Our say: NBA brawl a dismal sign of the times
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WE&#39;VE ABANDONED the notion that professional basketball games can provide a model of good sportsmanship. We&#39;d settle for NBA games that didn&#39;t celebrate thuggishness.
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New York - Unprecedented suspensions and tighter arena security were imposed by the National Basketball Association (NBA) after an ugly brawl between players and fans that could deliver the league a painful blow.
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Yesterday morning things seemed pretty dicey for the NBA's Ron Artest, as chatter about "the poster boy for bad behavior" and talk of federal lawsuits, possible criminal charges and suspension appeals fluttered about the airwaves. Drama, people. Then there was the little matter of the $5 million -- $5 million! -- in lost wages, the kind of thing that happens when you hand out beatdowns to fans,  and end up being told to sit your heinie down for the rest of the season and repent.
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Ever since last Friday night&#39;s NBA brawl in Detroit, I have tried to make sense out of the whole mess. I have watched replay after replay of the ordeal, hoping to come up with some sort of reason
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It&#39;s a little too easy to point at the drunk guy with a criminal record as the cause for last week&#39;s brawl. The poor schlub nobody had ever heard of is a much easier target than Ben Wallace, who we watch in
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The most shocking thing about the NBA melee that occurred last weekend is that it didn&#39;t happen sooner. Or that it wasn&#39;t worse.
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DETROIT The city of Detroit is trying to overcome its latest black eye after a brawl between NBA players and fans. One woman says she thinks Friday&#39;s melee reemphasizes the stereotypes many people have about Detroit.
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The Los Angeles Lakers should be accustomed to tumult, conflict and controversy by now. What the venerable NBA franchise must get used to in the post-Shaq era is enduring all that drama with little hope of winning a championship.
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By now, bits and pieces of the Pacers-Pistons brawl have joined O. J.'s Bronco ride and the Zapruder film in the pantheon of numbingly overviewed news events.
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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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Can&#39;t we all just get along? I mean this is getting ridiculously way out of hand. For those who haven&#39;t watched any TV in the last five days, a fight broke out in an NBA
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And then are the nights like this, when life with Shaquille O&#39;Neal and Dwyane Wade isn&#39;t such a carefree joy ride. Caught in the fast lane that is the Dallas Mavericks&#39; offense, the Heat crashed and burned
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But the balance of power in the Eastern Conference might shift after the punishments the NBA handed out Sunday in response to the brawl at the end of Friday&#39;s Indiana-Detroit game.
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After receiving some of the harshest penalties in NBA history for one of the worst brawls in U.S. sports history, the Indiana Pacers' deep and talented roster has been reduced from a title contender to rubble.
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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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Brawled-out yet? I guess we all are. We've all seen Ron Artest bolt off that table even more than we've seen Flutie roll to his right. But the fallout from L'Affaire Auburn Hills is enormous, and I don't just mean the South Carolina-Clemson dust-up that has resulted in each institution punishing itself by eschewing bowl bids.
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One of the byproducts of last weekend's NBA brawl could be a poisoned atmosphere in collective bargaining talks.