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Former NFL running back Chuck Muncie died Monday of a heart attack at the age of 60, the New Orleans Saints confirmed to multiple media outlets.

Owner Tom Benson announced that the NBA team in New Orleans is now officially called the Pelicans.

Let's take a look at some news and notes from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS Jay Adams writes that the majority of the latest mock drafts have the Falcons picking either tight end Zach Ertz or cornerback Desmond Trufant with the 30th over...

Time for a morning look at some headlines from around the NFC South: ATLANTA FALCONS Scott Carasik has a list of free-agent tight ends the Falcons could pursue if Tony Gonzalez retires. He has Martellus Bennett and Jared Cook at the top of the ...

Drew Brees and the Saints are ready to move on from the bitterness of the bounty scandal, which may have undermined his team's chances of playing for a title on its home field.

Hornets owner Tom Benson is changing his team's nickname to the Pelicans and said the switch will create a bond with the city that could lead to a championship.

The New Orleans Hornets are prepared to announce they are changing their name to the New Orleans Pelicans, effective in the 2013-14 season, according to a Yahoo! Sports report.

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...

Sean Payton's five-year contract extension with the New Orleans Saints is expected to pay him more than $8 million annually, which should establish him as the NFL's highest-paid coach, a league source said.

In 22 single-spaced pages of pedantic, pretentious and occasionally patronizing prose, Paul Tagliabue blames the New Orleans Saints coaches for everything in the bounty scandal and offers his own unique ideas on the theory and practice of player disc...

Everything that's gone wrong for Saints is fault of man in charge during scandal, Sean Payton, writes Jeffri Chadiha.

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If the reports are true, the NBA's New Orleans Hornets soon will be the New Orleans Pelicans, fulfilling new owner Tom Benson's wish of giving the team a name more connected to the city. How connected is it? Other than the fact the animal is Louis...

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The New Orleans Hornets are expected to become the New Orleans Pelicans, perhaps as early as the 2013-14 season, according to a Yahoo! Sports report.

Michael Jordan is open to changing the Charlotte name back to the Hornets if New Orleans gives up the name as planned.