Pelicans/Hornets: Blog of New Orleans, Gambit

Y@ Speak: Floody French Quarter Fest

Lauren LaBorde — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:59:00 -0500

Dicey forecast at #fqf today twitter.com/KeithSpera/sta…
— Keith Spera (@KeithSpera) April 11, 2013

The weather for this year's French Quarter Festival wasn't always that great, but that didn't stop a bunch of fools from going out to daydrink and stand in various lines. Also this week: The New Orleans Bingo!…

Y@ Speak: Arty Gras

Lauren LaBorde — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:55:00 -0600

Duke living the dream at Barkus! #nola #barkus #mardigras2013 twitter.com/aaron_wa/statu…
— Aaron M. Roy (@aaron_wa) January 27, 2013

Carnival got going this weekend with some bigger krewes rolling Uptown.…

It's official: The Hornets will become the Pelicans

Alejandro de los Rios — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:12:00 -0600

The New Orleans Hornets, in possibly the most anti-climatic press conference ever, officially announced today what people have assumed for weeks. Beginning next season, New Orleans' NBA franchise will be known as the Pelicans.…

Storyville Apparel is holding a New Orleans Pelicans design contest

Alejandro de los Rios — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:31:40 -0600

Not too long ago, we posted about 99Designs.com's winning entries to their New Orleans Pelicans' design contest. The designs, which were presumably made by a whole lot of people not from New Orleans (the winning artist is from Eastern Europe), ranged from clever to silly and we urged local t-shirt designers Storyville and Dirty Coast to come up with their own mock-ups.…

Chris Weber thinks "Pelicans" is a terrible team name, forgets he once played for the Wizards

Alejandro de los Rios — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:52:00 -0600

It appears as if the debate over the Hornets name-change isn't going away any time soon. Well, so long as people with terrible memories keep voicing their opinions.…

Y@ Speak: Yes We Peli-can

Lauren LaBorde — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:52:00 -0600

The New Orleans trigger mans
— Freshly (@manniefresh) December 5, 2012

The New Orleans baby daddy's That's a cool name
— Freshly (@manniefresh) December 5, 2012

So, it's official: We're the New Orleans Pelicans — not the New Orleans Bounce, New Orleans Jazz, the New Orleans Only-in-New Orleans Fleur de Lis Go-Cups, or whatever was your team name of choice. Are you happy with the name change?…

In the end, "Pelicans" really is the best team name for New Orleans' NBA franchise

Alejandro de los Rios — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:08:00 -0600

It’s been a few days since the news leaked out that the New Orleans Hornets will seek to change their name to the “Pelicans” as soon as the 2014 and, as has been widely reported, the initial reaction wasn't exactly positive. Now, this being the future and information and opinions circulating faster than ever, the backlash to the backlash against the name Pelicans was quick and at least two major national media outlets have come out in support of the name change.…

NBA commissioner "very happy" with state of the Hornets

Gus Kattengell — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:41:00 -0600

NBA commissioner David Stern spent the day in New Orleans getting a firsthand look at how the organization is running under Team Benson as he met with the Hornets staff and ownership much of the day on Wednesday.

“We are very pleased on behalf of the NBA to see what they’re doing out there at the Saints practice facility,” Stern told reporters prior to the tipoff of the Hornets-Lakers game.…

Hornets' Monty Williams: "cool with whatever name we have"

Gus Kattengell — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:45:00 -0600

There is definitely a buzz surrounding the Hornets on this Wednesday and you would think most of the attention would be on the fact that the Los Angeles Lakers are in town. It could be that NBA commissioner David Stern is in town and is spending the day going around the city.…

Happy Birthday, Y@ Speak!

Lauren LaBorde — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:18:00 -0600

This week marks the one-year anniversary of the beginning of Y@ Speak, in which we capture notable 140-character bon mots, newsworthy items, gaffes by Saints players and local politicians and whatever else pops up on the New Orleans Twittersphere. To celebrate this occasion, I've rounded up some of my favorite or most memorable tweets — like a multi-layered digital birthday cake of sorts — and divided them by categories: we got NFL players saying dumb stuff, #neworleansproblems, anguish over the Saints' challenging year, reactions to the Times-Picayune cutbacks, interesting celebrity encounters, deep thoughts from Ray Nagin and so much more.…

Watch Anthony Davis play basketball with Mannie Fresh

Alex Woodward — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:33:00 -0600

New Orleans Hornets forward Anthony Davis will miss tonight's game with the Philadelphia 76ers — Davis suffered a minor concussion against the Utah Jazz last week. The team bounced back without Davis and defeated the Chicago Bulls 89-82 on Saturday, Nov. 3, putting the team at 2-1.…

Hornets' Eric Gordon out with injury ... yet again

Gus Kattengell — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:47:00 -0500

