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High School Football Player Ends Play With Nasty Eye Gouge
Aqib Talib is apparently an inspiration to youths all across this great land. During this game between Minneapolis North and Minneota High, North defender Antwan Cobble jabbed the everliving shit out of Minneota Isaac Hennen’s eye. North would go on to lose the Class 1A Prep Bowl 35-18....
Watch High School Freshman Karl-Anthony Towns Interview Kevin Durant, His "Basketball Idol"
It’s only taken eight games for Timberwolves rookie Karl-Anthony Towns to establish himself as one of the dopest young players in the league—seriously, go watch some KAT highlights right now if you haven’t seen him play yet; he’s extremely good—but not that long ago he was just a baby-faced teen ido...
Minnesota Wild's Thomas Vanek Torches Paul Postma For A Filthy Goal
Thomas Vanek’s two goals aided the Minnesota Wild in Tuesday night’s 5-3 win over the Jets, but this undressing of Winnipeg defenseman Paul Postma should’ve counted for five points....
The T-Wolves Clobbered The Hawks And Slap-Happy Jeff Teague
It had been a long and frustrating sequence for Jeff Teague. He’d had his shot blocked twice by terrifying rubber giant Karl-Anthony Towns. The refs had missed a possible eight-second violation on the Timberwolves. Andrew Wiggins hit a crazy and-one. A tie game had become a six-point deficit with a ...
Vikings Angry At "Cheap" Rams After Late Hits On Teddy Bridgewater
Vikings players and coaches had strong words for the Rams—and especially defensive coordinator Gregg Williams—after Minnesota’s 21-18 overtime win, completed without QB Teddy Bridgewater, who left early in the fourth after being knocked unconscious by a shoulder to the head from CB Lamarcus Joyner....
Teddy Bridgewater Left Momentarily Unconscious After Taking A Vicious Hit
Teddy Bridgewater was attempting to slide for a first down when Lamarcus Joyner ran into him and knocked him unconscious with this vicious elbow strike. The tackle drew an unnecessary roughness penalty. Bridgewater laid there unconscious for a while, before leaving the game to be evaluated for concu...
Andrew Wiggins Dunked All Over The Bulls Last Night
For a maybe-bad team, the Wolves are really fun to watch. Karl-Anthony Towns looks good and tall and spry, Ricky Rubio is finally healthy, and Young Cock Andrew Wiggins has, so far, done a better job converting his all-world athleticism into production than last year. And he won Rookie Of The Year l...
Timberwolves Play Heartrending Tribute To Flip Saunders Before Home Opener
The Minnesota Timberwolves host their first home game of the season tonight, and beforehand played a long and heartfelt tribute to Flip Saunders, who died of Hodgkin’s lymphoma a week ago. Saunders was the Timberwolves’ coach and president of basketball operations, but to residents of Minnesota, Fli...
Minnesota Head Coach Jerry Kill Announces Retirement At Emotional Press Conference
Minnesota head football coach Jerry Kill announced his retirement this morning, a decision he made due to lingering health issues. Kill, a survivor of kidney cancer, has been dealing with seizures for the last few years, and they have finally become too much for him to deal with while also coaching....
Torii Hunter, All-Time Near-Great Centerfielder, Retires
My defining memory of Torii Hunter’s baseball career comes from the 2002 All-Star Game, when he robbed Barry Bonds of a home run. Bonds was in the middle of four straight seasons of destroying space-time, but Hunter was pretty darn good too, finishing sixth in the AL MVP race and winning his second ...
Kevin Garnett Walked Out Of Practice To Sit In Flip Saunders's Parking Spot
Flip Saunders helped Kevin Garnett as he turned into a dominant NBA player. Their reign on the Timberwolves was the most successful in the team’s short history, and Garnett waived his no-trade clause in February to reunite with Saunders and help the new, young foundation in Minnesota. When Saunders ...
Winnipeg Jets Player Scoffs At Penalty, Pipes Down After Seeing Replay
Alex Burmistrov initially didn’t agree with his minor penalty for elbowing Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon in the head during Sunday’s game. The Jets center called it “bullshit” as he sat in the penalty box. His opinion changed after he saw the replay, however:...
Adrian Peterson's "Injury" Was Swallowing His Chewing Tobacco
Players get shuffled around NFL injury reports all the time. Whether or not someone will play is of major interest to fans and fantasy football players, so injury reports are scrutinized. Last night, Adrian Peterson got downgraded to questionable in the Vikings injury report due to a mysterious illn...
Flip Saunders Is Dead At 60 (UPDATES)
Flip Saunders has died today of Hodgkin’s lymphoma at the age of 60. He was diagnosed in August and initially planned to return to the Minnesota Timberwolves this season, where he was the coach and GM. Yesterday, it was announced that he would not return this season....
Flip Saunders Will Not Return To The Wolves This Season
Flip Saunders was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in August, but at the time, he and the team were confident that he’d be able to continue with his duties as coach and president while undergoing treatment. Then, in September, he was hospitalized after a setback and took a leave of absence. Reports...
It Doesn't Sound Like Flip Saunders's Fight Against Cancer Is Going Well
In August the Timberwolves announced that head coach/president of basketball operations Flip Saunders had been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, but planned to continue coaching. After he suffered a setback that plan became unworkable, and three weeks ago Saunders took a leave of absence from the t...
Angry Baby Paul Molitor Yells At Jose Ramirez To "Get The Fuck Off The Field"
After hitting a three-run home run to put the Indians up 10-1 on the Twins in the second game of Wednesday’s doubleheader, Jose Ramirez had the sheer audacity to watch his blast and flip his bat. This did not sit well with the Twins dugout, who for some inexplicable reason were angry at Ramirez for ...
Female Ex-Coaches Accuse UMD Of Discrimination, Harassment, Anti-Canadian Sentiment In Lawsuit
Three former women’s coaches at the University of Minnesota Duluth sued the state’s university system in federal court today, all saying they were victims of discrimination while working for the university. In the lawsuit, each woman outlines her own story and the various ways in which she was haras...