Excepts from arbitrator&#39;s ruling on brawl suspensions
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Excerpts from arbitrator Roger Kaplan&#39;s ruling on an appeal of the suspensions issued by NBA commissioner David Stern to Indiana Pacers players Ron Artest, Jermaine O&#39;Neal, Stephen Jackson and Anthony Johnson for their roles in a brawl with fans at a Nov.
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A federal judge ruled that National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern doesn&#39;t have the final say in punishing players for behavior during games, upholding an arbitrator&#39;s
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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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An arbitrator's decision yesterday has taken the recent NBA suspensions to a different venue -- the courtroom. Arbitrator Roger Kaplan ruled he does have the authority to decide if appeals on behalf of the four suspended Indiana Pacers can be heard by someone other than NBA commissioner David Stern .
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An artbitrator upheld the season long suspension of Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest for his role in the November 19th Pacers-Pistons game at the Palace in Auburn Hills.
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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
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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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Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson are in trouble with the NBA again. The central figures in the brawl at the Palace of Auburn Hills were each suspended without pay by the league on Saturday for the first seven games of next season because of their most recent legal problems.
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Indiana Pacers forward Jermaine O&#39;Neal will not have to serve the final 10 games of his 25-game suspension for fighting with fans during the Nov. 19 melee in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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The arbitrator in the Deion Branch case yesterday denied the NFL's motion that the mediator had no jurisdiction in Branch's dispute with the Patriots and then informed both sides he would not be available to hear the first of Branch's two claims against the team tomorrow, as originally expected.
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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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A federal judge ruled Thursday that Indiana All-Star Jermaine O'Neal does not have to serve the final 10 games of his suspension for fighting with fans at the end of the Pacers-Pistons game last month.
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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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An arbitrator has upheld the season-long suspension of Indiana's Ron Artest for fighting with fans during a Nov. 19 brawl in Detroit.
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A federal judge ruled yesterday in New York that Indiana All-Star Jermaine O'Neal does not have to serve the final 10 games of his suspension for fighting with fans at the end of the Pacers-Pistons game last month.
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NEW YORK  - An arbitrator reduced the brawl suspension of Indiana Pacers forward Jermaine O&#39;Neal by 10 games, opening the door for O&#39;Neal to play in a Christmas Day rematch against Detroit.
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - The NBA showed no mercy on Sunday, suspending Indiana&#39;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.