NBA Commissioner Statement on Suspensions
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NBA Commissioner David Stern's statement accompanying the announcement of suspensions for Friday night's Pacers-Pistons brawl:
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Thanks to their legal troubles, Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson are suspended by the NBA for the first seven games of next season.
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NBA Commissioner David Stern is not waiting for the results of a federal investigation to defend the integrity of his leagueâs referees.
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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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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 in a melee that broke out at the end of a game against the Detroit Pistons.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - NBA vice president Stu Jackson  Wednesday handed out suspensions for four players involved in a  fight during Monday's preseason game between the Washington  Wizards and Chicago Bulls.
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1. An arbitrator has ruled that Pacers forward Jermaine O&#39;Neal&#39;s suspension should be cut from 25 games to 15, but upheld the bans on Ron Artest and two other Pacers.
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Ron Artest of the Indiana Pacers has been suspended for the rest of the National Basketball Association&#39;s season in connection with a brawl Friday night that started on the basketball court
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(Indianapolis) - The Pacers big 3 scorers early in this NBA season, received big-time suspensions today from the NBA, as a result of Friday night&#39;s melee with the Detroit Pistons, and their fans.
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NBA commissioner David Stern last night suspended Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest for the remainder of the 2004-05 season -- the harshest such suspension in NBA history -- and suspended two of his teammates for a combined 55 games as a result of their roles in Friday night's brawl with Pistons fans at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan.
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NBA scoring leader Carmelo Anthony was suspended for 15 games, drawing the heaviest punishment among seven players banned on Monday after a brawl between the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets on Saturday.
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DETROIT, United States : Indiana Pacers star Ron Artest has been suspended 30 games and two teammates were suspended 20 games each for their parts in an ugly brawl between players and spectators at a National Basketball Association game, a television
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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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National Basketball Association players crossed the line Friday night and league commissioner David Stern took a hard line against that Sunday.
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The Pacers' Ron Artest was suspended for the season, and two of his teammates must sit out for a combined 55 games.
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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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T he suspensions were handed out. The blame was finally quantified. Never again will anyone have to stare at another replay of that ugly NBA brawl while wondering what the varying degrees of culpability are