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Benson should say good-bye

By Skip Bayless
Page 2

Thursday, November 3, 2005

The French Quarter, Bourbon Street, Preservation Hall, Tom Benson. What's wrong with that sentence? Pat O'Brien's, Antoine's, Pascal's Manale, Tom Benson. Sort of ruins your appetite, doesn't it? In New Orleans, Tom Benson is as well known as any of those beloved tourist attractions. Yet all Benson did was buy a football team. New Orleans' team. Its beloved Saints. Forget for a moment all the restaurants and jazz joints and Creole mystique that makes N'awlins such a black-magical destinati ...

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