NBA Sues to Stop Review of Brawl Suspensions
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The National Basketball Association  has filed a lawsuit to block the players' union obtaining an  independent review of the lengthy suspensions which followed  the mass brawl in last month's game between the Indiana Pacers  and Detroit Pistons.
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Justice was stern for players involved in Fridayâs melee in Detroit. But was it fair? The league banned Indianaâs Ron Artest for 73 games.
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Two men have been banned from events at The Palace for what the Detroit Pistons say is their involvement in last month&#39;s NBA brawl.
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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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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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The NBA will challenge a decision to reduce by 10 games a 25-match ban on Indiana Pacers Jermaine O&#39;Neal for his part in an ugly brawl during a clash with the Detroit Pistons last month.
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(New York-AP) Nov. 20, 2004 - The NBA has indefinitely suspended four players for taking part in one of the ugliest brawls in the sport&#39;s history.
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The National Basketball Association suspended Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O&#39;Neal of the Indiana Pacers and Ben Wallace of the Detroit Pistons indefinitely pending completion
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According to a broadcast report, the NBA has suspended Indiana's Ron Artest for 30 games and teammates Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O'Neal 20 games apiece for their part in a brawl between the Pacers and the Pistons on Friday night.
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The NBA filed a federal suit Friday in an effort to block an arbitrator from hearing an appeal of the suspensions handed out to four members of the Indiana Pacers for fighting with fans
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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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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 (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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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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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
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Dallas Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson blasted the NBA&#039;s disciplinary officials for the way they dealt with Jerry Stackhouse&#039;s suspension on Saturday.
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NBA commissioner David Stern last night suspended Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest for the remainder of the 2004-05 season -- the harshest such suspension in NBA history -- and suspended two of his teammates for a combined 55 games as a result of their roles in Friday night's brawl with Pistons fans at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan.