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NFC Divisional Playoffs: Eagles at Saints(-4.5)

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Little Sisters of Poor root for Saints
By MARY FOSTER
Associated Press Writer


NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- For years it was the most shopworn of jokes about the New Orleans Saints: They couldn't even beat the Little Sisters of the Poor.
But now the Saints are in the playoffs, and the nuns consider themselves part of the team that will face the Philadelphia Eagles in the Superdome on Saturday night. It's a pretty potent combination, Sister Paul believes.

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zBuckeye10z;716925; said:
wow...good for the saints and the city of new orleans. They deserve a team like this after all they have been through after the last year or so.
definitely, a great outcome from that perspective.

Now maybe they'll have enough money to get rid of that stupid yellow collar on their jerseys... why isn't it gold? :bonk:
 
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ABJ

Column: Saints make New Orleans smile

NANCY ARMOUR

AP Sports Columnist

NEW ORLEANS - The streets were awash in black and gold, and it's safe to say the French never dreamed of some of the ways New Orleans Saints fans were displaying the fleur de lis.
One giant neighborhood block party was pulsing outside the Superdome before Saturday night's playoff game - with the entire city invited. Fans danced, laughed, soaked up the sun and partied as if something special was about to happen.

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