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		<title>Agent Zero lashes back at premature pool pics</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reezy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[D.C. sports blogger Dan Steinberg posted a few pictures of Gilbert Arenas&#8217;s pool a few weeks ago with the disclaimer that, &#8220;(Arenas) told the Wizards he was OK with them appearing on my blog.&#8221; But yesterday, Agent Zero voiced his displeasure at how those pictures caught into the blogdome&#8217;s viral effect through his own blog: [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-900 alignright" style="float: right;" title="gilbertpool1" src="http://thesportsculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/gilbertpool1.jpg" alt="" width="415" height="311" />D.C. sports blogger Dan Steinberg <a href="http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2008/07/gilberts_pool_the_pics.html">posted a few pictures of Gilbert Arenas&#8217;s pool</a> a few weeks ago with the disclaimer that, &#8220;(Arenas) told the Wizards he was OK with them appearing on my blog.&#8221;</p>
<p>But yesterday, Agent Zero voiced his displeasure at how those pictures caught into the blogdome&#8217;s viral effect <a href="http://my.nba.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5800009898">through his own blog</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>I’m actually disappointed that those pictures are on the net. That’s part of my personal life that got out. I’m disappointed that somebody that doesn’t even work at my house any more took pictures and put them on the Internet. I don’t know if he sold them or if he just put them up there, but I think it’s wrong. But hey, that’s something that comes with the territory I guess.</p>
<p>The thing is with somebody like that, you trust them to be on your property and then they take pictures and put them online. It’s not what I expected. I found out because Daren from the Wizards PR told me, “Hey man, I saw your pool.” So I go, “Oh yeah, you stopped by?” “No, they got pictures online.” “Pictures online?”</p>
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<p>They beat me to the punch. I looked at the pictures and the pictures they got are like four months old, they’re not even recent pictures. So everybody is like, “I’ve seen your pool!” and I just want to be like, “It’s not done.”</p>
<p>&#8230;</p>
<p>And then you start comments like, “I see he’s having fun with his new contract.” No, actually I started this process a year and a half ago. It’s been being built that whole time. Finally it’s at a point where it’s going to be done soon and yes, from the pictures, it is like the Playboy Mansion’s grotto, only doubled.</p></blockquote>
<p>Which begs the question: Who&#8217;s the fired Creep Show employee of Agent Zero, and were these pictures posted out of revenge, a la the ex-Patriots writer that led us to believe there&#8217;s a <a href="http://thesportsculture.com/2008/08/04/whats-with-belichick-and-video-tapes-did-he-really-create-a-sex-tape/">Bill Belichick sex tape</a>? Thank God he didn&#8217;t have a camera.</p>
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		<title>&#8216;Agent Zero&#8217; to bring five of his best clones into contract</title>
		<link>http://thesportsculture.com/2008/07/01/agent-zero-to-bring-five-of-his-best-clones-into-contract/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reezy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Free Agent&#8217; signing? He&#8217;s far from free. The &#8216;Agent Zero&#8217; himself, Gilbert Arenas wants six zeroes, to be exact. Added bonus: he might actually leave room the Wizards to sign other players by &#8216;settling&#8217; for $100 million. Maybe. That&#8217;s what six figures looks like. Although Arenas has also said &#8220;he doesn&#8217;t want to hamstring the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;Free Agent&#8217; signing? He&#8217;s far from free.</p>
<p>The &#8216;Agent Zero&#8217; himself, Gilbert Arenas <a href="http://breakingnews.nydailynews.com/dynamic/stories/B/BKN_WIZARDS_JAMISON_ARENAS?SITE=NYNYD&amp;SECTION=SPORTS&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">wants six zeroes, to be exact.</a> Added bonus: he might actually leave room the Wizards to sign other players by &#8216;settling&#8217; for $100 million. Maybe.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-381 aligncenter" title="gil" src="http://thesportsculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/gil.jpg" alt="" width="478" height="120" /></p>
<p>That&#8217;s what six figures looks like. Although Arenas <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3469713">has also said</a> &#8220;he doesn&#8217;t want to hamstring the team&#8217;s ability to sign other players.&#8221; A new report from ESPN.com says the Wizards and Warriors &#8212; now with cap room from a free Baron Davis &#8212; have offered max contracts, $120 million, to Arenas.</p>
<p>Davis surprisingly opted out of his deal at Golden State, and has now <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3470016">verbally agreed to a five-year deal with the Clippers</a>, worth an estimated $65 million, according to ESPN. Looks like newly drafted PG Eric Gordon will get a mentor at the 1.</p>
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		<title>What? David Stern isn&#8217;t a total douche?</title>
		<link>http://thesportsculture.com/2008/06/11/what-david-sterns-not-a-total-douche/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Donaghy is the cat that swore he didn’t eat the pet bird, but he’s got feathers coming out of his mouth. And what does he do to counteract? He blames the dog. The former NBA referee alleged that Game 6 of the Lakers-Kings playoff series in 2002 was impacted by the disgusting actions of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tim Donaghy is the cat that swore he didn’t <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Cat-eating-prey.jpg">eat the pet bird</a>, but he’s got feathers coming out of his mouth. And what does he do to counteract? He blames the dog.</p>
