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Super Bowl returns to New Orleans in 2024

The Super Bowl is headed back to New Orleans in 2024. The NFL has awarded future Super Bowls to Arizona and New Orleans. The 2023 title game will be played at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona while the…

Mark Ingram suspended four games

New Orleans Saints running back Mark Ingram had the best year of his career in 2017 as a part of the first NFL backfield in more than four decades to generate two pro bowlers. As it stands now, Ingram will…

New Orleans Saints right tackle retires

In the Big Easy today, it’s been a heck of a run for New Orleans Saints right tackle Zach Strief. He’s hanging it up after 12 seasons in the NFL. He spent all 12 of those with the Black and…

Gulfport residents enjoy Super Bowl

Gulfport residents Greg and Traycee Williams won free Super Bowl tickets through the NFL and the New Orleans Saints. They were repping their black and gold on Super Bowl Sunday as they got the experience of a lifetime in Minnesota…

Mississippi State alum making first Super Bowl appearance

Throughout the NFL playoffs, we’ve seen the Philadelphia Eagles embrace the role of the underdog by wearing a dog mask on several occasions. That trend continued today for a former Bulldog himself, just with a different kind of mask. Welcome…

Saints stunned by Minneapolis Miracle

Before Sean Payton and Drew Brees arrived in the Big Easy, the New Orleans Saints had been a historically painful franchise to root for. Yet somehow, the Black and Gold found a way to top the hardest of those hardships…

Super Bowl IXIV champions reunite

In today’s NFL climate of free agency and what have you done for me lately, players often find a second home by the time it’s all said and done, if not more. But when they win a Super Bowl together,…

Reggie Bush retiring from NFL

When the Saints were in rebuild mode during the post-Katrina days, they held the number 2 overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. The Houston Texans selected Mario Williams at number 1 and Reggie Bush practically fell into their lap.…

Saints kick start new streak versus Panthers

When the New Orleans Saints started their eight-game winning streak back in September, they did so with a victory over the Carolina Panthers. On Sunday, the Black and Gold started a new streak by taking down those same Panthers yet…

Controversy in the NFL

It all started in August of 2016-2017 NFL season when former 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the National Anthem, what he said was his way to protest racial injustices in America. After President Trump’s recent comments, players,…

Local veterans upset over NFL protests

The NFL is taking a hard hit over the numerous players and teams refusing to stand during the National Anthem Sunday. News 25’s Gina Tomlinson spoke to local veterans to find out their stance on the protests. United we stand,…

First female NFL artist visits the Coast

Tempy Moore is the first female artist signed by the NFL through the Deacon Jones Foundation. Moore found her passion and calling by joining together two of her favorite things: sports and art. A self-taught charcoal pastel artist, Moore’s drawings…

Andre Reed hypothesizes his career after 2004

Six of the seven all time highest scoring seasons by an NFL team have happened since the league adopted illegal contact rules in 2004. Less bump and run means more passing and more passing means more points. The evolution of…

Brett Favre teases return to NFL

When Brett Favre talks about a return to the NFL, we listen. Only this time it has nothing to do with his seemingly never-ending retirement saga, although this would be way more interesting if it did. Instead, the USM legend…

Hometown NFL Legend Makes Hall of Fame

Former NFL Quarterback Brett Favre will make the official list of big names in football history on Saturday when he is inducted into the Hall of Fame. News 25’s Gina Tomlinson visited his hometown in the Kiln where he’s very…

Saints Draft Rankins with 12th Pick

The Saints went defense with their 12th pick in last night’s draft. As most mock drafts predicted, the Saints selected former U of L defensive lineman Sheldon Rankins. Rankins finished last season with 13 tackles for loss and six sacks,…