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Tom Thibodeau Is The Perfect Coach For The Young Timberwolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves have been flirting with mere mediocrity since Kevin Garnett left town nearly a decade ago. Their highest finish in the Western Conference in the past ten years was a tenth place in 2014, after which they traded Kevin Love and won 16 games the next season....

Deadspin Up All Night: You Can Lean On My Arm As You Break My Heart
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Weed Activity Books Are Pretty Trippy, Man
The best place to get high is outside, where you can feel the air and look for cool bugs under logs or whatever. My coworker Drew and I recently climbed a mountain and got stoned, and it was fun as hell. Sadly, not everyone lives near a park or forest or beach where you can easily and discretely smo...

Widehawks Look Terrible
We’re at the point now where the wide Mohawk haircut—clean-shaven on the sides, business at the back, party size of your choice up top—has become a staple hairstyle for athletes all over the world. But why? Why the fuck have so many athletes decided to rock extreme negburns and walk around looking l...

Acceptable Uses Of Snapchat's Bob Marley Filter
So Snapchat has chosen to celebrate 4/20 with a totally advisable Bob Marley filter that gives you blackface and dreadlocks. They’ll be pulling it and humbly apologizing any time now; I am typing this as fast as I can. Anyway, here are some experiments I’ve conducted. Thank you for your time, which ...

Report: NCAA President Mark Emmert Still Owes Former Employer $49K
Mark Emmert is the man at the helm of the scam that is the NCAA. He oversees an organization that made over $1 billion in revenue in 2014, and for his troubles, he gets a $1.8 million salary (and that was as of 2013; he’s almost assuredly making more now). The athletes who make him his money are pro...

Deadspin Up All Night: Shake Your Hair, Have Some Fun
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Deadspin Up All Night: Mmkay?
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Take A Moment To Admire How Bad This DeAndre Jordan Free Throw Attempt Is
Clippers star DeAndre Jordan makes less than half his free throw attempts, and has almost singlehandedly prompted future NBA rule changes. Here’s his attempt early in tonight’s Blazers-Clips contest. It’s really something to behold....

Deadspin Up All Night: Everything's Gonna Be All Right
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Deadspin Up All Night: What's A Boy To Do?
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Deadspin Up All Night: Reverse The Order
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Deadspin Up All Night: I've Changed My Mind
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Deadspin Up All Night: Ochimini
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Here’s a little Miami fusion to help you make it to Friday. ...

Let’s Talk About Proper Grammatical Usage Of The Word "Porn"
This week, a Deadcast listener sent in a question about using the word “porn” versus the word “porno.” And even though NO ONE uses the term “porno” anymore except old bros like me who pine for the porno-y days of the 1980s, I am of the firm belief that those two words do NOT mean the same thing, and...

Deadspin Up All Night: I Dive In The Sky
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MMA Fighter Joao Carvalho Dies 48 Hours After Fight
Portuguese MMA fighter Joao Carvalho died last night, two days after suffering a third round TKO to Irishman Charlie Ward. Carvalho and Ward fought in Dublin, Ireland, under the Total Extreme Fighting promotion....

Entitled Asshole Gets Undeserved Raise
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney, whose team lost 45-40 to Alabama in this year’s national championship game, just got a raise. His new contract will pay him more than $30 million over the next six years. ...

Deadspin Up All Night: Couldn't Fake It If I Wanted To
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Cardale Jones Calls Out "Insane And Unfair" NCAA; Darren Rovell Rushes To Defend It
Former Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones, who is currently preparing for the NFL draft, took some parting shots at the NCAA today. His criticisms have gotten much more pointed since “we ain’t come to play SCHOOL,” but the spirit is the same:...