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2026-09-17 · Toronto Star

Kiffin's return to face the program he spurned looms over No. 7 LSU's visit to No. 8 Ole Miss

🔮 The packed crowd expected at 64,000-seat Vaught-Hemingway Stadium will represent a fraction of the 100,000 or so people that police in Oxford, Mississippi, say they expect to converge this weekend on their town of about 26,000. assertive

2026-09-20 · Toronto Star

Trinidad Chambliss leads No. 8 Mississippi past No. 7 LSU 32-24 in Lane Kiffin's return to Ole Miss

🔮 Lane Kiffin’s new team at LSU couldn’t deny Trinidad Chambliss — the quarterback Kiffin helped transform into a star after recruiting him from a Division II program to Mississippi last year. assertive

2026-09-24 · Toronto Star

Raiders-Saints matchup features a new generation of NFL coaches in Kubiak and Moore

🔮 Both parlayed their success into head coaching jobs, and they will be looking across the sideline at each other in the Superdome on Sunday, when Kubiak’s Las Vegas Raiders (2-0) visit Moore’s New Orleans Saints (1-1). assertive

2026-09-25 · Toronto Star

Bob Pettit, imposing Hawks great and first NBA MVP, dies at 93

🔮 He led them to the 1958 championship over the mighty Boston Celtics, the Hawks’ lone title. assertive

2026-09-27 · Toronto Star

Leavitt's accuracy and Kiffin's 4th-down call ignite No. 10 LSU in a 35-6 win over No. 23 Texas A&M

🔮 Now, A&M looks like a longshot at best for the 2026 CFP and will all but certainly drop out of the AP Top 25. assertive

2026-09-28 · Toronto Star

Kirk Cousins passes for 3 TDs and the unbeaten Raiders come back to top the Saints 35-27

🔮 The game shifted on a play that will be seen as controversial and unjust by some — and certainly by Saints fans. assertive

2026-09-28 · Toronto Star

Zion Williamson is in 'impeccable' shape and yearning to experience the playoffs with the Pelicans

🔮 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zion Williamson smiled politely, but kept his answer brief when asked how he would summarize his first seven years as an NBA player. assertive

2026-09-29 · Toronto Star

Kellen Moore wants the Saints to turn their focus forward after an emotional collapse

🔮 What needs help The Saints will have to do better with ball security. assertive

2026-10-02 · Toronto Star

Mississippi State and Kamario Taylor aim to end Alabama's 16-game series winning streak

🔮 Quarterback Kamario Taylor’s dynamism and recent effectiveness in the clutch has provided Mississippi State’s cowbell-ringing fans hope that perhaps Saturday will be different from every other time these teams have met since 2007. assertive

2026-10-02 · Toronto Star

Saints placing running back Travis Etienne Jr. on injured reserve

🔮 The move means Etienne, who pulled a hamstring during the third quarter of Sunday’s 35-27 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders, will miss a minimum of four games. assertive

2026-10-02 · Toronto Star

Falcons and Saints renew their longstanding rivalry as each seek early season momentum

🔮 Last week, the Saints looked to be on their way to a victory that would have given them an early edge in the NFC South race, only to squander an 11-point, second-half lead to the Las Vegas Raiders, committing four turnovers in the process. assertive

2026-10-03 · Toronto Star

Keelon Russell accounts for 4 TDs as No. 7 Alabama routs No. 16 Mississippi State 56-23

🔮 That led to Ryan Coleman-Williams’ 15-yard touchdown on Russell’s short pass to the right flat. assertive

2026-10-04 · Toronto Star

Keelon Russell is boosting No. 7 Alabama's prospects with poised and prolific play

🔮 Russell might have looked like a 19-year-old, first-year starter when he committed three turnovers at Kentucky in Week 2, but not on Saturday at Mississippi State, where he was surgical on third down and avoided turnovers entirely in a 56-23 victory for the seventh-ranked Crimson Tide. assertive

2026-10-04 · Toronto Star

Saints remember Katrina, a punt block and 'rebirth' as they host the Falcons on Monday night

