Weekend America >> Saturday, January 13, 2007 >> All Hail the Saints


About Stations Past Shows Podcast	Contact Us Newsletter RSS Feed Pitch a Story

How did your life collide with the headlines in 2007?
Iraq, the subprime crisis, Facebook, immigration, oil prices - 2007 had no shortage of hefty headlines. We'd like to hear about how these and other major news events of the past year affected you. Where did your life collide with the news in 2007?

What's your holiday performance story?
The office talent show, the neighborhood caroling posse, the school pageant ... At holiday time we often sing, dance, and dress as shepherds. Did you bloom in the warmth of your audience's adulation, or freeze up like the snowman you'd rather be building? Did your holiday performance change your life or that of someone close to you?

All Hail the Saints January 13, 2007

E-mail this story

Listen (real)

slideshow

Web Resources:

A year ago, the New Orleans Saints were 3-13, the second worst team in the National Football League and, by all accounts, as dead as the city they represented. Now, one year later, the Saints are making one of the most unlikely runs in NFL history. They are in the playoffs, two wins away from the Super Bowl. A playoff victory tonight won't fix the problems in the city. But with the game in New Orleans Saturday night against the Philadelphia Eagles, the Saints are inspiring a city in desperate need of inspiration. Keith O'Brien has the story.