NBA fines Jackson for criticizing refs
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Basketball Phil Jackson was fined $25,000 by the NBA yesterday for criticizing referees after the Lakers' 114-108 loss to Utah Friday. Jackson was quoted in several newspapers about the way the officials -- Derrick Stafford , Derek Richardson and Leroy Richardson -- handled center Andrew Bynum . In the second quarter, Bynum was called for traveling and moments later he ...
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Last week, Commissioner David Stern ripped Hue Hollins and another former referee, Mike Mathis, for publicly criticizing the leagueâs officiating program.
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Stu Jackson, who carries the title of senior vice president of basketball operations, normally handles NBA fines and suspensions. Not this time.
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NBA Commissioner David Stern did the right thing last week when he passed down some of the harshest penalties ever in response to a recent brawl between members of the Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons and fans.
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Six National Basketball Association referees have been disciplined by the league for breaching its anti-gambling rules, The New York Daily News reported Sunday.
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Atlanta Hawks guard Anthony Johnson  has been suspended for one game for committing a flagrant foul  against Toronto's Jose Calderon, the NBA said on Sunday.
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The NBA will challenge a decision to reduce by 10 games a 25-match ban on Indiana Pacers Jermaine O&#39;Neal for his part in an ugly brawl during a clash with the Detroit Pistons last month.
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The NBA came down hard on the New York Knicks and the Denver Nuggets, and none of the brawlers was spared. Not Carmelo Anthony, the NBA's leading scorer, who got the harshest punishment, a 15-game suspension. And not the teams themselves, who were fined an unprecedented half-million dollars each Monday.
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NEW YORK -- Kobe Bryant was suspended one game by the NBA on Wednesday for striking a player in the face, his second penalty for that action in a little more than a month.
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NBA scoring leader Carmelo Anthony was hit with a 15-game suspension by league commissioner David Stern in the aftermath of a late-game brawl.
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Minnesota Timberwolves forward Eddie Griffin received a three-game suspension from the NBA on Wednesday after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge in Texas.
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Pistons forward Antonio McDyess was fined $5,000 Wednesday for kicking a basketball into the crowd during Detroit&#39;s season-opening win over the Houston Rockets.
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Shaquille O&#039;Neal mocked his collision with Jerry Stackhouse as being less vicious than a love tap from his daughters. The NBA declared it worthy of a one-game suspension.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- A man who hit former Indiana Pacers guard Stephen Jackson with a car during a fight outside a strip club last fall was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison.
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A man who hit former Indiana Pacers guard Stephen Jackson with a car during a fight outside a strip club last fall was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison.
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It's too bad Stern stopped at 30 games for Ron Artest's Indiana teammate Stephen Jackson, who should have been kicked out for the rest of the season, too.
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Pistons Coach Larry Brown receives a $35,000 fine Saturday for criticizing officials following a 86-83 loss to the Timberwolves on Monday.