It’s still summer but even in New Orleans,where it feels like 103°, they’re already playing football. “Home Team“— the New York Times Bestseller written by Sean Payton and Ellis Henican (and available now in paperback)—is the inspirational story of a city recovering from the devastation of Katrina and the unlikely journey of the Saints to the [...]
It’s been a long hot summer, but now it’s time for the NFL regular season to get underway. If you haven’t read it yet, now would be a great time to pick up a copy of Home Team: Coaching the Saints and New Orleans Back to Life by Ellis Henican and Sean Payton. The New Orleans Saints [...]
”As oil gushes, Saints coach clings to hope” Ellis Henican Column, amNewYork, June 18, 2010 NEW ORLEANS — It’s always something around here. Sean Payton, the high octane Saints coach, was standing by the bar in Emeril’s restaurant, holding an early copy of “Home Team.” The book, which comes out in 10 days, tells a [...]
June 16, 2010: Sean Payton and Ellis Henican debuted “Home Team” at the world famous Emeril’s in New Orleans. Ellis Henican: “This was the inspirational story about a city that was in terrible condition and an underachieving football team and how they inspired each other to ultimate greatness.” New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton and writer Ellis Henican celebrate the [...]
“Home Team” debuted on DeGeneres – April 28, 2010 New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” The coach talked with Ellen about winning Super Bowl XLIV and Home Team — the book he and Ellis Henican wrote. Check out the video where Ellen shows the book, making its national tv debut, to [...]
“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 [...]
“Who Dat in the Super Bowl,” Ellis Henican Column, amNew York, February 5, 2010 You think it’s tough being a Mets fan? Try rooting for a team where you have to wear a paper bag over your head. Things once got so desperate for us Saints fans, anonymous suffocation seemed like an reasonable alternative. I [...]
ELLIS HENICAN is a columnist at Newsday and a political analyst on the Fox News Channel. He also hosts a nationally syndicated weekend show on Talk Radio Network, is author of a New York Times Bestseller, and is the voice of “Stormy” on the hit Cartoon Network series “Sealab 2021.”