🔮 Curtis Deloatch recovered the ball in the end zone and reverse-dunked it over the goal post (which was permitted back then) as the crowd unleashed an explosive, cathartic roar — a moment Gleason would say felt like “infinite joy.” assertive

2026-10-06 · Toronto Star

Bijan Robinson powers Falcons past Saints 45-24 on the 20th anniversary of the Superdome's reopening

🔮 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bijan Robinson ensured there would be no punt to block this time — and the Atlanta Falcons were off and running. assertive

2026-10-07 · Toronto Star

Saints gearing up for an early season stress test after dispiriting primetime loss to rival Falcons

🔮 The club was optimistic that this season, led by second-year coach Moore and second-year quarterback Tyler Shough, would boost fan optimism about the future. assertive

2026-10-09 · Toronto Star

Unbeaten, defense-led Vikings head south to face the struggling Saints and QB Tyler Shough

🔮 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saints quarterback Tyler Shough’s 14th career start will be among the toughest tests of his young career — and he knows it. assertive

2026-10-12 · Toronto Star

Saints' recent home woes have left New Orleans desperate to avoid a sixth straight lost season

🔮 The Saints (1-4) will leave New Orleans this week on the heels of three deflating home losses that have transformed them from emerging hopefuls to win the NFC South into a team that looks increasingly desperate to avoid falling out of playoff contention for a sixth straight season. assertive

2026-10-15 · Toronto Star

Kellen Moore and Saints players prepare for the Giants amid criticism from owner Gayle Benson

🔮 Instead, he was peppered with questions about whether he believes he’s been put on notice by Saints owner Gayle Benson, who said during an earlier public appearance that she will “not accept this level of performance.” assertive

2026-10-17 · Toronto Star

Leavitt throws for 4 TDs as No. 22 LSU routs No. 16 Mississippi State 31-0

🔮 Top edge rusher Princewill Umanmielen left the game with an apparent head injury in the first half, but paced around the bench area after being examined. ... assertive

2026-10-19 · Toronto Star

Saints look to take skid-ending effort at Giants overseas

🔮 But if French spectators opt to root for the “visiting” Pittsburgh Steelers — with whom they’re bound to be more familiar, given their eight Super Bowl appearances, and six championships — that might not be such a bad thing for the Saints, considering their form in front of hostile crowds this season. assertive

2026-10-23 · Toronto Star

Dale Brown, who has the most wins of any LSU basketball coach, dies at age 90

🔮 Brown, whose death Friday was announced by LSU, was just over a week away from what would have been his 91st birthday. assertive

2026-10-29 · Toronto Star

Louisiana judge temporarily blocks the SEC from sanctioning LSU for playing ex-pro RJ Luis Jr.

🔮 They do not represent LSU, and in fact asked the judge to also block LSU from following any SEC directives that would bar Luis from playing. assertive

2026-10-29 · Toronto Star

Nikola Jokic notches 200th career triple-double as the Nuggets down the Pelicans, 104-91

🔮 After overcoming a 23-point deficit on to beat the Pelicans in Denver on Saturday, the Nuggets this time raced to a 22-point lead in the first half and maintained a comfortable margin most of the way. Zion Williamson scored 25 points for the Pelicans, hitting a fourth-quarter 3 that pulled New Orleans as close as 88-83. assertive

2026-10-29 · Toronto Star

LSU coach Will Wade declines to discuss RJ Luis Jr.'s status with the Tigers

🔮 LSU coach Will Wade declined on Thursday to take questions about RJ Luis Jr., who a day earlier won a temporary restraining order that could open a door for him to play for the Tigers — if Wade adds him to his roster. assertive

2026-11-01 · Toronto Star

Saddiq Bey and Jeremiah Fears lead the Pelicans past the Hawks, 121-99

🔮 Zion Williamson and Trey Murphy III each scored 15 for the Pelicans, who lead by 28 en route to their second straight victory after losing their first four games. assertive

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