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Sports columnist Sheldon Mickles is a native of New Orleans and a graduate of Archbishop Shaw High School in Marrero and LSU. He's been employed by Capital City Press since May 11, 1978 and was a sportswriter and copy editor/page designer for the afternoon State-Times until Oct. 1991 -- when the morning and afternoon papers merged and became The Advocate.
While attending college, he covered high school sports as a stringer for the New Orleans Times-Picayune from 1975-78.
Mickles' main responsibility is covering the NFL and the Saints, which he has done since 1984. He has also covered LSU's nationally-ranked track and field teams since 1979 and occasionally covers other LSU men's and women's sporting events in addition to the PGA Tour's annual stop in New Orleans each spring. He was the Louisiana Sports Writers Association's Columnist of the Year in 1994 and 2000.
ST. LOUIS — There wasn’t a lot to celebrate in the New Orleans Saints’ locker room Sunday afternoon. Normally, a road win that improves your record to 9-0 would be sufficient reason to kick back and enjoy the fruits of your labor for about 24 hours before turning your attention to the next team on your schedule.
For weeks, no one associated with the New Orleans Saints wanted to talk about what lies ahead — way ahead — for their team. And with good reason.
To be sure, this has not been the best of years for Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme. First, there was that turnover-filled meltdown against the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Divisional Playoffs in January.
No one has to tell the New Orleans Saints what turnovers can do to a team. Better yet, no one has to tell them how a giveaway here or there — or three or four — can directly affect the outcome of a game.
METAIRIE — Unless you’re a member of the New Orleans Saints, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with taking a peek at what lies ahead for one of the NFL’s last three undefeated teams.
MIAMI — Through the first five games of their season, the New Orleans Saints did a lot of things. They won the first two games with a powerful offensive display, for which they’ve become known, and the next two with a pressure-driven, ball-hawking defense, which they sorely lacked the past few years.
At 5-0, the New Orleans Saints don’t want to get caught in a trap. Which is why Saints players politely disagreed this week whenever anyone used that little four-letter word to describe Sunday’s matchup against the 2-3 Miami Dolphins.
