NBA in sorry state after brawl
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FOR years, American sport has glanced smugly towards the Old World and pontificated about the European disease of crowd violence at sporting events.
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The National Basketball Association suspended four players indefinitely at the weekend after one of the worst brawls professional sport in America has seen.
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Indiana's Ron Artest, Jermaine O'Neal and Stephen Jackson, and Detroit's Ben Wallace were suspended indefinitely by the NBA on Saturday for taking part in one of the ugliest brawls in U.S. sports history, a fight with fans that commissioner David Stern called "shocking, repulsive and inexcusable."
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A day after the worst brawl in recent professional basketball history, the National Basketball Association suspended indefinitely the four players primarily involved in a wide-ranging fight
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In its effort to have the suspensions of four Indiana Pacers players reduced after the brawl with the Detroit Pistons on Nov. 19, the National Basketball Players Association has become engaged in a legal battle with the league.
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Ron Artest of the Indiana Pacers has been suspended in connection with a brawl Friday night that injured nine fans at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan.
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The N.B.A. players union is considering an appeal of the seven-game suspensions given to Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson for legal issues. Each player was suspended by the league Saturday without pay and was scheduled to miss the first seven games of next season. Artest would lose a little more than $470,000 in salary, about $50,000 more than Jackson.Jackson released a statement through the Golden State Warriors saying he accepted his suspension. But the union, comparing the penalties with other recent suspensions given to players for off-the-court reasons, may take action. Artest pleaded no contest in May to a misdemeanor domestic violence charge that stemmed from a dispute with his wife on March 5. Jackson pleaded guilty last month to a felony count of criminal recklessness for firing a gun outside an Indianapolis strip club last fall, when he was with the Indiana Pacers. The union has 30 days from Saturday to file an appeal to be heard by an arbitrator.
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Indiana&#39;s Ron Artest yesterday was suspended without pay for the rest of the season for fighting with fans during a bench-clearing brawl Friday night in the final minute of a game against the Detroit Pistons in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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But the balance of power in the Eastern Conference might shift after the punishments the NBA handed out Sunday in response to the brawl at the end of Friday&#39;s Indiana-Detroit game.
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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.
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NBA players charge into the stands and punch fans. College football players get into a brawl and one kicks another in the head as he&#39;s lying facedown on the ground.
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The fallout was swift from one of the worst brawls in US sports history that brought the Indiana Pacers-Detroit Pistons basketball game to an ugly end Friday night.
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Indiana Pacers officials backed their players as the National Basketball Association rang with recriminations in the wake of a violent brawl between Pacers players and fans in Detroit.
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Five Indiana Pacers players, including Ron Artest and Jermaine O&#39;Neal, and five fans were charged with misdemeanor assault for fighting during a National Basketball Association game in suburban Detroit last month.
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Ron Artest was suspended for the rest of the season Sunday and two of his Indiana Pacers teammates must miss a total of 55 games for fighting with fans in a melee that broke out at the end of a game against the Detroit Pistons.
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Ron Artest of the Indiana Pacers has been suspended for the rest of the National Basketball Association&#39;s season in connection with a brawl Friday night that started on the basketball court
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The NBA suspended Ron Artest, Jermaine O'Neal and Stephen Jackson of Indiana and Ben Wallace of Detroit on Saturday for taking part in one of the ugliest brawls in U.S. sports history. The suspensions were indefinite, and the league was still investigating Friday night's melee, which commissioner David Stern called "shocking, repulsive and inexcusable &#151; a humiliation for everyone associated with the NBA."