The Stern reality -- 7 players suspended
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Carmelo Anthony found out yesterday the price of a sucker punch. His coach, George Karl, found out yesterday the price for rubbing it in to someone who was mean to his friend. The cost? Let's just say the NBA can dramatically upgrade the hors d'oeuvres at the office holiday party thanks to the impending (and mandatory) donations from the Denver ...
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The world of professional basketball was in uproar yesterday after nine players were suspended for joining in the most riotous brawl since the sport became a fixture on US television.
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Minnesota guard Latrell Sprewell was suspended one game by the NBA for yelling a sexual vulgarity at a female fan during Saturday night's Clippers-Timberwolves game in Los Angeles, the latest episode of a player clashing with spectators. The NBA has been concerned about conflicts between players and fans following the nasty brawl in Detroit 2 1/2 weeks ago that spilled ...
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Ron Artest has been hit with a season long suspension, unprecedented for the NBA outside doping cases; Stephen Jackson banned for 30 games; Jermaine O&#39;Neal for 25 games and Anthony Johnson for five.
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National Basketball Association players crossed the line Friday night and league commissioner David Stern took a hard line against that Sunday.
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The Pacers' Ron Artest was suspended for the season, and two of his teammates must sit out for a combined 55 games.
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The NBA suspended Ron Artest, Jermaine O'Neal and Stephen Jackson of Indiana and Ben Wallace of Detroit on Saturday for taking part in one of the ugliest brawls in U.S. sports history. The suspensions were indefinite, and the league was still investigating Friday night's melee, which commissioner David Stern called "shocking, repulsive and inexcusable &#151; a humiliation for everyone associated with the NBA."
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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.
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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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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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David Stern led the NBA through drug problems and work stoppages. Now his league faces the stigma of a point-shaving scandal involving a referee.
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Stephen Jackson of the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings player Ron Artest were both suspended for seven games without pay by the NBA for separate criminal incidents, the league announced on Saturday.
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Latrell Sprewell was suspended for the Minnesota Timberwolves&#39; loss to the Dallas Mavericks last night for yelling a vulgarity at a female fan during a game.
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Four players have been suspended for a combined eight games without pay and Kirk Hinrich fined 10,000 dollars by the National Basketball Association in the wake of a multi-player pre-season fight.
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Not everything that ails the NBA is solved by the rest-of-the-season suspension of the Indiana Pacers&#39; Ron Artest. It would be irresponsible to suggest anybody should have foreseen a brawl coming.
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1. An arbitrator has ruled that Pacers forward Jermaine O&#39;Neal&#39;s suspension should be cut from 25 games to 15, but upheld the bans on Ron Artest and two other Pacers.
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Tim Donaghy is expected to surrender to authorities late this week or early next. David Stern couldn't wait that long to talk about the biggest crisis his league has ever faced.