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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
How do you like the new Saints helmet?
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Saints announce new alternate helmet, and it's what fans have been asking for
Things are going to be looking a bit different for the New Orleans Saints, at least for a few games, in the 2025 season. The Saints announced their new alternate helmet this week. See more on WWL and ...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The Derek Carr era is officially over
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Saints QB Derek Carr retiring from NFL due to shoulder issue
In the latest stunning twist of a tumultuous offseason, New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr is retiring from the NFL. See more on WWL and Audacy.
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
New from Newell: "I don’t own a crystal ball... in the end, in our city, we could very likely see more abuse against sex workers than ever before."
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Newell: New Orleans just decriminalized sex work; it’s time to compare the optimistic and realistic outcomes
Recently, a city ordinance was passed unanimously by the New Orleans City Council to decriminalize sex work in Orleans Parish for crime victims.
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Read what leaders from around the globe have to say about the ascension of Pope Leo XIV
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The Latest: Robert Prevost of the United States is named Pope Leo XIV
Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Cvitanovich says if Shough can play football as well as he can charm people, he'll be a winner in no time.
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Drago's owner fan of Shough after chance encounter, dinner
Drago’s owner Tommy Cvitanovich says if Tyler Shough can play football as well as he can charm people, he’ll be a winner in no time. In fact, he says if history is any indication, Shough will lead the...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Saints legend Archie Manning is big on Tyler Shough
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Archie Manning: 'I absolutely love' Saints decision to pick Tyler Shough
The New Orleans Saints made a splash in the 2025 NFL Draft when they took a somewhat controversial QB in the second round, but there’s one big name you can count among the supporters of the decision: ...
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Ian Hoch Live @ianhoch.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
The French Quarter trash contract saga is so wild. Nobody has done more to make sense of it than Newell!
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Newell & JP Morrell: The Troy Henry FQ garbage contract stinks worse than a Decatur St. dumpster fire; there’s no logical reason for it to exist other than pure favoritism
Members of the New Orleans City Council led a public meeting yesterday to question the Cantrell administration, under oath, about the Henry Consulting trash contract and the reasons behind cancelling ...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
ICYMI: Kelvin went through some stuff last night 👶🏽💦
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Look: Kelvin Banks picked to Saints with tears, joy … and some baby puke
One of the first things Kelvin Banks Jr. did after finding out his NFL destination was head to social media to find out what people were saying. What he found there was a bit surprising – and slightly...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
The Saints have drafted a QB in Round 2 for the first time in history - are you excited about the pick?
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Tyler Shough to Saints: Louisville standout ends New Orleans QB drafting skid
The New Orleans Saints drafted a quarterback in the second round of the NFL draft for the first time in team history. The name: Louisville’s Tyler Shough. See more on WWL and Audacy.
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Kelvin Banks give his first WHO DAT as a New Orleans Saint, as per WWL Draft Fest tradition… hard to hear, but it was a good one. Welcome to NOLA, Kelvin!
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The Cajun Cannon is “All in on Aaron Rodgers”… you heard it here first, folks…although he went onto say “but just for 2025.” You want Aaron Rodgers under center for the Saints?
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
A quarter million people are in Green Bay for the NFL Draft this year. Can New Orleans handle that on top of the first weekend of Jazz Fest?
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NFL Draft in New Orleans? It's possible, but how soon?
The NFL Draft starts tonight in Green Bay, Wisconsin. For the last ten years, the draft has been held in a different NFL city. When will it be New Orleans’ turn?
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Another big OT! What do you think of the pick, Who Dats?
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Saints draft Kelvin Banks at No. 9: Another big OT lands in first round
The New Orleans Saints continued a long-held trend, landing Texas OT Kelvin Banks at No. 9 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft. See more on WWL and Audacy.
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
A star wide receiver? A do-it-all tight end? How about a quarterback of the future? Maybe an edge rusher to help the transition on the defensive side of the ball? It's all on the table. From @jeffnowak.bsky.social
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Mike D's final 2025 NFL Mock Draft: Saints land do-it-all weapon at No. 9
The New Orleans Saints could go in several directions when the 2025 NFL draft kicks off, but a lot will likely come down to who is left on the board when they hit the clock at No. 9 overall. See Mike ...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Our NFL Draft coverage is better than the networks! It all starts Thursday at 4pm with Deuce and Hoss, Saints top brass and head coach Kellen Moore
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WWL's 3-day NFL Draft Fest: Tune in for exclusive Saints coverage from Deuce and Bobby Hebert, interviews with Kellen Moore & Mickey Loomis, and much more
Deuce McAlister, Bobby Hebert, Mike D, Mike Hoss, Steve Geller, and Jeff Nowak are bringing you tons of great coverage of the 2025 NFL Draft, interviewing guests that, among many others, include Saint...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
New from @ianhoch.bsky.social: "All patriotic Americans left, right and center should see this situation for what it is using ideas we all understand. Here’s eight reasons why Mr. Abrego Garcia needs to come back to the US immediately."
