The Islandersâ Simon Is Banished 30 Games
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The N.H.L. handed down a 30-game suspension Wednesday to the Islandersâ Chris Simon for deliberately stamping on the right foot of the Penguinsâ Jarkko Ruutu last Saturday night.
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The Islanders gave Chris Simon an indefinite leave of absence Monday, one day before the N.H.L. was to decide whether he would be suspended for stamping on the foot of a player on Saturday.
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The NBA will challenge a decision to reduce by 10 games a 25-match ban on Indiana Pacers Jermaine O&#39;Neal for his part in an ugly brawl during a clash with the Detroit Pistons last month.
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Ron Artest has been hit with a season long suspension, unprecedented for the NBA outside doping cases; Stephen Jackson banned for 30 games; Jermaine O&#39;Neal for 25 games and Anthony Johnson for five.
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If Chris Simon plays again for the New York Islanders, or for anyone else in the NHL, it won't be until next season. And it might not even be on opening night. The NHL hit back hard Sunday, suspending the rugged Islanders forward for a league-record 25 games.
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Chris Simon might know by the end of the weekend just how costly revenge is. The Islanders forward was slated to have a disciplinary hearing Saturday at the NHL office in New York to discuss the two-handed swing of his hockey stick to the head of Rangers center Ryan Hollweg. Once the talking stops, Simon will likely be hit with a suspension that could end his season. For now his banishment is indefinite, the NHL said Friday.
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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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DETROIT, Mich. (Sports Network) - According to a broadcast  report, the NBA has suspended Indiana's Ron Artest for 30 games  and teammates Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O'Neal 20 games  apiece for their part in a brawl between the Pacers and the  Pistons on Friday night.
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South Africa&#39;s United Cricket Board today sacked national coach Eric Simons, weeks ahead of the two-Test tour of India beginning November 10.
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Miroslav Satan has a goal and assist in the New York Islanders' 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday before a record crowd of 15,625 at Nassau Coliseum.
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NEW YORK -- Chris Simon took a leave from the New York Islanders on Monday, agreeing with the team that he needed time away from hockey following his latest penalty for attempting to injure an opponent.
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Rick DiPietro comes up 77 seconds short of a shutout, and the Islanders set a franchise record for fewest shots allowed in New York's 4-1 win over the Thrashers Saturday.
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The mayor of Pitcairn Island, Steve Christian, leaves court in Adamstown after being convicted on five counts of rape. Photograph: AP.
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Valencia midfielder Miguel Angulo has been banned for seven matches by UEFA for behavior during the Champions League game against Werder Bremen earlier this month.
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Chris Simon took a paid leave from the New York Islanders on Monday, agreeing with the team that he needed time away from hockey following his latest penalty for attempting to injure an opponent.
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The National Basketball Association suspended All-Star Ron Artest for the rest of the season and Indiana Pacers team mates Stephen Jackson for 30 games and Jermaine O&#39;Neal for 25 following Friday&#39;s ugly brawl.
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To his coach and teammates, Chris Simon isn't the stick-swinging, skate-stomping fiend outsiders view him to be.