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Chillin wit my lil one watching TV

As a Saints blogger, I like to check the Saints reddit page frequently. You never know what you're going to find over there. Every now and then, I stumble onto a unique gem. I'd say this picture from reddit user PatSayJack falls into that category. And here's the caption to go along with it. Got this for kickoffs...and TDs and halftime, field goals, first downs, etc. You get the point... Check out the comment section for a good laugh. At the advice of another reddit member, the original poster decided to name his Saints pipe "Drew Trees." Ha! And if you happen to be into this sort of thing, you can purchase your own Saints pipe at one of these two websites.

Agent misused trust fund set aside for Warren's family

It’s no secret that baseball is my second favorite sport, next to Saints football. I can pretty much watch a game between any two teams and enjoy myself. Over the past years, however, I’ve not been a big fan of college baseball because it seemed so much like they were just slamming the ball as hard as they could. The aluminum bats that were used over the past decade or two made that style of play possible. If you look over series past, you see a lot of scores like 11 to 7, 19 to 10 and so on. Of course it did help force the development of more elusive style pitchers in the vein of Maddox. This past year, though, NCAA changed the bats to dull them. Combine that with larger stadiums and college ball has shifted back to a style a little closer to the majors. The teams have been forced to return to using strategy over brute strength. It showed in the UCLA-LSU game two nights ago, where UCLA strictly relied on the short game and out-maneuvered their opponent by a score of 2-1. It was a fantastic game, even though the team I was pulling for was on the losing end. I like this new game much better than the home run derbies. Not boring at all. Professional tennis can take a page from this lesson. Tennis used to be a game of serve and volley, coming into the net and forcing critical plays. Over the past few decades, however, the players use much larger racquets. Tennis has become a long game, where the players bash the shit out of the ball, baseline to baseline until their opponent makes a mistake. Boring. Return to the fundamentals in everything you do. You will be better for it. Bigger, Better, Faster, More is for the past. Craftiness, Stealth, Cunning, Strategy is for the future.

Smith has new lease of life with Saints

The grace and courage with which Steve Gleason is battling ALS is well known to Saints fans. But the former special teams ace gave us all a reminder this week after three Atlanta radio hosts mocked his illness on air...

Tweets Ex-NFL player with ALS responds after radio hosts fired for mocking him http://t.co/qviSsZdEOw— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 18, 2013 Big day of work with @KohlsKicking today in the land of cheese(Wisconsin) Videos and photos to follow #WhoDat pic.twitter.com/p5zLfdPgeS— Thomas Morstead (@thomasmorstead) June 18, 2013 @ChaseDaniel @DarrenSproles @ToddDurkin great stuff today!!!— Lance Moore (@LanceMoore16) June 18, 2013 its time for the Sharper & Harper Football camp-July 22 & 23 in NOLA Sign up today http://t.co/YdBPRZzkW8 Learn from the pros!— Darren Sharper (@sharper42) June 18, 2013 If you wanna learn how to be one of most hardest hittin safeties in da league!— Darren Sharper (@sharper42) June 18, 2013 Y'all help spread the word! Free youth FB camp: Sat. 6/29, signup at Opelika Sportsplex. Grades 3rd-7th #givingback pic.twitter.com/itGohyfKjU— Will Herring (@wherring54) June 18, 2013 Do not give up... the beginning is always the hardest #HangInThere— Roman Harper (@Harp41) June 18, 2013 Follow @ToppsCards and @ToppsFB to see how you can win a @KSTiLLS autographed rookie card! #Saints pic.twitter.com/u5edST05lT— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) June 18, 2013 VIDEO: Check out @KSTiLLS in his @ToppsCards photo shoot: http://t.co/utDA2Zbz8z #Saints— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) June 18, 2013 Always good to get out on the water and clear your mind. My R and R— deuce mcallister (@dmcallister26) June 18, 2013 So has anybody said anything incredibly stupid on the radio this morning? (Besides Tommy Tucker, that is.)— 790 The Boned (@moosedenied) June 18, 2013 Lets go Heat...gota get to game 7— Jonathan Vilma (@JonVilma51) June 18, 2013 Offseason Workout Photos: Kenny Vaccaro (@KennyVaccaro4) http://t.co/ctN5rWdjW7 #Saints— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) June 18, 2013 Morning thought- This day & this moment are exactly how they "should" be. Accept and enjoy it! #Enjoy2Day— Jedidiah Collins (@JedCollins45) June 18, 2013 Chad Johnson admits to two prior butt slaps, says he deserves a second chance http://t.co/smzaZ2hvgU— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) June 18, 2013 Join Bruce Gradkowski and I for our FREE Kids Football Camp in Toledo, OH. June 22 visit http://t.co/du5Diaxi0Q for details & to sign up!!!— Lance Moore (@LanceMoore16) June 18, 2013 "Regarding the DJ skit in Atlanta yesterday. I would like to thank the public for their support. 'Defend Team... http://t.co/ZnYMbIUPvh— Nola Chick (@chicksndahuddle) June 18, 2013 _____________________________________________________________ Steve Gleason is a greater man than most Steve Gleason releases statement following Atlanta radio segment | NOLA.com"Regarding the DJ skit in Atlanta yesterday. I would like to thank the public for their support," he wrote. "'Defend Team Gleason' now has been officially redefined. Additionally, the DJs have provided genuine apology. Received and accepted. We have all made mistakes in this life. How we learn from our mistakes is the measure of who we are. "I think everyone can learn from this event. It's clear to me that, on a national & global scale, ALS is not understood, which is part of why it's underfunded and largely ignored. In the past 36 hours lots of people have been talking. Let's talk about this ... "There are zero treatments for ALS. If you take any action as a result of this event, I prefer it to be action to end ALS. See what we are doing to change that @ teamgleason.org. SG" Steve Gleason accepts apologies of Atlanta DJs | wwltv.com New OrleansA day after three Atlanta radio hosts were fired for mocking Steve Gleason’s battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the former Saints player issued a response, accepting the apology of the men responsible for the skit. Gleason accepts the apologies of radio hosts | ProFootballTalkGleason’s

Steve Gleason encouraged action in his official statement

Saints Ambassador Michael Lewis and Saints rookies participated in the event on Tuesday

Gleason urged action against ALS as a result of the incident