Editorial: Basketbrawl
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Friday night&#39;s basketbrawl in Detroit was a shameful chapter in sports history but also a conflagration of many of modern society&#39;s common ailments -- hair-trigger tempers, misplaced hostility, me-firstism, emotional immaturity, incivility, lack of self
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ESPN, ABC and the NBA are hoping that a drama-laden doubleheader makes a nice Christmas Day basket for all concerned. Both nationally televised games have potential drawing power.
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Make no mistake about it. Ron Artest of the Indiana Pacers was to blame for the ugly fans-players brawl at The Palace. That&#39;s not to give the dumb fan who threw a cup of beer
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We&#39;re all taught in elementary school a universal principle: &quot;Two wrongs don&#39;t make a right.&quot;. What happened in the NBA game between the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers is a perfect example of how true that principle is.
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T he suspensions were handed out. The blame was finally quantified. Never again will anyone have to stare at another replay of that ugly NBA brawl while wondering what the varying degrees of culpability are
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Consider it a bit of advice from one hoops player to another.
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Posted November 22, 2004 - Tossed chairs and flying fists are seemingly as much a part of sports as dunks and touchdowns with at least three major fights breaking out at games over the past week, including Fridayâs melee between the Indiana Pacers
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By Bill Reynolds  FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH   Okay, here's the problem.   Yes, the Celtics are the Titanic, having sunk in the NBA standings. Yes, they are positioning themselves for the Greg Oden- Kevin Durant sweepstakes.
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By Tom Miller, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Dec. 9--On the basketball floor, 4-of-11 shooting isn't too bad. On ice, it's nearly unheard of.
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There was a nice little mini-drama last night with the Lakers playing in Seattle. Not as big of a deal as Kobe vs. Shaq or Kobe vs.
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Turns out Ron Artest, his Pacers posse and those few dozen fools in the stands who wanted a piece of them aren&#39;t the only people around the NBA who know how to throw a punch.
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By Michael Newsom, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb.
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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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Look for David Stern to come down hard on the principals in Friday&#39;s Pacers-Pistons brawl. With the NBA&#39;s image possibly at stake, many around the league expect him to send a strong message when he makes his final ruling.
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Take heart, Larry Brown. Yours is not the sole face of frustration at an Olympic basketball tournament that&#39;s shaping up as the most compelling since 1988.
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When the NBA began sending its players to the Olympics in 1992, one of the league&#39;s goals was to spread basketball around the globe. Clearly, the idea worked.
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At first it seemed funny. &quot;Did you hear the latest about Ron Artest? He asked for a month off to promote his new CD? Man, he must be one brick shy of a load.