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The band played. Cheerleaders cheered. Gilbert Arenas tried to hide in plain sight.Midnight Madness had finally come to the NBA.The Washington Wizards opened training camp around the stroke of 12 on Tuesday morning, launching a new era they hope will be more fan-friendly as they attempt to recover from the most embarrassing season in franchise history."It think it's exactly what the team needed," said the team's new owner, Ted Leonsis. "Just kind of a jolt of adrenaline."The event drew about 4,000 fans to the Patriot Center on the George Mason University campus. It featured many of the trappings of the college version of Midnight Madness, including an over-hyped introduction of the roster that made Arenas stand out right away.Arenas is trying to be as low-key and as serious a possible as he makes a comeback from a felony gun conviction that led to a 50-game suspension and a one-month sentence in a halfway house. He didn't crack a smile during media day on Monday, a far cry from the fla...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas met with federal prosecutors on Monday to explain why he brought several guns to the team's locker roo...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas avoided a jail sentence, but he'll still have to spend two days behind bars.Arenas was sentenced last month...
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas began serving his sentence Friday night for bringing guns into the team's locker room.According to Arth...
Gilbert Arenas was so eager to leave Washington he didn't even pack his bags.After he found out his trade to the Magic was official, he ended his workout, grabbed a ...
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas is now spending his nights at a Montgomery County halfway house, where he is serving his sentence for b...
After 10 months away, Gilbert Arenas needed three quarters to get warmed up.Arenas made his regular-season debut Friday, scoring 14 of his 18 points in the fourth qu...
Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas was charged Thursday with felony gun possession in connection with a Dec. 21 locker room confrontation with a teammate.Prosec...
Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas was charged Thursday with felony gun possession in connection with a Dec. 21 locker room confrontation with a teammate.Prosec...
NBA commissioner David Stern has suspended Washington Wizards guards Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton for the remainder of the season for having guns in the loc...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gilbert Arenas insists he now understands that "guns and violence are serious problems, not joking matters."In an op-ed piece written for The Washi...
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Gilbert Arenas has more gun problems.In March, the Washington Wizards guard got 30 days in a halfway house for bringing guns into the tea...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Agent Zero's search for a new number has taken a detour.Gilbert Arenas wants to change his jersey to something other than No. 6.New Washington Wiza...
The Magic have announced they are using a new Collective Bargaining Agreement amnesty provision to release guard Gilbert Arenas .Orlando posted the move on its websi...
The Orlando Magic have waived guard Gilbert Arenas and designated him as the team's amnesty player.The amnesty clause allows each team to waive one of its player con...
Gilbert Arenas is a lucky man.Lucky he's spending a few days in a halfway house instead of a few years in a prison. Lucky he plays in a league that guarantees contra...
Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas will be held out of a preseason game against Atlanta with a knee injury.Washington coach Flip Saunders said before Tuesday night's game ...
Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy says Gilbert Arenas will play as a reserve in his first game with the Magic against the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night.The high-scoring A...
Gilbert Arenas was suspended without pay Wednesday by NBA commissioner David Stern, who determined the player's behavior made him "not currently fit to take the cour...
Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas pleaded guilty Friday to carrying a pistol without a license in the District of Columbia, a felony conviction that could jeopa...