Artest, Hunter wrong to place NBA on same footing with war in Iraq
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In today&#39;s blog I want to talk about those streaking Seattle SuperSonics, a team that won 10 of its first 12, a team that last night beat Minnesota on their home floor, a team ... Wait, we&#39;re still talking about Ron Artest?
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The NBA mandate to crack down on malicious attempts to injure didn&#39;t last until even the start of the regular season. At least that was one conclusion that could be drawn from the punishments
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By James Walker, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Feb. 9--CLEVELAND -- Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell never worried about jersey sales.   Magic Johnson and Larry Bird didn't compete for fans in China and Japan.
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Johnson, the N.B.A. legend and part owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, made the bold claim, but Isiah Thomas is not making such confident proclamations these days.
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The NBA enters unfamiliar territory in its first season after the breakup of the Los Angeles Lakers, unquestionably the league&#39;s marquee team for the past five years.
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Jermaine O&#39;Neal was sick and tired of talking about it: Ron Artest, the hip-hop record, the three-day distraction that exploded into a tragicomic controversy heard round the NBA.
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It often seems as if Ron Artest cannot help being at the center of a storm.
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In today&#39;s NBA, it&#39;s tough to gain respect playing in the Eastern Conference. It apparently doesn&#39;t matter that the defending champs loom there.
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MINNEAPOLIS Nov 9, 2004 - Ron Artest is being punished again, and Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle wouldn&#39;t say exactly why.
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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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US National Basketball Association stars are concerned that playing in international events is hurting their ability to play their best in quest of a league crown.
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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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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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CLIPPERS 102, PACERS 68---At Indianapolis, Pacers F Ron Artest said yesterday that he asked coach Rick Carlisle for time off because of a busy schedule that included promoting a soon-to
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By Bill Reynolds  FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH   Okay, here's the problem.   Yes, the Celtics are the Titanic, having sunk in the NBA standings. Yes, they are positioning themselves for the Greg Oden- Kevin Durant sweepstakes.
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Maybe Doc Rivers is right. Maybe two years from now, when the Celtics are leading the Atlantic Division and Gerald Green has morphed into Kobe Bryant and Al Jefferson has morphed into Elton Brand, people will choose not to remember or care about what transpired in the dog days of the winter of 2007.
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A week later, the tape of the fight between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit fans sticks with me like a bad dream. I am still stunned to watch Ron Artest bound over rows of courtside chairs to attack a fan