The Little Late Midseason Hornets Report

The Hornets continue to try to stay alive for the postseason while battling through the absence of three time All-Star Chris Paul. The Hornets lost to the Cavs last night bringing their record to 30-27 with 25 games to go. This is good enough for 3rd in the Southwest division and 9th place in the Western conference. Portland occupies the 8th and final playoff spot in the West and are two games ahead of the Hornets. Realistically, however, for the Hornets to have any hopes of actually... Read More

Top 10 SEC Coaches of the Decade

Now that football season has finally come to its conclusion we’re again officially in the sports dead period in South Louisiana (LSU basketball is horrid and we are still a few weeks from March madness.) I figured it was time for a list article about…football.  I based the rankings on the coaches tenure in the SEC only. Maybe it’ll inspire other lists on the site for the year or decade that was, and then again maybe it won’t. At the very least it should start an argument... Read More

A New Beginning

                I think all of us in Louisiana are getting pretty tired of hearing about Hurricane Katrina.  Four and a half years have passed and all the national media can talk about is the ‘devastation of Hurricane Katrina’.  We all know it was a bad storm.  We don’t need it shoved down our throats everytime the Saints play on national television.  This being said, I had a great deal of trouble figuring out how I was going to write about the New Orleans... Read More

Porter, Saints Come Marching In

The Saints won Super Bowl XLIV with play calling that was indicative of the Sean Payton era in New Orleans: be the aggressor, take calculated risks, play to win. The onside kick call will surely live on as Super Bowl lore, but the decision to go for it on 4th and 1 late in the 2nd quarter was equally as gutsy. Although the latter didn’t work out, the Saints were able to hold the Colts to a 3 and out and with 3 timeouts remaining (pay attention Les) salvage the 3 points that... Read More