Who is to blame for the NBA melee?
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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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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - The NBA showed no mercy on  Sunday, suspending Indiana'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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Five Indiana Pacers players and three fans charged in one of the most violent melees in NBA history appeared in court yesterday in Rochester Hills, Mich. -- each at a separate hearing. All were released on bond. The Pacers players, charged with misdemeanor assault and battery in the brawl with Detroit fans at The Palace of Auburn Hills, appeared for ...
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a situation for which everything from video games and junk food to the popularity of other sports like basketball is blamed â-ore
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The New York Knicks were so bad in their home opener, even Howard Stern was offended. The shock jock and his girlfriend walked out of Madison Square Garden in disgust midway through the third quarter Saturday night, long after fans began booing the Knicks in a 107-73 loss to the Boston Celtics. Meanwhile, the other New York metro-area team got blown out too, as the Phoenix Suns beat the New Jersey Nets 112-80.
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It&#39;s almost old news now. Even those who don&#39;t follow the game of basketball have watched video clips of the now infamous Nov. 19 melee during a game between the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers.
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In looking at the brawl that broke out during Friday&#39;s Detroit-Indiana game, it&#39;s important to not be so quick to blame &quot;crazy Ron Artest.
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Nine US basketball players have been suspended after an on-court brawl spilled into the stands and nearly turned into a riot. One player, Ron Artest, has been handed the longest
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TV Reports showcasing the brawl between the players and the fans came as a shock to the watching public. And NBA has taken strong actions by suspending four players involved for an indefinite period.
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Indianapolis - NBA commissioner David Stern on Saturday indefinitely suspended four players who took part in Friday night&#39;s ugly melee between the Indiana Pacers and host Detroit Pistons and their fans.
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NBA 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 yesterday for the first seven games of next season because of their most recent legal problems. Artest, now with the Sacramento Kings, pleaded no contest in May ...
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NBA Commissioner David Stern indefinitely suspended four players who took part in an ugly melee with fans, now regarded as one of the worst in sports history, in a Friday night game between the Indiana Pacers and the host Detroit Pistons.
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(Indianapolis) - After one of the ugliest brawls in sports history, the NBA has indefinitely suspended four players. Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson, and Jermaine O&#39;Neal from the Pacers have been suspended, along with Ben Wallace from the Pistons.
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Five memebrs of the National Basketball Association&#39;s Indiana Pacers and seven supporters have been charged over the melee that broke out at the end of a nationally televised game against
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What riot? &quot;An Argentine friend of mine was a little derisive of the Pacers-Pistons eruption,&quot; says reader Mike Gaynes. &quot;He snorted, &#39;Is that what Americans call a riot?
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One of the byproducts of last weekend's NBA brawl could be a poisoned atmosphere in collective bargaining talks.
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25, 2004. Reader Wayne Sweeney blamed both the players and fans for their roles in last weekendâs Pistons-Pacers melee. âIf someone threw a drink at me, Iâd charge them too,â Sweeney