Becoming a Hero

Thomas Morstead is a hero in New Orleans today for his onside kick that helped the Saints win the Super Bowl. But it wasn’t always that way.

On the day the Saints drafted him, they received criticism for “wasting” a pick on a kicker. And when he got to camp and started [...]

The Super Bowl and You

This coming Sunday, millions of people will demonstrate the power that is within them. They’ll do it by the simple act of watching the Super Bowl.
What exactly does watching the Super Bowl prove? Everything. It proves that people have the ability to set goals and work to achieve them.
Just think. How often do you find [...]

Details That Doom

Just as in Canada’s Grey Cup, a too-many-men penalty made all the difference in yesterday’s Vikings-Saints game.
Everyone associated with the Vikings — players, coaches and fans — will long remember a detail that cost the team a chance to go to the Super Bowl.
“Just the slightest bit of miscommunication,” left guard Steve Hutchinson said on [...]

Learning from Losing

By falling to Dallas over the weekend, the New Orleans Saints lost a streak but gained a chance to fix what is wrong with them.
Every team has problems, but victory has a way of hiding them. And losing has a way of spotlighting those problems.
“You can learn a line from a win and a book [...]

Going Undefeated

For the second time in three years, the 1972 Miami Dolphins are getting nervous about sharing their place in history.
The Dolphins, the only NFL team ever to go undefeated, now see two teams — The Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints — threatening to accomplish what they did nearly four decades ago.
Two years ago, [...]