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*Washington Wizards center Jason Collins, who became the first openly gay athlete in a major American team sport when he revealed his sexuality on Monday, gave his first post-closet interview to ABC News, calling his pioneer status “mind-boggling.” “I never set out to be the first,” Collins told “Good Morning America” anchor George Stephanopoulos in [...]
*Somebody had to be the first active professional athlete to come out of the closet. Well, Washington Wizards center Jason Colins today said he’s the one. Collins, who’s been in the NBA since 2001, revealed that he is a homosexual. “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay,” Collins told Sports Illustrated. He [...]
*Former NBA player Javaris Crittenton has been accused of slapping his baby mama across the face as she was breastfeeding their 1-day old child, TMZ reports. Crittenton has temporarily been ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from Tyress Daniels and their newborn son after she filed court documents outlining a pattern of domestic [...]
*Kris Humphries was booed again by fans of an opposing team, but the New Jersey Nets player and his coach are encouraging the boo birds to keep it going, as it only motivates the player and has ultimately led to two victories. “People were talking crazy last year,” Humphries told The Record after his team’s [...]
*Former NBA guard Javaris Crittenton spent Thursday night in a Georgia jail, having been extradited there to face a murder charge in the death of an Atlanta mother, reports CNN. Tracy Flanagan, a spokeswoman for the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, said by e-mail that Crittenton was booked in the county jail that night. He is [...]
*First lady Michelle Obama mixed and poured concrete, attached swings to a swing set and raked mulch for an hour Wednesday at a charter school in a low-income Southeast Washington neighborhood, helping volunteers to build a new playground from scratch. The first lady was the guest of honor as KaBOOM!, a nonprofit that gives [...]
*Orlando Magic guard Gilbert Arenas says he’s been fined by the NBA for an offensive joke he made on his Twitter account. The NBA confirmed today that Arenas had been fined but did not say what for or how much the penalty was. He apologized for his comments and asked the NBA for a copy [...]
*Today, President Obama is scheduled to meet with the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers. It’s not clear, though, that the basketball-loving president will shoot hoops with Kobe Bryant and his teammates. Continuing a practice of emphasizing community service while celebrating champion sports teams, the president will accompany the Lakers to a Boys and Girls club, [...]
*NBA commissioner David Stern is advising Gilbert Arenas and the Washington Wizards not to talk about the former All-Star’s felony gun conviction now that the new season is just around the corner. “The commissioner spoke to Gilbert,” NBA spokesman Tim Frank said Thursday. “His message was: ‘You’ve paid your price, you’re back in good standing, [...]
*After a year that saw their best player, Gilbert Arenas, serve time in jail for weapons charges, the Washington Wizards’ finally received some good news: they will pick first in the NBA draft this June. The top prize is generally regarded by sports analysts to be John Wall, a point guard leaving Kentucky after his [...]
*Gilbert Arenas – already on two years probation for felony gun charges – is now the target of a lawsuit filed by a company that sells high end firearms. According to TMZ, Tactical Operations is claiming that the Washington Wizards star bought five custom Beretta pistols with five silencers in February of 2006, but never [...]
*Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas has moved into a halfway house in Montgomery County, Maryland, where he will spend his nights serving out a sentence for bringing guns into the team’s locker room. Arenas began his punishment Friday with two days in the county jail, according to the Associated Press. Arthur Wallenstein, head of corrections [...]
*Suspended Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas was spared a jail sentence Friday when a judge instead sentenced him to probation for bringing guns into the Verizon Center. D.C. Superior Court Judge Robert B. Morin issued the sentence after a 100-minute hearing before a packed courtroom, reports the Washington Post. Morin sentenced Arenas to 18 months [...]
*The Washington Wizards have had a less than stellar season…well less than stellar last few seasons. But, one shining star for the team has been Andray Blatche. The 24-year old starting forward, according to Yahoo! Sports, has been averaging 12 points per game and nearly 30 minutes on the floor. But for some strange reason, [...]
*In Washington, prosecutors are portraying Gilbert Arenas as a thuggish intimidator who tried to pressure his teammate into a cover-up, as they argue for a three-month jail sentence for the NBA star on a weapons charge. Arenas’ lawyer says his client is “a peaceful man” who played a misguided prank and has already been severely [...]
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