ELLIS BOOK NEWS: I LOVED WRITING “HOME TEAM”

I loved writing “Home Team.”
Heading back to my battered and beloved home town to tell the inside story of this remarkable triumph — what could be a better adventure than that?
Sean Payton is a fascinating guy and a brilliant football coach.  He and the Saints gave an extraordinary gift to New Orleans — just when the city [...]

FINISHING STRONGEST TEAM AND CITY PRAY

“It’s Destiny,” Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, February 7, 2010
No team ever meant so much to a city. No city ever needed it more.
I won’t try to hide my conflict of interest. I grew up in New Orleans – like all Saints fans, a long-suffering Saints fan. It was a character-building experience and not always the [...]