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The Saints' Drew Brees says division rivals usually give each other their best games.

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Bucs raise their game for Saints

New Orleans is 9-0 and pursuing perfection. Tampa Bay is 1-8 and picking up the pieces. But with five of the Bucs' final seven games against members of the bitterly contested NFC South, looking at records is not the best way to assess these matchups.

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Kickin' Back

Times beat reporter Stephen F. Holder gets to know Bucs kicker Connor Barth in this audio slide show.

Bucs 2009 schedule

Download printable schedules or desktop wallpaper of the Bucs' 2009 schedule featuring players Ronde Barber, Antonio Bryant, Earnest Graham or Barrett Ruud.

Schedule: Barber | Bryant | Graham | Ruud
Wallpaper: Barber | Bryant | Graham | Ruud

Raising Byron Leftwich

A little row house on the corner of East Capitol Street and 56th Place SE is where Brenda Leftwich kept her boys, Kevin and Byron, safe amid the violence and drugs that ravaged the perilous streets of Southeast D.C., in the early 1990s.

Video: Visiting Leftwich's childhood home

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Get the latest on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, new coach Raheem Morris and stars such as Ronde Barber. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a very different team for the 2009 season. Gone is Jon Gruden, replaced by Raheem Morris. Ronde Barber is still around, but future Hall of Famer Derrick Brooks is gone, as are Jeff Garcia and Warrick Dunn. Come here to follow the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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