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Conflicts settled by gunfire are tragically common in New Orleans but there was nothing routine about this one: the dead man was retired football player Will Smith, a star on the 2006 Saints team that help lift the stricken city's spirits with a winning season after Hurricane Katrina, and on the team that won the franchise's only Super Bowl three seasons later. The accused is a 29-year-old former semiprofessional football player named Cardell Hayes. ''Will Smith obviously was a beloved member of the New Orleans community,'' Loyola University law professor Dane Ciolino said in a recent interview. Continue to Article

December 04, 2016 9:57:am EST

Conflicts settled by gunfire are tragically common in New Orleans but there was nothing routine about this one: the dead man was retired football player Will Smith, a star on the 2006 Saints team that help lift the stricken city's spirits with a winning season after Hurricane Katrina, and on the team that won the franchise's only Super Bowl three seasons later. The accused is a 29-year-old former semiprofessional football player named Cardell Hayes. ''Will Smith obviously was a beloved member of the New Orleans community,'' Loyola University law professor Dane Ciolino said in a recent interview. Continue to Article

December 04, 2016 9:42:am EST

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) -- The Detroit Lions have ruled out linebacker Tahir Whitehead against the New Orleans Saints. Continue to Article

December 03, 2016 6:23:pm EST

A road rage incident possibly sparked by a driver cutting off another on a nearby bridge spiraled into a shooting that left an ex-NFL player dead, authorities said, amid criticism the shooter was allowed to go free. Joe McKnight, 28, was shot Thursday afternoon in Terrytown, across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. Authorities identified Ronald Gasser, 54, who stayed at the scene, as the shooter and released him overnight. Continue to Article

December 03, 2016 3:46:am EST

Sometime late Sunday afternoon, barring an upset or injury, Tom Brady is expected to become the winningest quarterback in the history of the National Football League. If he doesn't get the win, his rival quarterback, Jared Goff, would get his first. Brady's Patriots host the 4-7 Los Angeles Rams as New England looks to go to 10-2 -- and Brady looks to break his recently created tie with Peyton Manning and post his 201st NFL victory, counting postseason. Continue to Article

December 03, 2016 12:45:am EST