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Poor San Antonio: Saints Return to La.
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September 22, 2006
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Poor San Antonio. While the New Orleans Saints and NFL get ready for the biggest welcome-home bash ever, San Antonio is on the sidelines again, the gawky one left behind after the cool kids pick their teams.
The Saints' return to their rightful home is cause for celebration, a rare bit of good news for the beleaguered, hurricane-ravaged city. But it also leaves San Antonio looking for an NFL team to call its own.
Again.
"We are going to have a team," said Red McCombs, the San Antonio resident better known as the former Minnesota Vikings owner. "The only question is when, not if."
The better question might be, why not?
When Hurricane Katrina left the Saints homeless last year, the ...
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