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Ian: The conservative case for bringing Abrego Garcia back to the US
We do what’s right, even when it’s hard, even when it humbles us. That’s not a weakness. That’s strength. That’s what being American means.
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Our friend and colleague David Blake was the voice of WWL news in the mornings for 30 years before his retirement in 2019, on the 30th anniversary of his first day at the Big 870. He passed away over the weekend at 71.
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Longtime WWL news anchor, David Blake, dead at 71
Retired WWL morning news anchor David Blake died over the weekend. He was 71. Blake was the voice of WWL news in the mornings for 30 years before his retirement in 2019
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
The timing is fascinating, with the Saints set to pick at No. 9 overall in the NFL draft later this month and widely believed to be in the quarterback market.
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Saints QB Derek Carr dealing with shoulder issue, could require surgery: report
A major wrench has been thrown into the New Orleans Saints offseason: Derek Carr is dealing with a shoulder injury. See more on WWL and Audacy.
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
New from @ianhoch.bsky.social on cuts to Meals on Wheels: "These programs aren’t “waste.” They are not “fraud.” They are harm reduction. They are crisis prevention. They prevent us from having to pay five dollars tomorrow for what we could cover with one dollar today."
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Ian: We’re not draining the swamp, we’re draining our souls
Nothing says “small government” like letting someone’s 89-year-old mom starve on her sofa just because Project 2025 thought it better if she just tried the whole “bootstraps” thing.
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
"Is he the future of this team? No," WWL's Mike Detillier said on Monday, noting that Carr's record as a Saint hangs around the .500 mark. "You know what you have with Derek Carr. It's not going to be any better."
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Detillier: Saints should cut ties with Carr, give Rattler his shot
“Is he the future of this team? No,” WWL’s Mike Detillier said on Monday, noting that Carr’s record as a Saint hangs around the .500 mark. “You know what you have with Derek Carr. It’s not going to be...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
"I think it’s a lot of people’s first go-around with [a full-blown coaching search] in the building," Jahri Evans said, "and I’m here now, representing the Saints and my job is to, you know, get my notes on these guys, help these guys be better.”
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Jahri Evans playing waiting game for Saints staff and Hall of Fame class
Jahri Evans is watching the news just like everyone else out at the Senior Bowl, and that’s true in a few different ways for the Saints and NFL legend. See more on WWL and Audacy.
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
17 members of the Louisiana State Legislature are threatening to pull funding for the Superdome if the Super Bowl halftime show is not "family friendly" despite the fact that no one affiliated with the Superdome has anything to do with the production of the halftime show.
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Louisiana lawmakers threaten Superdome funding over Super Bowl halftime show 'smut'
Seventeen members of the Louisiana State Legislature are threatening to pull funding for the Superdome if the Super Bowl halftime show is not “family friendly.”
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Everywhere else, it was just Tuesday
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
If Endymion were this weekend, would the Krewe of Chad be out here?
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
With sub-freezing temperatures and possible snow, sleet, and ice in the forecast, here is a list of what closing or canceling during next week's forecast winter storm:
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CLOSINGS AND CANCELLATIONS: What's shutting down under winter storm threat
With sub-freezing temperatures and possible snow, sleet, and ice in the forecast, here is a list of what closing or canceling during next week’s forecast winter storm:
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Ian Hoch Live @ianhoch.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
What happens when the lights go out on the "legacy media?" What rushes in to fill that void should keep you up at night. My latest for @wwlradio.bsky.social
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Ian: Knock legacy media if you want; without it, you'll get eaten alive
The alternative to the legacy media is ten thousand voices screaming at you all at once, where everyone has a megaphone, no one has a filter, and the loudest, dumbest voice wins. The alternative to th...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Five takeaways from everything Mickey Loomis said this week to officially cap off the Saints' 2024 season
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5 takeaways heading into Saints offseason: Big coach, Derek Carr questions loom
Not much went as scripted in 2024 for the New Orleans Saints, and it’s led to more and more questions on tap for 2025. GM Mickey Loomis spoke to a lot of those questions this week in his season-ending...
