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The New Orleans NBA team will officially change its nickname to the Pelicans next season and will sport new uniform colors, team owner Tom Benson said.
New Orleans Hornets to become Pelicans ... Cowboys' Ratliff arrested for DWI ... Santos in front at Qatar Masters ... Former all-star Lemon opens sports 'mecca' ... Sports news from United Press International.
New Orleans' NBA franchise is set to announce it is changing its nickname from the Hornets to the Pelicans, sources told Yahoo! Sports.
New Orleans Saints head Coach Sean Payton -- who missed the 2012 under a suspension -- has signed a five-year contract extension, the team said Wednesday.
The New Orleans Hornets announced General Manager Dell Demps has been given a multiyear contract extension, but the terms were not disclosed.
Brees signs long-term contract
The New Orleans Saints announced Friday they have signed quarterback Drew Brees to a five-year contract.
The NBA Board of Governors has approved the sale of the league-owned New Orleans Hornets to New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson, the league said Wednesday.
The National Basketball Association will return to New Orleans for its 2014 All-Star Game, the league said Monday.
Eric Gordon scored eight points during a game-ending, 15-3 run Friday that gave New Orleans a 96-85 win over Utah.
NBA Commissioner David Stern announced Friday that Tom Benson, owner of the NFL's New Orleans Saints, had bought that city's basketball team.
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Palestinian  Security Forces Patrol the Border With Egypt.
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A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad