Our (Brief) Interview with Gilbert Arenas

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Our (Brief) Interview with Gilbert Arenas
Yesterday, on invitation from the fine folks at EA Sports, we talked to Wizards zuperstar Gilbert Arenas at the NBA Store in Manhattan for exactly seven minutes and 16 seconds. Here's a complete, exact transcript of the interview, which was almost entirely about his blog. We didn't take a picture, because we thought asking someone to shoot one would be helplessly dorky. [link]

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Gilbert Uses Blogging to Feel Good About His Life
Published 9/28/2007 by JakeTheSnake at Gilbertology
... No sooner had I posted a round-up of Arenas-related links than I see that Deadspin managed to also get an interview with him. Because Deadspin is in itself a blog, it makes the interview that much more interesting. Among the highlights: ...

Deadspin Interviews Gilbert Arenas About Dave
Published 9/28/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... (Come to think of it, maybe I should get me a Dave McMenamin. This typing gets burdonsome sometimes, doesn't it?) Arenas talked to Will Leitch of Deadspin. Here's an excerpt: ...

High Five
Published 9/28/2007 by Panger at Foul Balls
... Gilbert Arenas chats with Will Leitch. [ Deadspin] First, she shaved her head, then she started hitting parked cars.... but Britney's new sports-themed look has just gone too far. [ ...

Yo! More details, please
Published 9/29/2007 by Pradamaster <info@bulletsforever.com> at Bullets Forever
... Gilbert's interview with Deadspin. ...

Top 100 Most Influencial Sports Bloggers
Published 10/1/2007 by airraid81 at Juiced Sports Blog*: Writing Enhanced by Flaxseed Oil
... He's the editor of Deadspin, the most popular independent sports blog on the web. It received 7 million pageviews in January, 2007, second most of any sports blog, behind only AOL's Fanhouse. It has been profiled in Sports Illustrated and the New York Times. Leitch has used his Deadspin success to write for Slate, the New York Times, and CBS Sportsline. He has also published two books and is in the process of publishing two more. He's so influencial that when EA Sports is trying to promote Gilbert Arenas, they invite Will to interview him. His only downside is that he seems to have something of an unholy alliance with Toni Reali who has praised him a number of times on Around the Horn. ...

Gilbert's Training Day, in Pictures
Published 10/1/2007 by Dan Steinberg at D.C. Sports Bog
... . Here are Gilbert interviews with Deadspin and ...

Blog Show XXIV Pre-Production Meeting
Published 10/1/2007 by Jamie Mottram at Mr. Irrelevant
... [The Blowtorch] Our Brief Interview With Gilbert Arenas [Deadspin] ...


Published 10/2/2007 by WizzNutzz at WIZZNUTZZ
Monday, October 01, 2007 WIZZNUTZZ TRYING HARD TO DIGEST TWO UNBELIEVEABLEY GAMEY SLABS OF NEWS MEAT!!!! ONE: Last Friday sports blogging god Will "dont hate me because my hair is beautiful" Leitch on Deadspin was ushered into the high altitude media tent to interview Agent Zero . We all know Will Leitch is a pro, spreading the thickest Royal We butter since ...

The Blog Show, No. 24: ‘I Got Cut From My High School Bowling Team’
Published 10/3/2007 by Jamie Mottram at Mr. Irrelevant
... [DC Sports Bog], Our Brief Interview With Gilbert Arenas [Deadspin], ...


Published 10/5/2007 by Aaron at AaronGleeman.com
... No. 1 on the aforementioned "100 Most Influential Sports Bloggers" list is Will Leitch of Deadspin, which is a ranking that even Gilbert Arenas agrees with. Arenas recently sat down for ...

[ELIJAH DUKES] Elijah Dukes Is Now 3 Victories From Being Named Sports Human Of The Year
Published 12/11/2007 by The Professor at Rays Index
... Elijah Dukes Vs. Gilbert Arenas (VOTE HERE) Here is the breakdown... No. 4 Seed: Elijah Dukes Explored the possibilities lent to us by cellular technology. Impregnated a foster child. Became a sports radio star. You divorced, dawg. No. 5 Seed Gilbert Arenas Dunked off a trampoline. Stole a joke. Helped you with your love life. Talked to (Deadspin). While we may not have been given our ...

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