NBA&#39;s Stern is self-serving
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&quot;It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.&quot;. In the wake of one of the more violent incidents in National Basketball Association
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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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Let&#39;s imagine that Ron Artest is a knowable person, instead of an animated cartoon of NBA excess that we can conveniently vent on and villainize.
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Bill Self isn&#39;t wasting any time with a player who doesn&#39;t get a rebound, a stop, or commits too many silly fouls. Granted, this is practice, but Self has the luxury that few coaches do at this or any time of the season.
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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.
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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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Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was fined &#36;250,000 on Tuesday for his outbursts following Game 5 of the NBA finals, and commissioner David Stern said he&#039;s getting tired of off-court antics drawing attention from the series.
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NEW YORK - Yesterday, Howard Stern--who loudly claims to dominate media, but has rarely, if ever, added one iota to the sum of human knowledge--made waves by announcing he will move his act to another medium.
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The punishment of Ron Artest by David Stern has convinced players' union head Billy Hunter that Stern's power needs to be addressed in current labor talks.
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Radio shock jock Howard Stern, who is moving to satellite radio to avoid broadcast decency rules, traded verbal jabs on air with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell on Tuesday, charging him with nepotism and undermining free speech.
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David Stern acknowledges that more than half of NBA referees had violated NBA policies about casino gambling, but none will be punished.
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Tim Donaghy is expected to surrender to authorities late this week or early next. David Stern couldn't wait that long to talk about the biggest crisis his league has ever faced.
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Commissioner David Stern has drawn a line on unacceptable behavior by players in the National Basketball Association. Whether he can keep it from being blurred or erased by the playersâ union or a court decision remains to be seen.
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It's too bad Stern stopped at 30 games for Ron Artest's Indiana teammate Stephen Jackson, who should have been kicked out for the rest of the season, too.
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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.
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The Raptors point guard, who had his second poor outing in a row yesterday in a 114-109 overtime loss against the Washington Wizards, said he does not regret voicing his displeasure about his reduced court time to reporters Saturday in New York.
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Knicks Coach Isiah Thomas indicated that Steve FrancisÂs relegation to the bench was suggested by the player himself.