NBA skips arbitration hearing on brawl suspensions
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National Basketball Association players union leaders met with an arbitrator to have suspensions from a brawl between players and fans reduced but league officials did not participate.
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An arbitrator&#39;s decision to reduce O&#39;Neal&#39;s 25 game suspension to 15 games for his part in the Nov. 19 brawl between Pacers players and fans in Detroit was upheld today in US District Court in New York.
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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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Two weeks after the fact, lawyers for the NBA and the players' union had their own little brawl. Attorneys for the two sides fought before an arbitrator and in federal court Friday, arguing over what avenues of appeal should be employed for the four players suspended by commissioner David Stern for fighting with fans during a Nov. 19 Pacers-Pistons game.
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Jermaine O'Neal won a 10-game reduction Wednesday in his suspension for fighting with fans during the Nov. 19 Pacers-Pistons brawl, but an arbitrator also upheld NBA commissioner David Stern's bans on Ron Artest and two other Indiana players.
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Darius Miles was suspended for two games by the Portland Trail Blazers here for insubordination and conduct detrimental to the National Basketball Association team.
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NEW YORK: The National Basketball Association and the playersâ union were at loggerheads on Friday over who has jurisdiction to hear the appeal of the record suspensions meted out in the wake the ugly brawl at a Pacers-Pistons game last month.
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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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NEW YORK - The NBA players union will win its appeal to reduce the suspensions doled out to Ron Artest and two other Indiana Pacers who brawled with Pistons fans last week, a sports business expert predicted Tuesday.
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The NBA most likely will wait until Monday before ruling on penalties resulting from the brawl between the Nuggets and Knicks.
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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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Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - According to a broadcast report, the NBA has suspended Indiana&#39;s Ron Artest for 30 games and teammates Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O&#39;Neal 20 games apiece for their part in a brawl between the Pacers and the Pistons on
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The NBA players association is considering an appeal of the seven-game suspensions given to Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson for legal issues.
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Indiana forward Jermaine O'Neal will go before a federal judge today to see if he can continue playing for the Pacers. If the ruling goes against him, and O'Neal returns to the suspended list, he said he'll accept it. Originally suspended by NBA commissioner David Stern for 25 games for fighting with fans during the Nov. 19 Pacers-Pistons brawl, an ...
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The NBA informed the players' union Sunday it will not seek a temporary restraining order in federal court, clearing the way for a grievance hearing over suspensions for the Pacers-Pistons brawl.
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An arbitrator rules 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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NEW YORK -- Indiana Pacers forward Jermaine O&#39;Neal had his suspension reduced to 15 games Wednesday by an arbitrator. O&#39;Neal was involved in a brawl with fans during a game against Detroit in Auburn Hills