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Basketball
March 4, 2010
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| Utah Jazz guard Ronnie Price, left, looks to pass the ball around Hornets guard Marcus Thornton (AP) |
I've been away for a while. Here is a picture from a recent Hornets game against the Utah Jazz, who just so happened to play in retro New Orleans Jazz jerseys.
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Mardi Gras
February 20, 2010
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| A duke from the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club displays a gold coconut to revelers on Mardi Gras day. (Getty Images) |
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| A man dressed as Humpty Dumpty (right) parades through the French Quarter. (Getty Images) |
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| Costumed revelers walk through the French Quarter. (Getty Images) |
As if there wasn't enough going on in New Orleans on account of the Saints, last Tuesday was Mardi Gras. Here are a few pictures from Tuesday.
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Super Bowl aftermath
February 12, 2010
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| New Orleans Saints fans celebrate on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter after the team's first Super Bowl victory in franchise history. (AP) |
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| Saints head coach Sean Payton lifts the Vince Lombardi Trophy out of his car's sun roof for fans to see after arriving at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La. (AP) |
I'll post more later, but for now here are two Saints Super Bowl victory pictures. The top picture of fans in the French Quarter ran as a double truck in the February 15th issue of Sports Illustrated.
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Surge barrier
February 4, 2010
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| A worker walks atop the Inner Navigational Harbor Canal Surge Barrier, which is under construction in eastern New Orleans. (The Advocate) |
Last month I went on a boat tour of the Army Corps of Engineers' storm surge barrier, which is expected to protect New Orleans from storm surges coming from Lake Borgne and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. At two miles long, 25 feet high and $1.1 billion in costs, it's the largest construction project in the state's history.
Here is a link to the story.
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Saints celebration
January 31, 2010
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| Saints fans celebrate their team's NFC championship victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Bourbon Street. (AP) |
Here is a picture from just a few minutes after the Saints won the NFC championship game in New Orleans.
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