<p>The former NBA referee alleged that <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=220531013">Game 6 of the Lakers-Kings</a> playoff series in 2002 was impacted by the disgusting actions of two of the three zebras who worked the game, according to a filing made by Donaghy’s lawyer in U.S. District Court in New York yesterday.</p>
<p>You got caught for gambling on the game, Donaghy. Take your fines and your prison sentencing like a damn man and quit pointing your gambling fingers.</p>
<p>The NBA’s commissioner, David Stern is in an uproar, and for good reas<a href="http://thesportsculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/stern.jpg"><img class="alignright alignnone size-medium wp-image-67" style="float: right;" title="David Stern" src="http://thesportsculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/stern-300x165.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="165" /></a>on. He “vehemently denied the allegations, saying they are the desperate act of a convicted felon,” according to <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3436401">Chris Sheridan of ESPN.com</a>. “We welcome scrutiny here. This is something that should be scrutinized.”</p>
<p>This season was going great. No more gambling refs, a <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=EO3c8EaxsxQ">Superman cameo</a> at the NBA All-Star game and a Finals between the most <a href="http://thesportsculture.com/2008/06/08/scouting-report-lakers-girls-vs-celtics-dancers/">historical rivalry</a> in the sport.</p>
<p>It was like the Hollywood masterpiece that somehow made it through the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike">writers’ strike</a>.</p>
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<p>Let&#8217;s get something straight. Stern isn&#8217;t my favorite dude. Sometimes I wish he would take those goofy frameless glasses off his round, floppy-skinned face and take a look at himself in the mirror. Then slap himself. Then turn around so I can hit him with a sock full of wood screws.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>After all, he <a href="http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2008/03/the_many_jackets_of_gilbert.html">fined Gilbert Arenas $10,000</a> because he didn’t wear the right kind of suit coat when he sat on the bench. The NBA is not place for a fashion show. Be thankful Hibachi didn’t dress up like <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/blogs/images/sfgate/sportsevents/2006/09/08/portis.jpg">Clinton Portis</a>, the clown of the NFL. What’s next, are you gonna ban <a href="http://i.a.cnn.net/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/2006/01/03/gallery.tattoos/rodman.jpg">tattoos</a> as well? Fine the NBA’s players and coaches insulting reporters or referees, but don’t take their money away because they’re not dressed up to go to prom.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>But I do commend Stern for his disapproval at these allegations. He stood up for his employer — which is a no-brainer — and he stood up against a wrong-doer who&#8217;s trying to make up for being a dumbass.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>In the letter submitted by Donaghy&#8217;s attorney, the following &#8220;manipulation&#8221; is alleged:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span> &#8220;Referees A, F and G were officiating a playoff series between Teams 5 and 6 in May of 2002. It was the sixth game of a seven-game series, and a Team 5 victory that night would have ended the series. However, Tim learned from Referee A that Referees A and F wanted to extend the series to seven games. Tim knew referees A and F to be &#8220;company men,&#8221; always acting in the interest of the NBA, and that night, it was in the NBA&#8217;s interest to add another game to the series. Referees A and F heavily favored Team 6. Personal fouls [resulting in obviously injured players] were ignored even when they occurred in full view of the referees. Conversely, the referees called made-up fouls on Team 5 in order to give additional free throw opportunities for Team 6. Their foul-calling also led to the ejection of two Team 5 players. The referees&#8217; favoring of Team 6 led to that team&#8217;s victory that night, and Team 6 came back from behind to win that series.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Maybe there is some truth in the allegations. After all, the “criminal,” as Stern called Donaghy, is the one who has the inside scoop. As Stephen A. Smith <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2008/columns/story?columnist=smith_stephen&amp;page=Donaghy-080611">pointed out</a>, Tim Duncan was ejected for laughing once. Rasheed Wallace was thrown out for staring. What is this, second grade?<a href="http://thesportsculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/tim-donaghy.jpg"><img class="alignright alignnone size-medium wp-image-66" style="float: right;" title="Tim Donaghy" src="http://thesportsculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/tim-donaghy-242x300.jpg" alt="" width="242" height="300" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>But you’ve gotta think that Donaghy is just trying to get the league back for its request for $1 million restitution. He’s trying to get his final words in before he’s sentenced on June 14. He&#8217;s trying to step on other peoples&#8217; balls as he can before his own are squished in a vice.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>So here’s to you, Mr. Stern, for standing up for your league. You’ve certainly done the right thing this time around. Here’s to three more days — leading up to Donaghy’s sentencing — of you being noble, knowing the difference between right and wrong and not letting a “criminal” push you around. </span></p>
<p><span>After that — it’s a shame to say — you’ll go back to douchebagery. How sad. </span></p>
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<p><em>Photos Courtesy NYTimes.com (Stern) and Cacophonycafe.files.wordpress.com (Donaghy)</em></p>
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