Tales from the New Orleans Saints Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Saints Stories Ever Told

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Tales from the New Orleans Saints Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Saints Stories Ever Told

Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.

Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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Tales from the New Orleans Saints Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Saints Stories Ever Told

Tales from the New Orleans Saints Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Saints Stories Ever Told

Tales from the New Orleans Saints Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Saints Stories Ever Told

Tales from the New Orleans Saints Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Saints Stories Ever Told


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Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.

Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781683580706
Publisher: Sports Publishing
Publication date: 10/09/2012
Series: Tales from the Team
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
File size: 5 MB
Age Range: 12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Jeff Duncan has covered the New Orleans Saints for the Times-Picayune since 2000. He has worked as a newspaper reporter throughout the South, including stops at the Courier-Journal, USA Today, Florida Today, and the St. Petersburg Times. His stories have won numerous national and regional awards.

Peter Finney is one of the most widely recognized sportswriters in New Orleans. He began his writing career in 1945 and recently celebrated his sixty-fifth anniversary writing for the Times-Picayune. In 2010 Finney was awarded the distinguished Dick McCann Memorial Award by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his long and distinguished career.

Table of Contents

Foreword vi

Acknowledgments ix

Chapter 1 The inaugural Season 1

Chapter 2 Growing Pains (1968-1977) 28

Chapter 3 The Struggle Continues: Nolan to Bum (1978-1985) 44

Chapter 4 Mora, Mora, Mora (1985-1996) 69

Chapter 5 Da Coach (1997-1999) 100

Chapter 6 Lie, Cheat, and Steal 123

Chapter 7 Fresh Blood 135

Chapter 8 The Payton-Brees Era 154

Chapter 9 The Return of Sean Payton 164

Chapter 10 Only in New Orleans 174

Chapter 11 The Infamous Decisions 192

Chapter 12 The Bitter Losses 209

Chapter 13 The Great Wins 235

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