Trouble in New Orleans affects NBA

 
By Jim Peltz | Published: January 9, 2011   

NEW ORLEANS — It’s an hour before tipoff and Chris Dubois, a diehard New Orleans Hornets fan clad in the NBA team’s blue and gold jersey, sips a beer in a party zone outside the New Orleans Arena. A brass band plays nearby and, across the street, the imposing Louisiana Superdome rises 27 stories into the twilight.

photo - The Hornets’ Marcus Thornton, left, and Chris Paul. AP photo
The Hornets’ Marcus Thornton, left, and Chris Paul. AP photo

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Five years ago, it was a torn and battered Superdome that held the nation’s attention — the iconic image of the devastation Hurricane Katrina heaped on the Gulf Coast — as evacuees...
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