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Saints Nation: 790TheZone Mocks Steve Gleason Recap, Including Audio and Transcript
If you're a Saints fan, it's almost humanly impossible that you weren't clued into the story that pretty much blew up twitter yesterday. I thought I'd recap the entire story in case you missed parts or you just have a sordid personality that cares to revisit something as awful as this was. I know that's how I operate. So I was first clued into this on twitter...
790 the Zone saga ends with firings, contrition, and sour grapes
As was expected, the hosts of the morning show on 790 the Zone in Atlanta, Mayhem in the AM, have been fired, and we’ve all had the chance to ponder just why in the hell we listen to sports talk radio in the first place. The AJC managed to catch up with one of the former hosts on Monday, and the resulting comments were astonishing. AJC radio and tv reporter Rodney Ho spoke with...
PFZ Interview: Buccaneers linebacker Jonathan Casillas
I had the pleasure of speaking with linebacker Jonathan Casillas today as he gets ready to begin his first season with the Buccaneers after playing in New Orleans for the first few years of his career. Of course the highlight of Jonathan’s career was recovering the opening second half onside kick that the Saints converted during their Super Bowl XLIV win over Peyton Manning andâ...
Atlanta Radio Hosts Fired for Mocking Former Saints Captain Steve Gleason’s Battle With ALS (Audio)
There are some lines not meant to be crossed, but that didn’t stop three shock jocks in Atlanta from doing just that.
Atlanta radio station 790 The Zone’s Mayhem in the AM hosts Steak Shapiro and Chris Dimino were fired on Tuesday, after the show aired a segment mocking former Saints captain Steve Gleason. Gleason, who has ALS, wrote Peter King‘s Monday Morning Quarterback...
New Orleans Saints offseason: all eyes on Mark Ingram
Coming off a disappointing season, much of the blame was laid on the historically atrocious defense that took the field last season, and rightfully so. However, this doesn’t mean the offense is completely free of blame. Drew Brees, for one, threw a league high 19 interceptions, and the offense was close to the bottom in time of possession. Though the time of possession can also...
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Station apologizes for Gleason joke
A radio station in Atlanta has issued a mea culpa after two of its hosts made fun of former NFL player Steve Gleason, who has been battling ALS over the last few years.
UPDATE: The station has now fired the two hosts.
New Orleans Saints cheerleaders make Taylor Swift music video in bikinis
The New Orleans Saints cheerleading squad slipped on some bikinis and lip-synched to Taylor Swift's "22" ... it is exactly as spectacular as it sounds.
Some Atlanta Radio Sports Talk Hosts Have a Lot of Explaining To Do
No sooner do I post a column talking about how incredibly awful New Orleans Saints fans are, a local sports talk station here in Atlanta has to go and do something so incredibly stupid, that words cannot even begin to describe.
There aren't many things that are off-limits when you do an opinionated sports talk radio show or write a column.
On that list: You don't insult...
Saints Nation: Who's Hot and Who's Not, Post Mini Camp Edition
The Saints closed their mini camps and voluntary offseason workouts, which featured perfect attendance, and I thought this would be a good time to revisit "who's hot" and "who's not". Here's five players from each category who, at this stage, have stood out as performing well or poorly. The Saints' full training camp starts in late July and that...
Saints are high on their inside linebackers in new 3-4 scheme, Curtis Lofton and Jonathan Vilma picking things up quickly
When the New Orleans Saints brought in defensive coordinator Rob Ryan it was already established that they needed ‘attitude.’
Ryan is there to fix a historically bad defense and in a 3-4 defense, the inside linebackers play big roles.
Coach Sean Payton likes what he sees from Curtis Lofton and Jonathan Vilma together as a team.
The two have made a seamless transition to...
Saints Nation: Depth at Safety Means Saints Will Part with Good Players
The luxury of the 2009 Super Bowl Champion team was the incredible amount of depth the Saints had at numerous positions. Of course since then the value of many of the players on the roster went up and the Saints have had to pick and choose who they wanted to retain. For the most part they've kept their key players, at times wrecklessly (see Roman Harper's original contract...
New Orleans Saints OTAs: Victor Butler tears ACL
Victor Butler
The New Orleans Saints have lost outside linebacker and prized free agent Victor Butler to a torn ACL this past week in OTAs. Butler’s loss is a devastating blow to a defense that was awful this past season. Rob Ryan handpicked Butler during free agency to come in and play for the Saints. Butler was expected to bring a pass rushing presence off the edge and already...
Saints UDFA middle linebacker is a former point guard from the University of Florida
Ray Shipman is a very special athlete, we are not talking about a four year starting linebacker who has all the talent in the world, but rather a former point guard converted to linebacker. He was voted onto the C-USA All-Academic Team, and started 12 games on the season, amassing 91 tackles with 3.5 tackles for loss. What makes this more special is the fact that he was a point...
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Brees suing former teammate
Saints quarterback Drew Brees was one of several Saints players and coaches who were duped by former long snapper Kevin Houser into handing over cash into phony investments.
Former first round pick Mark Ingram playing with third string, falling out of favor with coaches
According to Larry Holder of the Times-Picayune, running back Mark Ingram has been working with the second string offense.
While Darren Sproles and Pierre Thomas get the first team reps, Ingram seems to be slipping into running back oblivion.
The Saints selected Ingram with the 28th pick in the 2011 NFL Draft and was the first running back drafted in 2011.
The team moved...
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