Brawling basketball players pummel fans
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The world of professional basketball was in uproar yesterday after nine players were suspended for joining in the most riotous brawl since the sport became a fixture on US television.
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For their role in what&#39;s being described as one of the worst brawls in US sports history, criminal charges have been laid against five Indiana Pacers basketball players and five fans.
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Some Iowa fans are calling it the ugliest fight in American sports history. It was a bench-clearing brawl that sent a half-dozen basketball fans to the hospital.
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The brawl on Friday night following the Indiana Pacers&#39; victory against the Detroit Pistons at The Palace was an unprecedented occurrence for the NBA.
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Five Indiana Pacers players and five Detroit Pistons fans were expected to be charged with assault Wednesday in a brawl that broke out on the court last month and spilled into the stands at The Palace of Auburn Hills, according to news reports.
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Five Indiana Pacers players were charged in Detroit on Wednesday for fighting with fans in the stands and on the court during the brawl that broke out at a Pistons&#39; game last month.
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Members of the Indiana Pacers gave the league a black eye Friday when they charged into the stands at the Palace of Auburn Hills and fought with Detroit Pistons fans, so Stern hit them with a blow that was even more fierce.
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A massive fight between Detroit Piston fans and Indiana Pacers players last week has drawn some of the largest suspensions in the history of the NBA.
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Ten players, including NBA scoring leader Carmelo Anthony, were ejected for fighting during a wild brawl near the end of last night's game between the Denver Nuggets and Knicks in New York.
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The swift manner with which the NBA meted out punishment to Ron Artest and other members of the Indiana Pacers in the wake of the brawl last week in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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When professional athletes start slugging fans, severe penalties pretty much are a no-brainer. So few tears will be shed for the nine basketball players suspended - at the cost of millions in salary â-fter
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While LeBron James and Kobe Bryant provided the kind of entertainment expected from two of the NBA's best players, the fans left Staples Center in a foul mood.
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The most horrific episode of violence in recent N.B.A history was caused by fans, drunken fans, riotous fans.
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The National Basketball Players Association and the NBA traded legal blows Friday in the ongoing fallout from the Nov. 19 brawl between Indiana Pacers players and fans at the Palace of Auburn Hills (Mich.
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New York - Unprecedented suspensions and tighter arena security were imposed by the National Basketball Association (NBA) after an ugly brawl between players and fans that could deliver the league a painful blow.
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If Jermaine O&#39;Neal hadn&#39;t slipped while delivering that potentially crushing right-hand punch to a fan&#39;s jaw during the Nov. 19 melee at The Palace, that fan might have been slurping his Christmas dinner through a straw.
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Five Indiana Pacers players and five fans were charged Wednesday for fighting in the stands and on the court at the end of a game against the Detroit Pistons last month.