4 suspended after NBA melee
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NBA Commissioner David Stern indefinitely suspended four players who took part in an ugly melee with fans, now regarded as one of the worst in sports history, in a Friday night game between the Indiana Pacers and the host Detroit Pistons.
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - The NBA showed no mercy on Sunday, suspending Indiana&#39;s Ron Artest for the remainder of the season for his part in a brawl between the Pacers and the Detroit Pistons on Friday night.
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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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The NBA players' union filed an appeal Tuesday on behalf of Indiana Pacers Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O'Neal, who were suspended for their roles in a brawl with Detroit Pistons fans last week.
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Two weeks after the fact, lawyers for the NBA and the players' union had their own little brawl. Attorneys for the two sides fought before an arbitrator and in federal court Friday, arguing over what avenues of appeal should be employed for the four players suspended by commissioner David Stern for fighting with fans during a Nov. 19 Pacers-Pistons game.
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(Indianapolis) - The Pacers big 3 scorers early in this NBA season, received big-time suspensions today from the NBA, as a result of Friday night&#39;s melee with the Detroit Pistons, and their fans.
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The National Basketball Association has filed a lawsuit to block the players&#39; union obtaining an independent review of the lengthy suspensions which followed the mass brawl in last month&#39;s game between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit
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Five memebrs of the National Basketball Association&#39;s Indiana Pacers and seven supporters have been charged over the melee that broke out at the end of a nationally televised game against
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NEW YORK (Ticker) - Ron Artest received the longest suspension in NBA history Sunday as he was banned for the rest of the season for his role as the ringleader in what amounted to a riot.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - The NBA showed no mercy on  Sunday, suspending Indiana's Ron Artest for the remainder of  the season for his part in a brawl between the Pacers and the  Detroit Pistons on Friday night.
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(Indianapolis) - After one of the ugliest brawls in sports history, the NBA has indefinitely suspended four players. Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson, and Jermaine O&#39;Neal from the Pacers have been suspended, along with Ben Wallace from the Pistons.
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Six Clemson players and six South Carolina players were suspended one game by their conferences on Monday for participating in a brawl during a game between the in-state rivals on Nov. 20.
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Latrell Sprewell was suspended for one game by the NBA on Tuesday for yelling a sexual vulgarity at a female fan during a game, the latest episode of a player clashing with spectators.
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The National Basketball Association  suspended four players on Saturday, one day after one of the  worst brawls in North American pro sports history.
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National Basketball Association players union leaders met with an arbitrator to have suspensions from a brawl between players and fans reduced but league officials did not participate.
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NBA vice president Stu Jackson Wednesday handed out suspensions for four players involved in a fight during Monday's preseason game between the Washington Wizards and Chicago Bulls.
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An independent arbitrator ruled yesterday that Jermaine O&#39;Neal, one of four Indiana Pacers suspended for their roles in a brawl during a game against the Detroit Pistons at the Palace at Auburn