NBA Melee Another Black Eye for Detroit
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The sight of Detroit fans scuffling with NBA stars at the end of a game and showering players with beer, ice and popcorn gives the city another black eye as it struggles to overcome a well-worn reputation for violence and unrest.
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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 during a melee that broke out at the end of a game against the Detroit Pistons.
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NEW ORLEANS The shock waves from the Motor City melee reverberated around the NBA and dominated the pregame thoughts of the Timberwolves on Saturday night as they prepared to play the New Orleans Hornets.
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(Auburn Hills, Mich., AP) -- The NBA isn&#39;t commenting on the Pistons-Pacers brawl until it reviews what happened in the final minute of Friday night&#39;s 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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Four National Basketball Association players were suspended indefinitely yesterday following one of the ugliest brawls between professional athletes and fans in this country, a melee that
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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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The NBA could wait until Monday before ruling on penalties resulting from the brawl between the Nuggets and Knicks.  All 10 players on the court, including league scoring leader Carmelo Anthony, were ejected after the melee Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.
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Indianapolis - NBA commissioner David Stern on Saturday indefinitely suspended four players who took part in Friday night&#39;s ugly melee between the Indiana Pacers and host Detroit Pistons and their fans.
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NBA on Sunday suspended nine players for involving in a melee during Friday&#39;s game between Detorit Pistons and Indiana Pacers, with Ron Artest suspended for the rest of the season, 73 games.
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As the Raptors were falling 90-86 in overtime to the defending champion Detroit Pistons last night before a sellout crowd of 22,076 at the Palace in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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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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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Two spectators accused of taking part in last month&#39;s NBA brawl are now banned from attending Detroit Pistons games and other events.
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The swift manner with which the NBA meted out punishment to Ron Artest and other members of the Indiana Pacers in the wake of the brawl last week in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson are in trouble with the NBA again. The central figures in the brawl at the Palace of Auburn Hills were each suspended without pay by the league on Saturday for the first seven games of next season because of their most recent legal problems.
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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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The NBA issued indefinite suspensions yesterday for Indiana Pacers Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson, and Jermaine O&#39;Neal, as well as Detroit Pistons center Ben