{"id":149215,"date":"2010-01-07T07:46:58","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T12:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/01\/07\/bullets-wizards-and-too-much-love\/"},"modified":"2010-01-07T07:46:58","modified_gmt":"2010-01-07T12:46:58","slug":"bullets-wizards-and-too-much-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/149215","title":{"rendered":"Bullets, Wizards and Too Much Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Truthdig\/~3\/Y9-pSfNoXvE\/\" >Bullets, Wizards and Too Much Love       <\/a><br \/>It wasn\u2019t the Gunfight at the NBA Corral that turned Gilbert Arenas\u2019 life into a bittersweet story. That happened a long time ago\u2014at birth\u2014but that\u2019s how it works in a subculture ruled by stars, in which everyone prefers the sweet to the bitter.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left; margin: 0 10px 0 0; border: 1px solid #333333;\"><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/report\/item\/arenas_bullets_wizards_too_much_love_20100106\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/images\/eartothegrounduploads\/AP_gilbert_arenas_wtf160.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>                <b>By Mark Heisler<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t the Gunfight at the NBA Corral that turned Gilbert Arenas\u2019 life into a bittersweet story. 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