Gilbert Arenas blog goes quiet

Gilbert Arena, the 27 year old NBA star and prolific blogger Agent Zero closed his blog down. Reportedly so that he can focus on his game, as recently reported in the New York Time post.

I could be wrong, but the athlete who scored over 60 points against Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers doesn’t seem to be lacking in performance ability due to his online performance.

Last Friday he and the Wizards were each fined $25,000 because Arena had not been speaking with the news media.

To put it in his own words, “I’ve loved the game the same as before I got hurt to now. That’s why I just want to play it instead of just doing interviews every day about nothing.”

Seems more like a sad end for such a talented and colorful online persona and professional athlete who knew he could excel at both, and well.

Read the full New York Times post here.

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Amos White is a Social Media Marketing Evangelist and public speaker.
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WordPress Instant Notification with RSS Cloud

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