Tuesday, were not disclosed. Mitchell spent last season with the Miami Dolphins after playing his first four years for the New Orleans Saints. He had 30 tackles and one interception in 16 games as a backup. Carr played the last three seasons for the Baltimore Ravens. The seven-year veteran made 19 tackles in nine games, including one start. His first career interception, with the Oakland |
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| Report: Parcells not likely to coach Saints |
NFL Football |
04/10/2012 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The New Orleans Saints will have an interim coach for the 2012 season, but it is unlikely that Bill Parcells will take the position. According to ESPN, Parcells will probably stay retired rather than take over for the suspended Sean Payton. Payton's year-long suspension for his role in the Saints' bounty program goes into effect on April 16. The NFL on Monday upheld the penalty for Payton, as well as the eight-game ban for general manager Mickey Loomis and the six-game suspension for assistant |
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| NFL upholds Saints' suspensions |
NFL Football |
04/09/2012 |
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| New York, NY (BettingExpress) - The NFL has upheld the suspensions of New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton, general manager Mickey Loomis and assistant head coach Joe Vitt for their roles in the club's bounty program. All three appealed the penalties last week in New York and commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday decided against making changes to the original suspensions. Payton will sit out the entire 2012 season, a suspension that will now begin April 16. Loomis incurred an eight-game ban and Vitt a six-ga |
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| Report: Williams gave instructions to injure 49ers |
NFL Football |
04/05/2012 |
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| (BettingExpress) - Former New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams reportedly gave instructions for his team to go after certain members of the San Francisco 49ers offense when the teams met in the NFC Divisional Playoffs this past January. Williams has been suspended indefinitely by the NFL for his primary role in running a bounty program with the Saints. He had left the club to become the defensive coordinator with the St. Louis Rams, but won't coach during the 2012 season as part of his penalty |
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| Saints, Cards open NFL preseason national TV schedule |
NFL Football |
04/04/2012 |
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| New York, NY (BettingExpress) - The Hall of Fame Game between the New Orleans Saints and Arizona Cardinals on Aug. 5 in Canton, Ohio, will begin the NFL's schedule of 12 nationally-televised preseason games. The Saints, in the midst of one of the most noteworthy offseasons in recent history due to the pending season-long suspension of head coach Sean Payton for his role in the bounty scandal, will also play the Houston Texans in a nationally-televised game Aug. 25. Among the other games, the Super Bowl champion |
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| Saints, LB Hawthorne agree to terms on 5-year deal |
NFL Football |
04/03/2012 |
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| Metairie, LA (BettingExpress) - The New Orleans Saints have agreed to terms with linebacker David Hawthorne on a five-year contract. Hawthorne spent the past four years with the Seattle Seahawks. He has recorded more than 100 tackles in each of the past three seasons. The 246-pound TCU product has 350 tackles, six sacks, seven interceptions and five forced fumbles in 61 career games with Seattle. |
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