R.I.P Minnesota Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders dies of cancer at age 60

Flip Saunders, who tallied more than 1,000 victories over a 35-year coaching career that included successful stops with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Detroit Pistons, died Sunday of cancer at age 60.
He also coached the Washington Wizards during a career that spanned 17 seasons as an NBA head coach and included 654 victories.
Saunders announced in August that he was being treated for Hodgkin's lymphoma. Doctors considered it "very treatable and curable," and Saunders at the time said he planned to remain the Timberwolves' head coach and president of basketball operations. However, he was hospitalized following a setback in September, and it was announced Friday that Saunders would miss the entire 2015-16 season.

Saunders first became an NBA coach in 1996 with the Timberwolves and eventually led the team to eight straight playoff appearances. A standout offensive coach, Saunders specialized in coaching point guards. But perhaps the player he had the greatest impact on was a big man, a wiry kid who came straight from high school in 1995 named Kevin Garnett. Under Saunders' tutelage, Garnett developed into one of the best players in the NBA and eventually an MVP.
After being fired by Minnesota in 2005, Saunders was hired by the Pistons the next season and took Detroit to the conference finals for all three seasons he was on the sideline.
Saunders, after a three-year stint with the Wizards, returned to the Wolves in 2013 after eight years away as team president and part owner. In 2014 he took over again as coach. He was in the process of a major rebuilding effort following the trade of Kevin Love that included the acquisition of Rookie of the Year Andrew Wiggins, engineering the return of Garnett to mentor young players, the construction of a new downtown practice facility and a renovation of the Target Center.

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How the Kardashians exploit and destroy for reality ratings

 As former NBA star Lamar Odom clings to life in a Las Vegas hospital, his soon-to-be ex-wife Khloe Kardashian and her clan have done what they do best: make the story all about them.

Before the Kardashians even made it to the hospital, there was no dignity here. Odom was found on Tuesday unconscious and face down in a Nevada brothel, choking on his own mucus, damage to his lungs from crack cocaine and track marks on his arms. He’d spent four days and $75,000 there, in a grim whorehouse that most closely resembles a Marriott.

By all accounts, Odom was extremely depressed and out of it, gorging on KFC and T-bone steaks, three at a time. He had to be transported to the nearest hospital by ambulance; he was too large to be airlifted.

Within hours of Odom’s hospitalization, Khloe, Kris and 7-months-pregnant Kim had hopped on a private plane. According to Radar Online, they had a camera crew in tow. (The 11th season of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” filming now, premieres next month.) Caitlyn Jenner was en route.

By early Wednesday morning, media outlets such as TMZ, Radar, People, Us Weekly, E! (home of their reality show) and “Entertainment Tonight” suddenly had real-time updates and unobstructed views of matriarch Kris and her daughters outside the hospital, dressed in designer black dresses as if they were all widowed first ladies, straining to show distress on perfectly made-up, Botoxed faces.

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THE MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP: REALITY STARS CAST IS REVEALED

This December, look who’s headed to the most explosive season of Marriage Boot Camp ever! Brace yourself for a bachelor breakdown, a dirty divorcee disaster, one bad blowout, a ticking hip hop time bomb, and the couple so controversial our legal team won’t allow us to reveal their names…yet! Get to know these four couples a little better.

 Sean and Catherine Lowe – “The Bachelor”
With their love developing on national television, it’s hard to determine whether these two are in fact a perfect match. Will boot camp bring their issues to the surface?

Benzino and Althea Heart – “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta”
Their relationship may have started on Twitter, but it blossomed on their reality series. Will Jim and Elizabeth be able to tame their explosive tempers?

 Sundy Carter and Cedric – “Basketball Wives: LA”
Even though this couple has already said “I Do” once before, they are trying to make their relationship work. Are they soulmates?

 Sarah Oliver and Jimmy “Inkman” Coney – “Bad Girls Club” 
This bad girl and her well-known tattoo artist have difficulty staying faithful to one another. Can boot camp give them the confidence they need to stay committed?

 The can’t miss season of Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars ignites December 4th at 9/8c on WE tv.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO FIND OUT THE SURPRISE COUPLE VISIT http://www.wetv.com/we-tell-all/blogs/mbcrs4-cast-announced