After back-to-back years of heartbreaking losses in the playoffs, the Saints believe they are mentally tough enough to win three postseason games this year to reach the Super Bowl in Miami. Quarterback Drew Brees says putting those disappointing playoff losses behind and getting back to the postseason says a lot about this team…
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After losing in last year’s Sugar Bowl, Georgia returned to the Superdome last night and beat Baylor 26 to 14. Minnesota beat Auburn 31-24, and Alabama defeated Michigan 35-16. Tide Q-B Tua Tagolivoa will announce on Monday if he’ll return for his senior season.

Northwestern State University has established a scholarship in memory of sports-journalist and alumna Carley McCord, who was tragically killed in a plane crash along with four others last Saturday. McCord family friend Danielle Cobb says Carley always made an impression wherever she went.
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To make a donation go to Northwestern State-alumni-dot-com-slash-donations.

Former U-L Lafayette athletics director David Walker has passed away. He guided the university from 2005 to 2010, securing a two-million-dollar donation from Cox Communications, hiring current basketball coach Bob Marlin and firing Rickey Bustle, which led to the hiring of Mark Hudspeth as the football coach.

And the NBA is mourning the death of former commissioner David Stern. Stern was vital in bringing and keeping NBA basketball in New Orleans.