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NCITE @ncite.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Hear NCITE's @ginaligon.bsky.social discuss the path to radicalization on @wwlradio.bsky.social. www.audacy.com/podcast/wwl-...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Delayed because of the New Year's Day Bourbon St. attack, a federal judge today hears the joint motion by the Department of Justice and city of New Orleans to begin the end of the consent decree.
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After delay, judge to hear NOPD consent decree motion that could end federal oversight
Delayed because of the New Year’s Day Bourbon St. attack, a federal judge today hears the joint motion by the Department of Justice and city of New Orleans to begin the end of the consent decree.
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Bobby Hebert: "The more I look at it ... we’re at the bottom of the totem pole. We’re not gonna be able to pick who we want, because the ones we might want, they might pick another team."
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Hebert: Saints could be at 'bottom of the totem pole' in head coaching search
The New Orleans Saints are one of six NFL teams currently rounding up the best possible candidates to take over as their next head coach. But will they be the top choice for any of those candidates? H...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
"I was very impressed with what I was exposed to in the last couple of hours in terms of what has been done up to now for the Super Bowl and for Mardi Gras."
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'I was very impressed' says consultant hired to assist NOPD in Super Bowl, Mardi Gras security
The consultant hired to help the New Orleans Police Department with its security plans for the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras spoke today. Bill Bratton said since he has arrived in town, he has witnessed a...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
"I predict this will be the safest one ever," Mardi Gras Guide founder Arthur Hardy said. "There will be so much attention put over us."
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Mardi Gras Guide founder predicts safest Carnival ever
“I predict this will be the safest one ever,” Mardi Gras Guide founder Arthur Hardy told WWL’s Tommy Tucker. “There will be so much attention put over us.”
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
“Substantial things are going to have to change with how we deal with the French Quarter,” JP Morrell said
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Morrell pushes to make Bourbon Street a pedestrian mall
Councilman-at-Large J. P. Morrell says the measures that were in place ahead of the New Year’s Day assault, including placing police cars and barricades at entrance points along Bourbon Street, were i...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Tommy Tucker: "You're a U.S. senator for the love of God. Act like it because it seems contradictory: calling for unity while making cheap political points at a press conference."
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Tommy Tucker calls out Sen. John Kennedy’s display following the Bourbon Street attack: You're a US senator—act like it
The press conference, where the bodies of the victims were still lying on Bourbon Street, was not the time to make cheap political points by taking shots at the director of Homeland Security or the me...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
"The Saints are right now swimming with the league’s bottomfeeders, that’s just being honest," Bobby Hebert said on WWL Radio this week. "It's pro football. It's not PE class, you've got to hold the organization accountable."
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Hebert: Saints swimming with NFL's 'bottom-feeders' for one big reason
There’s one game left to play in the 2024 season, but there’s no sugarcoating it: The Saints are a lot closer to the bottom of the NFL than they are to the top. Here’s what Bobby Hebert had to say on ...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Here's a look at the Islamic State group, its current status, and some of the offshoot armed groups and so-called lone wolves that have killed under the Islamic State flag.
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What is the Islamic State group, and what attacks has it inspired by offshoots and lone wolves?
The FBI says it recovered the stark black flag of the Islamic State extremist group from the truck that an American man from Texas smashed into New Year’s partygoers in New Orleans’ French Quarter
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
President Biden: "There is no justification for violence of any kind, and we will not tolerate any attack on any of our nation’s communities."
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President Biden: "No justification" for Bourbon Street attack
President Joe Biden said he has been in contact with Mayor LaToya Cantrell, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and officials in the Justice Department to discuss what happened and the inv...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
"It was intentional," NOPD chief Anne Kirkpatrick said, adding that the suspect was "hellbent on creating the carnage" that she says he created. "This man was trying to run over as many people as he could. It was not a DUI situation."
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Cantrell: Deadly Bourbon Street crash a "terrorist attack"
New Orleans officials are describing a deadly French Quarter incident in which a driver plowed through a crowd of people killing 10 and leaving at least 35 people injured as a terrorist attack. The su...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
"I’m just appreciative of all the fans. ... The city of New Orleans has always rocked with us," Saints defensive lineman Cam Jordan said, "even in a piss poor season like this one."
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A Cam Jordan farewell? Saints star soaks in home finale while facing uncertain future
There’s still another game to play for the Saints this season, and one more year on the contract of one of the team’s most recognizable stars, but Sunday at the Caesars Superdome sure had a feeling of...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
"I think I’m being honest with this, when people say 'Oh, we just need to tweak this, tweak that.' ... Yea, tweak nothing," Bobby Hebert said after the Saints loss. "We need an overhaul, a rebuild, however you want to describe it."
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Hebert: Saints scuffling loss to Raiders shows 'extreme makeover is needed'
When the Saints clinched a fourth consecutive playoff miss earlier this month, it was already clear that major changes were needed. So how about after a loss to the lowly Raiders? Bobby Hebert sounds ...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Bobby Hebert: “Why would they put the Saints on primetime next year? If I’m an executive -- now, maybe they might be forced to put you on Thursday Night Football, but why would they put the Saints on Sunday or Monday Night Football?"
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Hebert: Saints have become the NFL's primetime nightmare, bad … and boring
The New Orleans Saints did it again, and it’s not good, this time a shutout on Monday Night Football in a 34-0 defeat to the Packers. See what Bobby Hebert had to say on WWL and Audacy.
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The cold is almost here
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Cold weekend ahead with 30s on both sides of the lake
Get ready for a big chill down. “A cold front has arrived and will lead to much cooler and more seasonable weather today and Friday,” WWL TV Meteorologist Alexa Trischler forecasts.
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
"[Derek Carr's] gonna be day-to-day, really, and he’s got an issue in his hand and there’s … a reason to be optimistic, but it’s a day-to-day thing," Saints GM Mickey Loomis told WWL's Mike Hoss
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Loomis: If Saints QB Derek Carr is healthy enough to play, he'll play
It’s been an injury-plagued two seasons for Derek Carr in New Orleans, and the question in Week 15 is one we’re familiar with for the Saints starting QB: Is he healthy enough to play? See more on WWL ...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
“When I took this job on my first day, I told you guys and I told everybody that we weren’t going to lack passion and we were not going to lack fight and we were not going to be boring to watch,” said Saints coach Darren Rizzi
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As Saints' frustrating 2024 winds down, Darren Rizzi's job hopes land in the spotlight
While the Saints are guaranteed a second losing record in three years, interim coach Darren Rizzi has a chance to win as many as six of the eight games he’ll have coached when the regular season concl...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Good news for the 2025 crawfish season
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Much better beginning to crawfish season
Crawfish farmers are expecting the 2025 mudbug season to be night and day from this year. The historic drought of 2023 led to a delayed season with low supplies this year, but LSU AgCenter Crawfish A...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
New Orleans police are looking for clues after three people were shot Sunday night in a triple shooting that left one victim dead.
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Quadruple shooting on Franklin Avenue in New Orleans leaves one dead
New Orleans Police are looking for clues after three people were shot Sunday night in a triple shooting that left one victim dead. “The NOPD is investigating… a homicide by shooting that occurred at ...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
"We talked during the drive if we liked our 2-point plays and all that, so when we scored there was no doubt in my mind we were going to go for 2 and go for the win,” Saints coach Darren Rizzi said.
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Why'd the Saints go for 2 in loss to Commanders: 'There was no doubt in my mind'
Yes, there was a bit of deja vu down at the goal line this week – it’s not your imagination. The Saints found themselves in this exact situation two weeks ago, but this time they got a step further. S...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Saints coach Darren Rizzi: "It was [poor] game management from the officials operations, I’ll let the league handle it, but I hope that – you know, everybody else gets held accountable in this league." Read the latest from @jeffnowak.bsky.social
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Officiating blunders in Saints-Commanders left people fuming; here's what happened
A blown call in the Superdome is kind of like a pothole in New Orleans. We all know it’s there but we try not to let it bother us too much – then you drive directly into it and you’re left in a rage a...
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
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WWL Radio @wwlradio.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
A QB competition for the Saints? Check out what Darren Rizzi told Bobby Hebert and Mike Hoss
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Darren Rizzi on WWL: Saints could turn to QB competition for Derek Carr's replacement
The New Orleans Saints could have a big decision to make at quarterback, and all options remain on the table, including a potential competition between Spencer Rattler and Jake Haener. See what Saints...
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