touchdown saints. >> 2008 was a season of consistent inconsistency. new orleansdividually drew brees joined dan marino to become the second player to throw for more than 5,000 yards in a single season. defensively the saints ranked among the worst unit in the n.f.l. trent dilfer on the biggest concerns this season in the big easy. >> the new orleans saints are absolutely loaded on offense. you got one of the superstar quarterbacks in drew brees, and all types of weapons for him to distribute the ball to. but if there is a concern, it's their pass defense. is this a defense under new defensive coordinator greg williams that can stop teams in these high-scoring affairs that the saints are going to be in? you can't just blitz the pass all the time to take away the pass. you got to get to them in four and have a secondary that can hold up. that's what i'm looking for when i'm watching the new orleans saints' this season. >> now on espn.com on our nfl page, check out the three and out section where n.f.c. south blogger reveals the most important on the defensive side

texans welcomed in the new orleans saints for a joint scrimmage. six different fights broke out for players on both sides. one involving do meeko ryan. the two teams are going to face off in a game in houston saturday. save it for then, guys. >>> college basketball news john calla pari and his team. this moved memphis into the title game that they lost against kansas. ncaa has ordered that memphis vacate those. he was found to take his s.a.t. exam. calaperry has since left memphis. he is now the head coach at kent kept. >>> finally -- at kentucky. >>> finally, caster semen ya is surrounded with controversy. critics allege she is a "he." the athlete will undergo gender tests. semenya won the gold medal with this dominating performance in the heat last night, furthering the suspicion thats that the-- suspicions that the previously unknown runner may be a man, which she denies, her team denies, and her family denies. >> may i ask you what you think? >> i don't know enough to have an opinion on that one. >> all right, mark. we'll be right back. >>> don

. >>> new orleans saints star reggie bush tweets i think it's great that mike vick has signed with theo can judge is god. and congrats on mike vick for landing on his feet in philly, he deserves to play, period. >>> two air traffic controllers are under suspension and under investigation as well after saturday's deadly crash over the hudson river. also we're seeing the first images of that collision that left nine people dead. cnn's susan candiotti has the new details and the new video. and i just want to warn you, also, you might find these images pretty disturbing. >> reporter: as investigators study this amateur video to find out what led to the terrifying midair crash over the hudson, there's more stunning information. an air traffic controller who was handling the piper airplane was on the phone with his girlfriend at the time of the crash. according to a source with knowledge of the investigation. what the faa in a statement calls, quote, inappropriate conversations. and there's more. the faa says the air traffic controller's supervisor was not in the building at the time as requ

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. >> reporter: it's a tune heard at many a new orleans convention. but when the saintshas extra significance for these women. they're nuns attending the leadership conference of women religious, an organization that represents 9 % of female religious orders in america, a group that is now facing a vatican investigation. >> i rarely lose sleep. i have lost sleep over this. >> reporter: earlier this year the vatican quietly launched two investigations, one of the leadership conference, a group that has in the past called for the order nation of women priests. the other is a sweeping investigation of all american nuns call an apostolic visitation. >> i suppose analogous to a grand jury indictment. >> reporter: officially mother mary claire malai is charged with looking into the quality of life of all 60,000 american nuns but liberal nuns worry the vatican is trying to rein them in. >> this type of thing usually carries a certain amount of accusation with. >> it's called an apostolic visitation. it's not an investigation. >> reporter: did you wear this habit every day or di