Oh no. Here we go again.…

If this doesn't get you pumped for the Hornets opening night on Halloween, nothing else will

Alejandro de los Rios — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:09:00 -0500

Rapper Ludacris posted a picture of his Halloween costume on his Instagram and we're gonna go ahead and say it's the odds on favorite to win Best Costume 2012 in the "Celebrity Impersonating Another Celebrity" category. Aside from the fact that it's a great costume and that it brings some national attention to Davis and the Hornets on the eve of their first regular season game, it just makes us plain giddy that the Hornets will be playing their first game on Halloween.…

Y@ Speak: The boil-your-water bye week

Lauren LaBorde — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:02:00 -0500

PLEASE let boiled H2O cool before drinking. If water tastes flat, pour in a clean bottle and shake.…
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Hornets media day recap

Alejandro de los Rios — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:25:00 -0500

So the Hornets hosted media day sometime in the mid-90s today and, thus, we had no WiFi. If you're following me on Twitter (which, duh, you should) you've been bombarded with pictures of players getting their pictures taken but otherwise, I apologize for not getting something up sooner.…

Y@ Speak: Zoo Orleans

Lauren LaBorde — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:39:00 -0500

Getting ready for the ostrich and camel races. twitter.com/WWNO/status/23…
— WWNO 89.9 FM (@WWNO) August 18, 2012

"Lions, tigers, bears/ I'm an animal."…
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Y@ Speak: Daydrinking season

Lauren LaBorde — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:49:00 -0500

chances are, if you're not interesting, clever or fun 364 days a year the 1 day you decide to put on a red dress and drink, isn't gonna help
— Jeremy Davenport (@JeremyDavenport) August 12, 2012

On the heels of daytime events and festivals like Red Dress Run and with Saints games on the horizon, we officially enter that time of the year for eye-openers and very, very early happy hours — it's daydrinking season! Grab a go-cup and try not to annoy everyone around you.…

Anthony Davis: Redskins fan?

Alejandro de los Rios — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:59:44 -0500

So the New Orleans Hornets No. 1 pick in the NBA draft is on his way to London from Barcelona with Team USA basketball and falls asleep wearing a Redskins cap. Team USA teammate Kevin Love snaps a pic and puts it on his Instagram.…

Y@ Speak: Health care, Hornets and confetti guns

Lauren LaBorde — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:04:00 -0500

This week the Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate portion of President Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and America has officially gone the way of Europe. I'm currently writing this from a park where I'm enjoying a baguette and Brie to celebrate the completion of my grueling two-hour work day.…

Images from New Orleans Hornets media day

Jonathan Bachman — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:53:00 -0500

The New Orleans Hornets met the press today after last night's NBA draft. Some images of the new class of '12, courtesy of photographer Jonathan Bachman:

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Y@ Speak: Of Rihanna, Hornets and oysters

Lauren LaBorde — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:58:00 -0500

After last week's Times-Picayune bombshell, it seems things are getting at least somewhat back to normal. Celebrities are working and eating sandwiches around town, another local food festival happened and, finally, some sports-related news that doesn't involve bounties.…

What do you want to rename the New Orleans Hornets?

Alex Woodward — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:40:00 -0500

Tom Benson, mayor-king of the city-state of New Orleans, announced last week his acquisition of the New Orleans Hornets, the basketball team equivalent of the prettiest girl in school you'll do anything to get her to win an NBA championship. (And no doubt disappointing Chris Trew, who has since moved on to coach the New Orleans Saints.)

Oh, and then Benson mentioned he wants to rename the team.…

Y@ Speak: Celebs! They're Just Like Us, Part 2

Lauren LaBorde — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:22:00 -0500

Another week, another crop of celebrity sightings — and it seems this week there were more than usual. Tweeters sent their Gossip Girl-esque dispatches of celebrity spottings that ranged from gothy actress Evan Rachel Wood (acclaimed 2008 drama The Wrestler, 2003's big-budget after school special Thirteen) to the effing Governator.…

The New Orleans Hornets mascot (Scary) King Cake Baby

Kevin Allman — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:20:52 -0600

For weeks now, local sports reporters have spent an inordinate amount of time during New Orleans Hornets games discussing the team's seasonal mascot, King Cake Baby. Now WWL-TV's Bradley Handwerger gets to the bottom of the matter — up close and personal with KCB itself — in a very funny segment of Fourth Down on Four:

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Tonight's as good a night as any to talk about the Hornets

Alejandro de los Rios — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:45:11 -0600

There hasn't been much positive stories to write about the Hornets in the past few months and, with a record that puts them dead last in the Western Conference by five games, it's not hard to see why. Aside from Emeka Okafor and Trevor Ariza, the roster is filled with journeymen and first- and second-year players that most people would have trouble recognizing if they wore their uniforms out on the street (Pop quiz: Name five players aside from the two I just mentioned that are currently on the active roster).…