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My New Orleans 01/08/2021   (12-4) Sunday, Jan. 10, 3:40 p.m. TV: CBS WWL 4, Nickelodeon, Amazon Prime Radio: WWL 105.3 FM/870 AM; Spanish KGLA 105.7 FM/830 AM   Saints look to slay the “Monsters of the Midway” The New Orleans Saints are marching into the 2020 NFL Playoffs with the No. 2 seed in the NFC and a Wild Card matchup with the Chicago Bears on Sunday afternoon in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. It will be the second time the teams will face each other this season. The Saints defeat...

My New Orleans 12/23/2020   TV: FOX WVUE 8   NFC South crown tops Saints’ wish list It won’t be do or die for the New Orleans Saints when they host the Minnesota Vikings in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Friday, but a win and its implications would bring a lot of holiday cheer to the Black & Gold Nation. A Christmas Day victory would allow the Saints to win their fourth-straight NFC South title and hold on to the No. 2 seed in the NFC playoff race. As a bonus, it would also squelch Minne...

My New Orleans 12/18/2020   Sunday, Dec. 20, 3:25 p.m. TV: CBS WWL 4   Saints looking to get back on track After a week of chill in the air and spirits of Saints fans, news broke this morning that quarterback Drew Brees will play Sunday after missing the last four games with 11 fractured ribs and a punctured lung. Brees’ return comes ahead of one of the most anticipated games of the 2020 NFL regular season. In what could be a preview of Super Bowl LV, New Orleans hosts the defending champi...

Extra Points: Can I kick it? Yes, you can. Ah, finally, an Extra Point about Extra Points. In the next 90 seconds or so, I hope to prove to you that kicking, yes kicking, still matters in the NFL. Week 14 of the 2020 NFL season will not be remembered as a particularly glorious week for special teams lovers like me. This week, alone, NFL kickers missed 8 extra points and 13 field goal attempts. Vikings kicker Dan Bailey had the worst weekend of all: 3 field goals and 1 extra point missed in a 12...

Saints Head to Philly to Face Free-Falling Eagles 12/10/2020   TV: FOX WVUE 8   Saints can clinch NFC South with win or Bucs loss A team effort has the New Orleans Saints entering the fourth quarter of the 2020 season already qualified for the playoffs, sitting in first place in the NFC, enjoying a three-game lead in the division, and in position to claim their fourth consecutive NFC South crown with a win on Sunday against the reeling Philadelphia Eagles. Considering quarterback Drew Brees a...

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The stunt may have seemed to be spontaneous, it wasnt totally unplanned. samsung spent an estimated $20 million on ads and negotiated to have its smart phone integrated into the oscar show. the company denying it was product placement and so now theyre announcing theyre donating $3 million to charity. those are your headlines. if youre interested in that story, more in the "wall street journal" today. brian, what you got for us? >> i have no problem with it. theyre being innovative. meanwhile, o...

Other republican prospect polled by quinnipiac. hillary clinton beats senator rand paul by 10, 49-39. she beats former governor jeb bush by 11, an extra point, 49-38. she beats senator ted cruz by 15, 50-35. joining me right now, the daily beast michael tomasky and "the huffington post" editor-in-chief howard fineman and an msnbc analyst. well get to howard quickly. this is astounding. the weakness of this bench is so strong. they have one power point producer out there, and thats christie. and ...

Welcome back to "hardball." new jersey governor chris christie even politically wounded could represent the republicans best shot at electability in the 2016 presidential race. the headline of michael tomaskys daily beast article sums it up neatly. how bad does the gop need chris christie? really bad. and a brand-new quinnipiac poll hammers home the point. in a hypothetical head to head between hillary clinton and chris christie even today, clinton beats the new jersey governor by just eight poi...

Scholars say were using them to deceive others, according to a new record from "the wall street journal" warm. dont take it the wrong way here but i want you to know. experts say these are a form of dishonesty and on security the point youre trying to make. so why bother saying them? i said five over those insincere phrases which i dont consider insincere, but gutfeld is here. what do you think or, i hear what youre saying. >> theyre not lies. its for cowards to tell you the truth without actual...