Spartans' Mugging Stirs Sleeping Giant Oden
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EAST LANSING, Mich._The snapshots Saturday were so different from the ones viewed just 25 days earlier. That evening in Wisconsin's Kohl Center, Ohio State center Greg Oden appeared paralyzed by the clammy grip of languor. He performed passively, almost politely, in that game against the Badgers.
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By Mark Snyder, Detroit Free Press  Sep. 9--When the instant messages started, Brent Petway didn't know how to react.   Michigan State fans were taunting the Michigan basketball player last year, and he couldn't figure out how they knew his screen name.
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The NBA issued indefinite suspensions yesterday for Indiana Pacers Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson, and Jermaine O'Neal, as well as Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace, disciplining the players for their part in a frightening brawl involving fans at the Palace of Auburn Hills Friday night.
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All hell broke loose with 45.9 seconds left in the Pistons&#39; showdown with Indiana on Friday at the Palace. Ron Artest fouled Ben Wallace hard, causing a near riot with Wallace going after
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Nine fans from the Palace of Auburn Hills melee have filed assault complaints, police said Monday. Investigators have also interviewed the man who threw plastic cup at Pacers forward Ron Artest.
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An athlete was attacked by a spectator tonight as he was heading for gold in the Olympic menâs marathon in Athens. Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima had a 40 second lead in the latter
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The wait was worth it for No. 3 Ohio State and prized big man Greg Oden. In his first competition in seven months, the 7-foot freshman, touted by some as the best U.S.-born big man in a generation, had 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Buckeyes past Valparaiso 78-58 on Saturday.
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Mike Conley Jr. scores a career-high 23 points and Greg Oden creates havoc at the defensive end to lead No. 3 Ohio State past Michigan, 76-63, on Tuesday night.
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Greg Oden's hometown fans got one more glimpse of how dominant he can be. It was every bit as good as they remembered from his high school days.
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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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Detroit, Nov. 24 - Investigators are publicizing a picture of the person they have identified as the NBA fan who threw a chair during the big basketball brawl between the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers.
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NBA most valuable player Kevin Garnett punched a former University of Minnesota player during a pickup game last week at Target Center, cutting the man's face and chipping his tooth.
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By Bob Baptist, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Dec. 10--It didn't take the Ohio State men's basketball team long to learn to play with its new Big Boy toy.   The challenge for the fifth-ranked Buckeyes yesterday was remembering how to play without Greg Oden.
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That&#39;s about the only way to describe the melee that broke out near the end of Detroit&#39;s 97-82 loss to Indiana on Friday night.
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As Fresno State tight end Stephen Spach rolled over the Virginia defender for the game-winning 25-yard touchdown in overtime of MPC Computers Bowl, the Bulldogs bench launched into a frenzy.
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Last week&#39;s basketball brawl in Detroit, triggered by an on-court fight that spilled into the stands when a fan tossed a drink, has set the sports world buzzing.
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A brawl involving players and fans at  Friday's game between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons in  Auburn Hills, Michigan may result in serious punishment from  the NBA.