Mrs. Mina Brees

Drew Brees returned to New Orleans Saints training camp for a pair of practices Monday after leaving the team over the weekend to attend to the death of his mother, Mina Brees, in Colorado. Brees said he expects to play in the Saints’ preseason opener on Friday night but also believes he will be excused from training camp again next week to attend a memorial service. A medical examiner said Mina Brees, an attorney from Austin, Texas, died Friday in Grand County, Colo., a mountainous area about 50 miles northwest of Denver. Cindy Eller, the county’s chief deputy coroner, said the cause of death remained under investigation on Monday.