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The Minnesota Twins Are Still Here
Barely a month ago, it seemed that the Twins’ front office had given up on a playoff run this season. Pitcher Jaime Garcia, picked up in late July as the team was losing ground in the division race, was traded to the Yankees after making just one start. Closer Brandon Kintzler was also dealt to the ...
Vikings Hire Teen Consultant To Teach Them How To Be Cool
What’s up YouTubers—you know who’s “on fleek” right now? The Minnesota Vikings are, or will be. The team has hired Jonah Stillman as a “Gen Z advisor.”...
Minnesota Twins Lay Out A Delightful Spread Of Home Runs
The Twins are doing their best to hold onto the second wild card spot, and they did so with some pretty intense power on Tuesday night. They whupped the Padres, 16-0, with seven home runs. That’s not quite the MLB overall record of 10 (courtesy of the 1987 Toronto Blue Jays), but it is an MLB record...
Adrian Peterson Wanted To Run It Up The Vikings' "Donkey"
Adrian Peterson’s revenge game wasn’t meant to be. In his first game as a member of the New Orleans Saints, going against his former Minnesota Vikings squad, Peterson finished with just six carries for 18 yards. The only memorable moment he produced was getting caught yelling something at head coach...
White Sox Lose On Walk-Off Hit-By-Pitch
The White Sox lost in Minnesota today when pitcher Juan Minaya hit Twins outfielder Max Kepler with the bases loaded in the ninth. There were two outs in the half inning, and the teams were tied at four runs apiece before Kepler’s HBP brought in Brian Dozier to score....
Stick It To The Man, Andrew Wiggins
Earlier this week, Andrew Wiggins of the Minnesota Timberwolves filed paperwork to sever his relationship with agent Bill Duffy and BDA Sports. This is notable, in part, because Duffy had just wrapped up negotiations on a max extension for Wiggins to stay in Minnesota, reportedly a five-year, $148 m...
Byron Buxton Did Some More Crazy Road Runner Shit Last Night
The Minnesota Twins are part of that seven-team morass of mediocre teams crammed within three games of the second AL Wild Card spot, which means every game from here on in is an important one. Which, in turn, means every ridiculous feat of superhuman speed from Byron Buxton has new and greater impor...
There Was A Hysterically Lopsided Blowout In The WNBA Last Night
The Minnesota Lynx came into last night’s home tilt against the Indiana Fever at 21-5—the best record in the WNBA—and with an 11-2 mark at home. The Indiana Fever, at 9-19, had the second-worst record in the WNBA, and learned Friday that they’d lost fourth-leading scorer Tiffany Mitchell for the sea...
List Of "Pitfalls Around College Athletics" At Minnesota Included Parking Tickets, Gang Rape<em></em>
A document discussing “football team rules” at Minnesota included a set of “pitfalls around college athletics,” which listed 15 activities as varied as getting parking tickets, not telling the truth, and gang rape. The two-page document came out today as one of the exhibits included in an independen...
Report Says Minnesota Followed The Rules In Sexual Assault Investigation, Dumps On "Weak Leadership" By Football Staff
An external review of the University of Minnesota’s sexual assault investigation last year found that the school complied with federal law and institutional policy throughout. But it also noted “weak leadership” and poor communication by the football coaching staff as partially responsible for the t...
Why Your Team Sucks 2017: Minnesota Vikings<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Minnesota Vikings. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Minnesota Vikings. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....
Old Man Bartolo Colón Pitched A Complete Game In 2017
Ancient baseball man Bartolo Colón started the 2017 baseball season with the Atlanta Braves, where he accrued a nightmarish 8.14 ERA in 10 starts before being released on July 4. It looked like the end for the beloved 44-year-old blobfish, even after an offseason spent toning his, umm, frame like a...
Brandon Kintzler Was Feeding A Rhino When He Found Out He'd Been Traded To The Nationals
It shouldn’t have been a surprise that Brandon Kintzler was traded today, given that he’ll be a free agent after this season and that the Twins made it clear they were looking to sell. But rather than sitting by the phone all day, he decided to go out and enjoy himself on the team’s off-day in San D...
Delightful Trade Rumor: Twins To Consider Dealing Jaime Garcia Days After Acquiring Him
Scarcely 24 hours after officially acquiring Jaime Garcia, the Twins are rumored to be interested in dealing him. ...
Bartolo Colon Briefly Humbles A Younger, Larger Foe
Despite posting an 8.14 ERA in 13 games for Atlanta this season before being cut, Bartolo Colon got himself a second chance with the Minnesota Twins. He made his first start for the 10th team in his major-league career Tuesday night against the Yankees....
Kombucha Defense Fails To Spare Michael Floyd From Suspension
The NFL announced Friday that Vikings receiver and kombucha enthusiast Michael Floyd has been suspended without pay for the first four games of the 2017 NFL season for violating the league’s substance abuse policy....
Byron Buxton Scored From First Base On A Single Because He Is Superhuman
Here is a video of Minnesota’s Byron Buxton, who is ridiculously fast, scoring from first on a sharply hit grounder that never even made it to the gap in left center:...
Wolves Trade Ricky Rubio To Jazz And The Point Guard Shuffle Has Begun
Are you ready for the point guard shuffle? The first domino is a trade sending Ricky Rubio to Utah in exchange for a lottery-protected first-round pick....
Jimmy Butler Gives The Masses His Number, Tells Them To Call<em></em>
Jimmy Butler held his introductory press conference up in Minnesota this morning, and when he was asked about rumors of his discontent in Chicago, he waved it off and encouraged anyone who wanted to to hit him up. “My phone’s in my back pocket,” he said, “773-899-6071.”...
Vikings: Yes, We Believe Michael Floyd Drank That Much Kombucha
The Minnesota Vikings wrote a letter in support of Michael Floyd’s defense motion arguing that he did not violate his probation by consuming alcohol, because all the alcohol consumed was in a few bottles of kombucha, according to a report from the Pioneer Press....