NBA Sues to Stop Review of Brawl Suspensions
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The National Basketball Association has filed a lawsuit to block the players&#39; union obtaining an independent review of the lengthy suspensions which followed the mass brawl in last month&#39;s game between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit
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The NBA issued indefinite suspensions yesterday for Indiana Pacers Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson, and Jermaine O'Neal, as well as Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace, disciplining the players for their part in a frightening brawl involving fans at the Palace of Auburn Hills Friday night.
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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.
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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 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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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 National Basketball Association suspended four players indefinitely at the weekend after one of the worst brawls professional sport in America has seen.
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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 during a melee that broke out at the end of a game against the Detroit Pistons.
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Basketball Stephen Jackson found his suspension acceptable. The NBA players association didn't, and may do something about it. The union is considering an appeal of the seven-game suspensions given to Sacramento's Ron Artest and Golden State's Jackson Saturday for legal issues. Both players were suspended by the league without pay and are scheduled to miss the first seven games of ...
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MIAMI - The NBA has suspended indefinitely Detroit&#39;s Ben Wallace and Indiana&#39;s Ron Artest, Jermaine O&#39;Neal and Stephen Jackson in the wake of Friday night&#39;s brawl at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Mich.
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The NBA issued indefinite suspensions yesterday for Indiana Pacers Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson, and Jermaine O&#39;Neal, as well as Detroit Pistons center Ben
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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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Jermaine O&#39;Neal&#39;s suspension from the Nov. 19 brawl that spilled into the stands in Auburn Hills, Mich., was reduced from 25 to 15 games by an independent arbitrator today.
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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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Jermaine O&#39;Neal won a 10-game reduction Wednesday in his 25-game suspension for fighting with fans during the Nov. 19 Pacers-Pistons brawl, but an arbitrator upheld NBA commissioner David Stern&#39;s bans on Ron Artest and two other Indiana players.
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The NBA filed a federal suit Friday in an effort to block an arbitrator from hearing an appeal of the suspensions handed out to four members of the Indiana Pacers for fighting with fans
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(New York-AP) Nov. 20, 2004 - The NBA has indefinitely suspended four players for taking part in one of the ugliest brawls in the sport&#39;s history.