By Travis DuncanNovember 1st, 1966-*The NFL awards its 16th franchise to the city of New Orleans,*Louisiana. Nov. 1st is also the Roman Catholic Holiday, ‘All Saints Day’.By January of 1967, New Orleans ownership had decided on a name, ‘The Saints’.The journey from dream to football team, began...
The New York Times: "Ending one of the longest-running disputes left by Hurricane Katrina, a federal arbitration panel ruled Wednesday that Louisiana would receive $474.8 million - nearly all it had requested - to pay for the replacement of Charity Hospital in New Orleans, which has been closed...
(Sports Network) – A long-awaited Super Bowl appearance will be at stake when the New Orleans Saints and Minnesota Vikings, two teams that have endured their share of heartaches over the years, square off in this Sunday’s NFC Championship Game. And although both participants share intriguing...
Dallas Mavericks guard Jose Juan Barea and New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul get tangled up *Monday, December 14, 2009. (Mike Stone/Dallas Morning News/MCT) Photo via NewscomBy DSD NBA StaffDallas scored 4 points in the final 20.9 seconds of the game to secure the victory.J.J.*Barea scored a...
My bros are totally nuts and want to take a road trip this summer... My mentally challenged one wants to drive 5000 miles in 7 days to visit Alaska... My somewhat sane bro wants Boston... I think New Orleans is good cause of the atmosphere... Help.. Need some good input....
Wow! Great...
anyone know if this true? I am going either way....this year should be the BEST ever...I just wondered if any one had confirmation on Michelle or the Prez... being there?
trends do they follow? I have to dress up like I'm from New Orleans in a few weeks and don't know how they dress or other beauty and fashion trends, by the way I'm a girl (white but I'm not racist, just telling you just in case different race people dress differently than other race people)
My school is getting close to Pride Week, and it's cities, the sophomores have New Orleans, I know that there's mardi gras, but what else is there, for example do they wear a lot of tie dyed shirts or navy blue jeans or something
Thanks in advance
Please someone, I'm desperate, anything at all
...to vacation now? I am about to book my summer trip and I have heard mixed reviews about the current state of New Orleans. I was planning on staying in the French District, are most places still open? How is that area and others? Is it in tact and worth vacationing?
...Katrina disaster? I've heard the media representations of black people and white people differed greatly following the storm. what is the reason for this though?
was it because they lived in different areas, or were schools and neighborhoods not that segregated ?
is it any different now...
from Katrina? I mean,I know it was bad,but oh my gosh,they weren't the only people that stuff happened to.I'm from south Louisiana,about an hour away,and I know it was bad here too!I have friends that lost everything.But in Mississippi it was way worse.Out of my 4 families there,3 had everything...
I want to surprise my boyfriend with a trip to New Orleans. I was thinking I'd make some sort of basket or something, as well as give him a travel book when I present his gifts. Any ideas on what to put in the basket?