American football: New Orleans Saints homeless

The New Orleans Saints will split their final seven home games of the season between San Antonio and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Left homeless after Hurricane Katrina roared through New Orleans, devastating the city and severely damaging the Superdome, the Saints will play their scheduled home opener next week against the New York Giants in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

They will then play two games at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

The Saints will then return to Louisiana and play four games at Louisiana State University's Tiger Stadium before closing out the regular season hosting the Detroit Lions back at the Alamodome.

In yesterday's only match, Michael Vick threw for 156 yards and ran for a touchdown to lead the Atlanta Falcons to a 14-10 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in an ill-tempered rematch of last season's championship game.

Even before the kickoff at the Georgia Dome, emotions were running high as Eagles' linebacker Jeremiah Trotter and Falcons' cornerback Kevin Mathis exchanged punches during the warm-up.

Both players were ejected from the game and minutes later another brawl nearly erupted when the Eagles gathered on the Falcons' logo at midfield, triggering a stampede of Atlanta players.