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Drew Brees grew up in Texas and started playing for pay in faraway San Diego. But he made New Orleans his home and its cause uniquely his own. After 43 years of futility and one of the finest quarterbacking performances ever delivered in a Super Bowl, he made sure there's no need to ask "Who [...]

Saints fans hugged, kissed, and spilled onto the streets Sunday as a citywide party erupted after their once woebegone NFL franchise defeated the Indiapolis Colts in the Super Bowl. Crowds in the city's historic French Quarter, beefed up by tourists in town for Carnival season and by those wanting to experience the euphoria of a [...]

Louisiana native Tracy Porter played a crucial role in the New Orleans Saints' run to a Super Bowl title and their victory over the Indianapolis Colts. A second-round draft pick out of Indiana, who grew up in Port Allen, across the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge, Porter watched the Saints every Sunday with his family [...]

Sean Payton put in an MVP-like performance. From the sideline. The New Orleans coach made all the right calls in the Super Bowl — even one that didn't look so good at first, well, it turned out just fine. Thanks in large part to Payton's bravado, the Saints won the first Super Bowl title in [...]

A citywide party erupted in New Orleans after the city's once woebegone NFL franchise, the Saints, won the Super Bowl in Miami. French Quarter crowds, beefed up by tourists in town for Carnival season and by those wanting to experience the euphoria of a Saints victory, spilled into the streets to celebrate Sunday night.

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Who Dat won the Super Bowl? The New Orleans Saints, that's who. Ain't kidding. Put away those paper bags forever: Drew Brees and the Saints are NFL champions, rallying to beat Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 Sunday night in one of pro football's most thrilling title games. Brees tied a Super Bowl record [...]

Jeremy Shockey wasn't in a suite for this Super Bowl. Instead, he was part of the New Orleans Saints' sweetest victory. Shockey hauled in a touchdown catch for the go-ahead score Sunday night, helping the Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 for their first Super Bowl championship. And for Shockey, that 2-yard score had to [...]

Peyton Manning threw away the Indianapolis Colts' best chance to win the Super Bowl. Manning was driving the Colts down the field in the final minutes Sunday when his pass was intercepted. New Orleans cornerback Tracy Porter returned it 74 yards for a clinching touchdown in the Saints' 31-17 victory.
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Peyton Manning's receivers came up short in Sunday's Suyper Bowl. Hank Baskett botched an onside kick recovery to open the second half, Pierre Garcon and Austin Collie couldn't catch third-down passes to keep drives going and Reggie Wayne watched Tracy Porter jump his route and run 74 yards for the game-sealing TD.

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A record-tying 96-yard drive and a goal-line stand gave the Indianapolis Colts a 10-6 halftime lead over the New Orleans Saints in the Super Bowl. The Colts matched the longest touchdown drive in Super Bowl history, capped by Peyton Manning's 19-yard scoring pass to Pierre Garcon in the final minute of the first period for [...]