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Drew Brees’ Mardi Gras crown is a Mobile product (Mobile Press-Register)

This past fall, before any Saints fan could even imagine that the team would make it to Super Bowl XLIV — let alone win it — the Cains got an important phone call. A New Orleans costume designer asked them to make Brees a crown for Bacchus, a large parade that rolled on Sunday.

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Bumping into Brees (The Daily Iberian)

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees led the NFL in completion percentage this season, a skill he used off the field when he made a quick but lasting connection with a Teche Area family.

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Brees Reigns As Bacchus Rolls (WAPT Jackson)

Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees reigned as Bacchus rolled through the streets of New Orleans Sunday night.

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Drew Brees Shakes Off Awkward Oprah Moment With Trot Through Mardi Gras (New England Sports Network)

Oprah’s words can impact even the toughest of football players. The world’s most powerful woman nearly knocked Drew Brees, the Super Bowl MVP, off his high-horse on Friday afternoon when she tried to wipe his birthmark off his face. So Brees regrouped over the weekend and saddled old Trigger in Sunday’s Bacchus Mardi Gras in New Orleans to try to shake any embarrassment. Photo of the day What …

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Saints’ Drew Brees leads major New Orleans Carnival parade (Mobile Press-Register)

NEW ORLEANS — One of the most accurate arms in the NFL had no trouble finding receivers Sunday night.

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Massive crowds turn out to see Brees as Bacchus (WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans)

One of the most accurate arms in the NFL had no trouble finding receivers Sunday night.  Thousands lined the streets to catch small, foam footballs thrown by Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees while he served as monarch of Bacchus, one of the biggest parades of the Carnival season that culminates in Mardi Gras. The New Orleans Saints quarterback threw 10,000 black and gold footballs, along with the usual …

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Brees leads major New Orleans Carnival parade (Nevada Appeal)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – One of the most accurate arms in the NFL had no trouble finding receivers Sunday night. Thousands lined the streets to catch small, foam footballs thrown by Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees while he served as monarch of Bacchus, one of the biggest parades of the Carnival season that culminates in Mardi Gras. The New Orleans Saints quarterback threw 10,000 black and gold footballs …

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Bacchus, Brees and beads (The Advocate)

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees prepares to ride New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees prepares to ride Sunday in the Bacchus parade in New Orleans. Brees led the Saints to a 31-17 victory Feb. 7 over the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV.

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Bacchus, Brees and beads (The Advocate)

Brees Reigns As Bacchus Rolls (WDSU New Orleans)

Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees reigned as Bacchus rolled through the streets of New Orleans Sunday night.

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Brees Reigns As Bacchus Rolls (WDSU New Orleans)

Crowds pack the streets to see Drew Brees reign as King of Bacchus (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

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