Stern punishment: Artest out for year
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In an unprecedented move, Stern handed out a total of 145 games in suspensions stemming from the near-riot at Auburn Hills, Mich., on Nov. 19 between the Pacers and Pistons.
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Indiana&#39;s Ron Artest yesterday was suspended without pay for the rest of the season for fighting with fans during a bench-clearing brawl Friday night in the final minute of a game against the Detroit Pistons in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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NBA on Sunday suspended nine players for involving in a melee during Friday&#39;s game between Detorit Pistons and Indiana Pacers, with Ron Artest suspended for the rest of the season, 73 games.
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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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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 on Saturday for the first seven games of next season because of their most recent legal problems.
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Indiana's Ron Artest is banned for the rest of the season after the brawl involving fans and players at Detroit.
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David Stern led the NBA through drug problems and work stoppages. Now his league faces the stigma of a point-shaving scandal involving a referee.
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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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Five days after his arrest on suspicion of domestic violence, Ron Artest said he'd stumbled as a father and husband &#151; and the Sacramento Kings announced they would let the volatile player return to the team.
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Pacers forward Ron Artest will return to practice next week for the first time since being suspended for the remainder of the season.
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Stephen Jackson of the Golden State  Warriors and Sacramento Kings player Ron Artest were both  suspended for seven games without pay by the NBA for separate  criminal incidents, the league announced on Saturday.
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The NBA suspended Ron Artest, Jermaine O'Neal and Stephen Jackson of Indiana and Ben Wallace of Detroit on Saturday for taking part in one of the ugliest brawls in U.S. sports history.
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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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The Sporting News - In a year that threatened to wipe the smirk off David Stern's face, the story that generated the loudest and longest buzz revolved around the league's best and best-known player.
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NEW YORK - The wrath of David Stern was unleashed, giving Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O&#39;Neal a long time - extremely long in Artest&#39;s case - to ponder the error of their ways.
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INDIANAPOLIS (Sports Network) - Indiana Pacers forward Ron  Artest sat out the second of a two-game benching on Wednesday  in a 102-68 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, a penalty that  apparently stemmed from the player's request for time off to  deal with exhaustion and off-court issues, including the  promotion of a rap album that is slated to be released later  this month.
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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.