Pacers&#39; Artest, teammates meet with arbitrator
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Suspended Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest will have to wait at least a week to learn if his season is over. Arbitrator Roger Kaplan heard six hours of testimony Thursday from Artest and
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Indiana forward Ron Artest, speaking to ESPN.com in a phone interview, vowed Thursday that the Pacers can count on him for the rest of the season.
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An arbitrator ruled Friday that he has jurisdiction to decide whether the brawl-related suspensions given to Ron Artest and other NBA players can be appealed to someone other than commissioner David Stern.
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NBA Indiana Pacers&#39; Ron Artest and three teammates testified about the basketball brawl. Ron Artest took the witness stand and described, in his words, one of the worst brawls
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Description: NBA fans are anticipating two big games on Christmas Day. The Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers meet up for the first time since a brawl with fans led to suspensions for several players; and
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Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O&#39;Neal now have the backing of their union. The NBA Players&#39; Association is appealing the suspensions handed to the three Indiana Pacers for their actions in a brawl with Detroit Pistons fans Friday night.
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That&#39;s what David Stern, the NBA commissioner, gave Ron Artest of the Indianapolis Pacers, a suspension for the rest of an 82-game season.
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DECEMBER 8--Five Indiana Pacers players were charged today for their roles in the brawl that broke out last month at the end of a game against the Detroit Pistons.
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Five Indiana Pacers, including NBA  All-Star Ron Artest, were charged with assault and battery on  Wednesday for their role in what authorities described as one  of the worst brawls in U.S. sports history.
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Players and fans exchanged punches in the stands as an NBA game turned so ugly a police investigation was necessary. Indiana's Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson charged into the stands and fought with fans in the final minute of their game against the Detroit Pistons on Friday night, and the brawl forced an early end to the Pacers' 97-82 win.
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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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Indiana Pacer Ron Artest will return to practice next week for the first time since being suspended for the remainder of the season after fighting with Detroit fans Nov. 19. Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh said the Pacers have been working with commissioner David Stern and the league to get Artest to practice, but stressed that he has not been reinstated ...
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Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest was suspended for 30 games by the National Basketball Association for a brawl between his team, the Detroit Pistons and fans on Friday night, WDIV-TV in Detroit reported.
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NEW YORK - The NBA players union will win its appeal to reduce the suspensions doled out to Ron Artest and two other Indiana Pacers who brawled with Pistons fans last week, a sports business expert predicted Tuesday.
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Ron Artest took the witness stand and described, in his words, one of the worst brawls in NBA history. Teammates Stephen Jackson, Jermaine O'Neal and Anthony Johnson did the same, and a union attorney and one of O'Neal's bodyguards also testified.
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Friday&#39;s brawl ended the basketball game between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons. But the national conversation about the fraying bond between sports fans and players should continue.
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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.