Mina Brees, the mother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, has died in western Colorado. Grand County chief deputy coroner Cindy Eller said Monday that Mina Akins Brees died there Friday. Eller declined to identify the town or release any other information. She said the cause of death is still under investigation. Relations between Brees and his mother were strained at times, with the quarterback asking her to stop using his picture in TV commercials touting her candidacy for a Texas appeals court in 2006.