New Orleans Sports & Fitness
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Watch the Saints Play the Bears on Nickelodeon?
Nickelodeon is coming out of the tunnel as a new choice for watching the playoff game. On a typical game day, Saints fans would tune into Fox or CBS, but this week's NFL Wild...
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Playoff Time! Saints Host Bears in Wild-Card Weekend
The playoffs are finally here! Can you dig it, Who Dat Nation? After finishing 12-4, the Saints are the No. 2 seed and host the Chicago Bears in the NFC Wild Card Playoffs...
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Six Places to Watch the Saints Play the Bears This Sunday
New Orleans is up against Chicago again this week. The Saints are favored to win the upcoming home game, with Bears coach Matt Nagy himself saying The Saints are "a hell of a...
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High Stakes: Saints Fighting for Top NFC Seed in Season Finale
Can you say ALVIN KAMARA? If there were any doubts that Alvin Kamara was worth every dollar of his preseason $75 million deal, the fourth-year running back silenced the...
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Five Places to Watch the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day
In 1890, Pasadena threw a New Year's parade for the purpose of rubbing their fresh flowers in the frozen faces of New Yorkers. Then, 12 years later, the annual California...
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Holiday Retribution: On Christmas, Saints Ready to Avenge Prior Postseason Heartbreaks
Heading into the Christmas week, New Orleans was hoping for a holiday miracle against the Kansas City Chiefs. Instead, the Saints suffered a similar fate to nearly every one of...
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A Mahomes Matchup and LSU’s Magnolia Bowl Season Finale
All good things must come to an end, and the Saints' winning streak was snapped last Sunday by a rookie quarterback in Philadelphia. New Orleans strolled into the City of...
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Sweat Your Brass Off With “Twerk Ya Brass”
Move Ya Brass, an energetic and zany New Orleans fitness program, is partnering with Crescent Park to present Twerk Ya Brass, a FREE bouncy and socially distant fitness...
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NOLA Gold Opening Up Rugby Season 2021
Major League Rugby (MLR) recently announced their 2021 season schedule, including that of New Orleans's own rugby team NOLA Gold. The first matches that will kickstart the season...
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Streaking: Saints Going for 10 Straight Wins, LSU Trying to Avoid Third Straight Loss
Taysom Hill is officially a touchdown-passing NFL quarterback. The Stormin' Mormon threw not one, but two touchdown passes in the Saints 21-16 win over Atlanta. The...
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Bringing Your Workout Out: Exercising Outdoors
Nicknamed the "Big Easy," New Orleans is known for its round-the-clock nightlife, live music scene, and spicy, succulent cuisine. However, since the...
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Crescent City Classic and Ochsner Health to Put on a Women’s Wellness Challenge
A virtual challenge issued to women of Louisiana to promote both physical and mental health in a time when both are a rare commodity is a good...
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Jameis Winston Time? Brees-less Saints Face Atlanta and LSU Returns Against Arkansas
Here we go again. In the most unpredictable year imaginable, the Saints have a case of injury déjà vu involving Drew Brees. The...
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Six Places to Catch the Saints Game This Sunday
With the stressful week that many people have had, the chance to unwind by watching a football game is a necessity. This weekend the Saints...
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Saints, Tigers, and Bears, Oh My! LSU and New Orleans Hit the Road for Halloween Weekend
Both LSU and the Saints seem to be finally getting on track after roller coaster starts to each...
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Louisiana vs. the Carolinas Week: No Myles Brennan and the Return of Teddy Two-Gloves
Every so often, the football schedules randomly align by geography, allowing for regional gridiron rivalries to be taken up a notch. This is one of those weeks....
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So Close: Saints Prevail, Tigers Lose in Nail-Biters
So close, yet so far. In the 1999 football drama Any Given Sunday, Al Pacino's character, coach Tony D'Amato, gives an impassioned, heartful pregame speech about...
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Hopelessness at Home: Tigers and Saints Having Rough Start to Season
"Hello darkness, my old friend. I've come to talk with you again…" The opening lines to Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of...
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Threepeat? Tulane Strives for Third Straight Bowl Victory
Despite his team's finishing 1-5 to end the regular season last year, coach Willie Fritz was able to guide Tulane to a second straight bowl victory for the...
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The House Always Wins: Saints Succumb to Sin City in Loss to Raiders
There's a popular phrase in Las Vegas: "The house always wins," which means that, despite a gambler's best efforts, a casino will always make...
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Saints Blast Brady, Buccaneers as Football Returns to NOLA
Football is back, New Orleans. In what is sure to be one of the strangest football seasons imaginable, the NFL and several major college...
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Par for the Course: The Coronavirus Postpones Zurich Classic Until 2021
The Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) announced that the Zurich Classic of New Orleans will be held April 19-25, 2021, at TPC...
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Taking Up Running? Here’s Where to Go for Shoes
Need a reason to start running? How about new running shoes to motivate you? With all of New Orleans's scenic routes to run or jog...
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Is Your Gym Workout Putting You at Risk for the Virus?
As countries begin to reopen and governments continue to ease restrictions, public spaces like gyms have started welcoming visitors, while...
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The SEC Bans the Confederate Flag
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) has made a ruling: The Confederate flag is banned. They have even gone so far as to say that they will not...
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New Orleans Pelicans Star in Hot Water
"Show me the money!" shouts Tom Cruise's character, Jerry McGuire, in the eponymously titled movie, easily the most famous depiction of...
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LSU Football Players Quarantining After COVID Exposure
After restarting voluntary workouts for the team, 30 or more LSU football players have been placed under quarantine. Sports Illustrated reports...
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Horse-Betting at Canterbury Park: Get to Know the Winning Horses
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it is very fortunate that the horse-racing industry and horse-betting didn't close the doors to their...
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Socially Distant Workouts: Online Exercise Classes
As Phase Ones across different states have initiated gym reopenings, those reopenings have come with strings attached. For instance, many...