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Wright Thompson is one of the best sportswriters on the planet. In a medium where 200 words and a video often pass for news (for example), Thompson's a throwback. Perhaps it's fitting that Thompson doesn't write but instead narrates "The Soul of New Orleans," a four-minute YouTube clip about the post-Katrina recovery and what the resurgent Saints have meant to the city.
"The soul of New Orleans is in a trumpet in a low-ceilinged bar. It's in the ubiquitous fleur-de-lis found everywhere from the Saints helmet to the chest of beloved horn man Kermit Ruffins," Thompson explains.
"The Saints," Ruffins begins as he opens his shirt to reveal the fleur-de-lis tattoo, "are the spirit of New Orleans, baby."
"The soul of New Orleans," continues Thompson, "is in every streetcar, every oyster, every drink -- from Sasarac in thick-bottom glasses, to those 72-ounce Bourbon Street beers. It is in Sean Payton and Drew Brees, and Darren Sharper and Reggie Bush. ... People ... love the Saints and not because the team provides distraction from their fall but because the team is a reflection of their rise. Nothing is more misunderstood about post-Katrina New Orleans than this: the Saints are not a symbol of rebuilding but of what has been rebuilt."
This is easily the best thing you'll see today.
via SBNation
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