New Orleans Saints fourth round draft pick Nick Toon talked to the press after his selection. Here is a transcript from the Q&A session: Q: Can you talk about growing up with your father and learning from him

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The New Orleans Saints selected Samford defensive back Corey White at pick No. 162. This was the Saints third pick in this year’s draft, they took defensive lineman Akiem Hicks in the third round and wide receiver Nick Toon in the fourth.

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The New Orleans Saints selected a wide receiver with an NFL pedigree Saturday, when they used a fourth-round pick (122nd overall) on Wisconsin’s Nick Toon. Toon is the son of former New York Jets wide receiver Al Toon, who starred for eight seasons in the NFL.

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The New Orleans Saints selected Wisconsin receiver Nick Toon, son of former NFL player Al Toon, at pick No. 122, which was their second pick coming in the fourth round.

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The new guy is always exciting, so the Who Dat Nation will certainly be abuzz today about the potential of defensive tackle Akiem Hicks from the obscure University of Regina Ñ the guy the Saints finally selected with their first draft choice this year, at No. 89 overall. But perhaps the player Saints fans should be even more excited about in 2012 is last year’s No

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Sitting before a large media contingent Thursday for his first news conference of a tumultuous offseason, Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis found himself defending his name and that of the organization in which he has worked for the past 12 years. The franchise, which in the past six years had become one of the darlings of the NFL, and Loomis, who had a growing reputation of being one of the league’s top executives, find themselves mired in potentially reputation-ruining allegations: an ESPN report that accuses Loomis of wiretapping the opposing coaches’ booth in the Superdome during the 2002-04 seasons. “One of the disappointing things for me is that our team and our organization has been painted with a pretty broad brush,” Loomis said

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The New Orleans Saints will be sidelined until the 89th pick of this year’s draft, having traded away their first-round pick for Mark Ingram last year and having lost their second-rounder as part of the NFL’s bounty penalties. If any team can overcome that deficiency, though, it’s the Saints. No team in the league has hit more home runs in Rounds 3 through 7 in the past six years than the Saints

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Embattled Saints general manager Mickey Loomis had plenty to discuss before Thursday night’s NFL draft, even if his club had no first-round pick. Topics on the table included wiretapping, Drew Brees’ contract talks and New Orleans’ bounty system

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NFL Draft 2012 When events like your schedule release and draft become major events, you know your sport is popular. NFL fans all over the world will be tuning in tonight to see how their teams’ futures will be shaped.

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Saints eavesdropping on opposition? STORY HIGHLIGHTS Mickey Loomis denies he listened in on communications, or tried to Authorities are looking into eavesdropping, wiretapping allegations The Saints are already in hot water over their bounty program Loomis said the Saints have accepted penalties related to that (CNN) — The general manager for the New Orleans Saints said Thursday he has never listened in on an opposing team’s communications, or asked to have the capability. Allegations that he had the ability to eavesdrop on coaches for nearly three seasons were not true, Mickey Loomis told reporters

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Saints eavesdropping on opposition? STORY HIGHLIGHTS Mickey Loomis denies he listened in on communications, or tried to Authorities are looking into eavesdropping, wiretapping allegations The Saints are already in hot water over their bounty program Loomis said the Saints have accepted penalties related to that (CNN) — The general manager for the New Orleans Saints said Thursday he has never listened in on an opposing team’s communications, or asked to have the capability.

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With their first pick in the 2012 draft, the New Olreans Saints select … tailback Mark Ingram from Alabama

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The New Orleans Saints will enter tonight’s NFL draft uncertain of any penalties that may be issued against several members of their defense in relation to the NFL’s bounty investigation. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told reporters at a pre-draft event in New York that no Saints player discipline announcement is coming this week. The confirmation that Goodell will hold off on levying punishment against Saints players involved in the pay-for-performance bounty scandal leaves the Saints in a bit of limbo as they decide which players to add to the roster during the draft.

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The New Orleans Saints denied an anonymously sourced ESPN report on Monday which alleges that general manager Mickey Loomis’ booth in the Superdome was wired so he could listen to opposing coaches’ radio communications during games. ESPN could not determine if the system was ever used. The report on Monday’s “Outside the Lines” said Loomis would have been able to eavesdrop on opponents from 2002 to 2004.

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