N.B.A. Sits It Out as Pacers Plead Case
143991
Four of the Pacers involved in last month's brawl pleaded their cases before an independent arbitrator on Thursday, but no representative from the N.B.A attended.
433947
Three Indiana Pacers' basketball players, including two involved in a previous nightclub fracas, face questioning over an assault on a bar manager this week after a home loss in Indianapolis, police said on Wednesday.
465242
Pacers players will be charged for fighting with fans during the Nov. 19 brawl at the end of a game against the Pistons, Oakland County Prosecutor David Gorcyca told The Detroit News.
396595
Seven fans have now been charged along with five Indiana Pacers players in the Nov. 19 brawl at a Detroit Pistons NBA game. Players Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson, David Harrison and Anthony Johnson are charged with one count of assault and battery.
125243
Ron Artest took the witness stand in New York yesterday and described one of the worst brawls in NBA history. Indiana Pacers teammates Stephen Jackson , Jermaine O'Neal , and Anthony Johnson did the same, and a union attorney and one of O'Neal's bodyguards also testified. It went on for six hours, with none of the witnesses being cross-examined by ...
118064
Our position is: The prosecutor acted fairly in charging players and fans involved in brawl. Charges leveled against players and fans involved in a brawl at the Nov. 19 Pacers-Pistons mark the necessary next
446562
DECEMBER 8--Five Indiana Pacers players were charged today for their roles in the brawl that broke out last month at the end of a game against the Detroit Pistons.
629223
DETROIT - It appears the Indiana Pacers will pay a heavy price for Fridayâs embarrassing melee. WDIV-TV is reporting that Ron Artest of the Pacers will be suspended for 30 games and teammates Jermaine OâNeal
383015
For the Indiana Pacers, itâs been a long three weeks since a brawl with Detroit fans scarred the image of what was once considered one of the NBAâs model franchises.
4874
(INDIANAPOLIS, November 22nd, 2004, 4:30 pm) -- The Indiana Pacers&#39; leadership voiced their support for Ron Artest and the other players suspended after the brawl with Detroit Pistons fans but have not yet decided whether to appeal the punishments.
578645
NEW YORK (Sports Network) - In a move that seemed almost  inevitable, the NBA players' union filed an appeal Tuesday on  behalf of the Pacers' Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson and Jermaine  O'Neal.
552306
Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O&#39;Neal now have the backing of their union. The NBA Players&#39; Association is appealing the suspensions handed to the three Indiana Pacers for their actions in a brawl with Detroit Pistons fans Friday night.
224157
New York, November 22 - The agent for one suspended Indiana Pacer is faulting the NBA for not considering the players&#39; fear for their own safety.
157472
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 .
272599
The swift manner with which the NBA meted out punishment to Ron Artest and other members of the Indiana Pacers in the wake of the brawl last week in Auburn Hills, Mich.
234382
The N.B.A. is investigating whether Isiah Thomas ordered a hard foul that touched off a brawl with the Denver Nuggets.
279781
Indiana Pacers fans hold signs about suspended players Ron Artest and Jermaine O&#39;Neal as the Pacers played the Philadelphia 76ers in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004.