Sean Payton

NFL: 4 current and former Saints players suspended in bounty investigation

WGNO Sports

UPDATE: NFL Players' Association releases statement on bounty punishments: "After seeing the NFL's decision letters, the NFLPA has still not received any detailed or specific evidence from the league of these specific players' involvement in an alleged...

Tags: Punishment, Scott Fujita, Green Bay Packers, Gregg Williams, Anthony Hargrove

Tags: Scott Fujita, Green Bay Packers, Gregg Williams, Anthony Hargrove, Sports

Joe Vitt and Steve Spagnuolo

New Orleans Saints Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers Joe Vitt & Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo Media Availability Friday, April 27, 2012   Vitt Opening Statement: Vitt: “We’re really excited about our pick, Akiem Hicks.  It’s...

Tags: Jermon Bushrod, Shaun Rogers, DirecTV Group Inc., Steve Spagnuolo, Southeastern Conference

Nick Toon

New Orleans Saints Wide Receiver Nick Toon Conference Call With New Orleans Media Saturday, April 28, 2012   Q: Can you talk about growing up with your father and learning from him? A: “Obviously, my dad was a great football player and a...

Tags: Football, Marques Colston, Robert Meachem, Drew Brees, College Sports

Joe Vitt, Steve Spagnuolo, Pete Carmichael, Greg McMahon

New Orleans Saints Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers Joe Vitt, Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, Offensive Coordinator Pete Carmichael and Special Teams Coordinator Greg McMahon Post-Draft Wrap-Up Media Availability Saturday, April 28, 2012  ...

Tags: Zach Strief, National Football Conference, Al Davis, Mark Ingram, Steve Spagnuolo

Everything comes back to the Bears

Football never has an offseason, and there’s always a way to make it about the Bears, whether the news comes from drugs, fashion or potential litigation. F’rinstance, Bill Parcells coming to the NFC North. That was the story from the New...

Tags: Reebok Ltd., Nick Fairley, Jay Cutler, Roy Williams, Applied Physics

Gregg Williams urged Saints to 'kill the head' against 49ers

Los Angeles Times

Disgraced defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, suspended indefinitely by the NFL for his role in the New Orleans Saints' bounty scandal, urged his players to take shots at the head, knees and ankles of specific San Francisco 49ers before a playoff game...

Tags: Football, Steve Gleason, National Football League, New Orleans Saints, Michael Crabtree

Penalties upheld in Saints bounty case

AP Pro Football Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Goodell sent a message to every coach and player in the NFL: safety first. The league commissioner stuck with his punishments for New Orleans' pay-for-pain bounties on Monday, rejecting Saints coach Sean Payton's appeal of a...

Tags: Punishment, James Harrison, Concussion, Ndamukong Suh, New England Patriots

"Free Sean Payton" Rap Song Hitting Radio Airwaves In New Orleans

WGNO NEWS

Saints fans are bouncing to a new hip-hop beat, "Free Sean Payton". It's an anthem fighting Coach Sean Payton's recent 1-year suspension handed down by the NFL. 26-year old rapper, 5 Star and his brother T-Bone released the track one week ago.  The...

Tags: Entertainment, Radio, National Football League, New Orleans Saints, Music

Sean Payton's "bounty-gate" story doesn't add up

Saints head coach Sean Payton is appealing his suspension to the NFL. Yesterday in New York at the NFL offices, Payton, general manager Mickey Loomis, and assistant head coach Joe Vitt were all pleading their cases, essentially saying former defensive...

Tags: Football, Super Bowl, New Orleans Saints, National Football League, Mickey Loomis

Brees 'disappointed' with suspensions given to Saints

Fox 5 San Diego Sports

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees visited La Costa Resort and Spa to promote next month’s Drew Brees Celebrity Golf Championship, but most of the talk focused on football, specifically the suspension of Saints’ head...

Tags: Football, National Football League, New Orleans Saints, Drew Brees, Mickey Loomis

Joe Vitt named Saints acting head coach

WGNO Sports

The Saints announced Thursday that assistant head coach Joe Vitt will assume head coach duties starting the same day Sean Payton's suspension starts, April 16. Vitt served as acting head coach during Payton's medical leave after his knee injury last...

Tags: Mickey Loomis