SPEED READER?

  How fast can you read?   At the Daytona 500 on February 20, Michael Waltrip will be driving the black #15 car at speeds approaching 200 mph. So your eyes may have to move quickly. But that’s our book emblazoned on the car’s rear panels. “In the Blink of an Eye: Dale, Daytona and the…

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ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?

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…

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ELLIS BOOK NEWS: HOME TEAM ON THE RADIO

In a funny, informative, and enlightening interview, Ellis Henican tells Mark Viviano – on the Fan-  some never-before-heard stories about writing Home Team, about working on the book with Sean Payton, and about some of the controversial things that make this book such a fascinating read.

E-mail ellis@henican.com. Follow him at twitter.com/henican

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…

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ELLIS BOOK NEWS: PARTY IN NEW ORLEANS

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 release…

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