16 Results for new orleans saints

Why Fitzgerald couldn't be stopped

Alan Grant, ESPN The Magazine

The Steelers did everything right, but in the end they couldn't stop Larry Fitzgerald.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | February 02, 2009

Stopping Fitzgerald is a matter of timing

Alan Grant, ESPN The Magazine

The best way to stop the NFL's best receiver? Attack his quarterback.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | January 23, 2009

Hope They're Ready

Alan Grant

Tyrone Willingham likes to say it's a shame when many are judged by one. Willingham, before this, his worst season as a head coach, always cautioned a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 14, 2008

PLAYING IT OUT

Alan Grant

So these two men, the lone survivors of a shipwreck, are seated in a dinghy. All around them, there's nothing but ocean. Each man uses a single oar to...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 24, 2008

OFFICE POLITICS

Alan Grant

[Author's Note: Talking politics can be a slippery slope. As a former athlete who just happens to be an outspoken black man, the terrain can be even m...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 17, 2008

THE SPECTER OF AL DAVIS

Alan Grant

...of grief, he still has control of his team. As the Raiders prepare to play the New Orleans Saints, consider this the beginning of the end for Tom Cable. At least that's what a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2008

NFL POINDEXTER: YOU WANT THE ROCK?

Alan Grant

So Terrell Owens wants the rock. After the Cowboys' loss to the Redskins last Sunday, Owens was upset with having caught just seven balls. How many t...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 03, 2008

NFL POINDEXTER: ART IS EVERYWHERE

Alan Grant

A few minutes into the second quarter in their win over Pittsburgh, the Philadelphia Eagles defense raised the level of their game. On first down, Ste...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 26, 2008

NFL POINDEXTER: TEARS FOR FEARS

Alan Grant

Vince Young speaking to a team therapist? Big, strong, virile NFL players on anti-depressants? Tears? It doesn't surprise me. At different points in m...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 19, 2008

NFL POINDEXTER: THE LINGERING DOUBT

Alan Grant

In 1994, the Cincinnati Bengals special teams coach was a guy named Marv Braden. Like most special teams coaches, he was colorful and naturally high-s...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 12, 2008

Make Reggie Bush pay for No. 5

Alan Grant, Special to Page 2

Alan Grant once gave up his jersey number to another player with the 49ers -- so he has some advice for the Saints' No. 5, Adrian McPherson.

Story | Conversation | May 22, 2006

Faith in this new Saint

Alan Grant, Special to Page 2

Football needs a savior and Reggie Bush will be the Saint who brings faith back into the league, writes Alan Grant.

Story | Conversation | May 05, 2006

Twelve months of black history

Alan Grant, Special to Page 2

February's not enough for Alan Grant -- he looks forward and sees a full year of black history, from Shani Davis to Tony Dungy.

Story | Conversation | February 20, 2006

Notre Dame's tarnished legacy

Alan Grant, Page 2

Once upon a time, Notre Dame football mattered to Alan Grant. But not after the Irish fired Ty Willingham.

Story | Conversation | September 02, 2005

Aftermath of hurricane weighs on Saints' minds

Alan Grant, Special to ESPN.com

The Saints maintained an upbeat tempo throughout their workout in California, but there minds were thousands of miles away.

Story | Conversation | August 29, 2005