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 [...]

SWEET RELIEF FOR SUFFERING FANS

“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 grew up in [...]