METAIRIE, La. (AP) – The New Orleans Saints have released running back C.J. Spiller, who signed a four-year, $16 million free-agent contract just last season. Spiller was a healthy scratch Sunday, when the Saints opened the regular season with a 35-34 loss to Oakland. On Monday, Saints coach Sean Payton said Spiller was scratched because there wasn’t room for him…
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — A person familiar with the situation says New Orleans Saints defensive tackle and first-round draft choice Sheldon Rankins has been diagnosed with a broken fibula, an injury that occurred Monday during training camp practice in West Virginia. The person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the Saints haven’t disclosed Rankins’…
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) – Former New York Giants receiver Hakeem Nicks has joined the New Orleans Saints at training camp. Nicks, who practiced with New Orleans for the first time on Friday, is taking a spot on the 90-man preseason roster that opened up when the Saints placed Vincent Brown on injured reserve. The 28-year-old Nicks, who posted…
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) – The New Orleans Saints have spent much of their first full day in West Virginia helping the community where they’re opening training camp recover from disastrous flooding. Much of the Saints’ efforts were focused on a park where there are playing fields, public tennis and basketball courts, and a playground. Right tackle Zach Strief…
METAIRIE, La. (AP) – The New Orleans Saints are planning to keep their training camp in West Virginia after recent flooding in the state killed at least 23 people. The team says in a statement it has been in contact with officials at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs and it still plans to hold training camp at the…
