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Precisely a year ago, one of the most sordid scandals in the history of sports fell upon us out of the blue. On this afternoon a year ago, the NFL sent out a scathing report that said the New Orleans Saints had run a three-year bounty program wit...

NEW ORLEANS -- The bounty scandal is pretty much over, but details continue to emerge. The Times-Picayune obtained a copy of New Orleans Saints assistant head coach Joe Vitt's testimony before appeals officer and former NFL commissioner Paul Tagli...

There has been a lot of talk about how NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will be received in New Orleans during the week of the Super Bowl. It's a well-known fact that Saints fans are more than a little upset with Goodell over the bounty scandal. Per...

As NFL commissioner Roger Goodell gets ready to head to New Orleans for the Super Bowl, it appears there is some closure on the Saints' bounty scandal. Judge Helen Ginger Berrigan dismissed linebacker Jonathan Vilma's defamation suit against Goode...

Although we in the NFC South sometimes have an inferiority complex when it comes to recognition, there will be no shortage of it in what follows. I already rolled out my All-NFC South team and named Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan the division's Mos...

New Orleans defensive end Will Smith made a pretty amazing statement in this radio interview. Smith said he still respects NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. To my knowledge, Smith might be the first Louisiana resident to utter anything close to that...

Time for a quick tour of the morning headlines from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS Running back Michael Turner admitted he's surprised that his role has been reduced so much. I don't know that anyone should be all that shocked about Turne...

Let's take a quick run through some of the day's top headlines from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS For those fantasy football fans that are curious about the knee injury that kept receiver Roddy White out of practice Wednesday, relax. Coa...

I know there are a lot of New Orleans Saints fans out there celebrating the fact that the player suspensions in the bounty saga have been vacated. That's good for the fans because they're the innocent ones in all this. And innocence is an importan...

I just finished reading the entire order by former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue that vacated player suspensions in the New Orleans Saints bounty matter. Tagliabue's ruling is very lengthy (22 pages), so if you don't have time to read it all, le...

By now, we know that former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, acting as an appeals officer, vacated all player discipline in the New Orleans Saints bounty case. As I wrote earlier, this comes across as convoluted because Tagliabue also said he foun...

I've been in contact with ESPN business analyst Andrew Brandt ever since the news came out that former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue vacated the player suspensions in the New Orleans Saints' bounty case. The one thing Brandt repeatedly has said ...

Let me get this straight. Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue has found that current commissioner Roger Goodell was spot on in his finding of facts in the New Orleans Saints bounty saga? But Tagliabue has vacated all player discipline? That'...

Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue has issued a ruling in the bounty matter that vacates all player discipline. Here's the statement, via Twitter, that was just issued by NFL spokesperson Greg Aiello, in which Tagliabue is quoted: "Tagliabue ...

Let's take a run through the top headlines from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS The Falcons lost on Sunday, so it's time for another round of "Bash The Falcons." A lot of people have said the Falcons aren't as good as their record indicate...

New Orleans linebacker Jonathan Vilma and defensive end Will Smith (and two other former Saints) reportedly have rejected a settlement offer in the bounty case. The report says the NFL was willing to lessen some of the punishments and the deal als...