Another month, another surgery for Gilbert Arenas. The Washington Wizards star guard needs yet another surgery on his troublesome knee. According to published reports, Arenas will likely be out until at least sometime in December.
Since hurting his knee at the end of the 2006-07 season, Arenas hasn’t been right. He’s struggled with knee pain and the latest discomfort led to Arenas having the knee cleaned out to remove debris.
In fantasy basketball drafts, drafting Gilbert Arenas comes with a huge risk. He hasn’t proven he’s healthy at all and the Wizards once again will get used to …read more

Trent Plaisted has officially made himself eligible for the 2008 NBA Draft. Plaisted, who completed his junior season at BYU, hired an agent on Friday. It was somewhat of a surprising move because most draft experts expected Plaisted to return to BYU.
What has kept Plaisted from being a better NBA prospect is his questionable motor. According to scouts, he doesn’t always go all out and tends to drift mentally. And while he’s 6-foot-10 and 245 pounds, he has relatively short arms and that makes him more of a power forward than a center on the NBA …read more

What’s happening around the Sports Channel? More than you can imagine!
David Kindervater of Every Morning Quarterback is in Phoenix for Super Bowl Media Day, while the rest of us are busy writing about some of the Top 10 things in sports.

This week in the b5media Sports Channel round-up, we offer some amazing lists assembled by our fabulous group of bloggers. Don’t miss out on any of these terrific Top 10 lists.

Learn more about playing poker in Tunica from Blake Butler at All Poker Addicts.
Allison Boyer from BCS Frenzy explains the Top 10 things you girlfriend doesn’t know about football.
In case …read more

We have a new addition to the b5media Sports Channel — Inside the Ballpark with Hunter Pence.
This new blog features major league baseball player Hunter Pence of the Houston Astros. We are very excited about Hunter joining us on the b5media Sports Channel.
Hunter will personally pen a weekly blog post to detail the latest happenings in his life as an Astro. Additionally, this blog will be updated on a daily basis to keep everyone updated on Hunter and the Astros. Hunter is entering his second season for the Astros after completing a very successful rookie season. As a rookie, Hunter …read more