Column: Players, fans to blame -- but it was officials who lost ...
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You can blame Ron Artest all you want for what will be remembered as the melee in Motown. You can blame Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace as well.
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The league is belatedly waking up to its behavioral problems, with the players leading the charge for harsher punishments.
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Hometown fans are often more tolerant of an athlete whose alleged behavior on or off the field has drawn the ire of others.
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Blame whomever you want for the failure of the American Olympic basketball team. There is no shortage of accountable candidates. Want to blame the Team USA selection committee? ...
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Months after a game-fixing scandal shook Italian soccer, the sport was rocked again when rioting by fans left a police officer dead and scores of people injured.Comment
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It&#39;s hard to know what to do with Terrell Owens, laugh at him, or rebuke him and bemoan his comportment as further evidence of the extinction of sportsmanship.
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The league's commissioner is mighty sorrowful  as he tries to overwhelm a betting scandal with contrition
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AS Roma players have blamed Russian referee Valentin Ivanov for their 4-2 Champions League defeat by Real Madrid. Roma led 2-1 at the Bernabeu on Tuesday when Ivanov awarded Real
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Larry Bowa&#39;s fiery personality made him a fan favorite during his playing days in Philadelphia. It also helped cost him his job as manager.
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The finger-pointing and the blame game are getting old. It accomplishes nothing except to allow angry Red Sox observers to vent. In the end, John Henry, Tom Werner, Larry Lucchino, and Theo Epstein are responsible, and there's been no sign that they're ducking responsibility.
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Jason Giambi said he was sorry five times. He apologized three times. To the New York Yankees. To his teammates. To the fans.
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Our position is: NBA commissioner sent a necessary message to the players that their behavior was unacceptable. NBA Commissioner David Stern has handed the Indiana Pacers a severe but warranted penalty for
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He knew something was wrong. He felt it during the season. He felt it during summer league. The problem for Al Jefferson was greater than a bum ankle, however. He found believers about his plight to be harder to find than those poor souls stuck on that island in ``Lost."
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After all the twists and turns that the Washington, DC stadium controversy has taken, we should have known it wouldn&#39;t end simply.
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Incidents between baseball players and fans have long been part of the game. But they seem to be getting uglier with each year, and an imbroglio Monday night in Oakland, Calif.
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SEATTLE  There is no logic behind feeling cheated Saturday, but that pang is still there. Every time a stirring, pixie-dust run like this ends abruptly, an emotional response follows from the aggrieved player or fan, who believe teams with heavy hearts should have divine endings, who deeply feel ...
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Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird was shocked by the suspensions commissioner David Stern handed out to his three best players, but also accepted blame for their role in the brawl with Detroit fans.