Baraka Atkins

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New Orleans Saints - INSIDE SLANT Other than installing a new 3-4 scheme, the first item on the agenda for new Saints defensive coordinator Rob Ryan was to quickly figure out a way to stop the run. The Saints were...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New Orleans Saints - INSIDE SLANT After two weeks and six organized team activities, things are much more normal for the Saints than they were at this time exactly a year ago. With coach Sean Payton back from his...

NFL Team Report - New Orleans Saints - INSIDE SLANT While left tackle is by far the biggest question mark of any position for the Saints this offseason, fans wanted to see the new-look defense when coach Sean Payton opened up the first practice of a...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New Orleans Saints - INSIDE SLANT In his first meeting with local reporters since being hired on Feb. 9 to turn around the statistically worst defense in NFL history, new Saints defensive coordinator Rob Ryan said he...

Today |HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ GOLF| Hub City Invitational (Aberdeen Central, Mitchell, Pierre, Watertown), Lee Park, 10 a.m.   |YOUTH BASEBALL| |at North Complex| |Rookie Division| |Games start at 5:30 p.m.| Rangers vs. Padres (A); White...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer—Premier League, Fulham at West Ham, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2); Women’s National Teams, Exhibition, United States vs. Costa Rica, 1:30 p.m. (NBC) College Football—Notre Dame vs. Navy, 8 a.m. (CBS); Ohio at Penn...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin made it a point to shake hands with each player as the team entered the locker room Thursday after beating the Carolina Panthers 33-17 in the preseason finale. The gesture was Tomlin’s...