Malice at the Palace - the last thing the NBA needed for their ...
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Take your pick of culprits in the stunning melee Friday night at The Palace of Auburn Hills, in a heated game between Central Division rivals: the defending NBA champion Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers.
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Last month&#39;s melee in Auburn Hills, Mich., between NBA players and spectators leads us to wonder if it is inevitable a ban will be implemented to prohibit college fans from rushing the court to celebrate big victories.
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Last Sunday night, while announcing the suspensions of Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson, Jermaine O'Neal, Ben Wallace, and others, the commissioner of the NBA, David Stern, spoke forcefully and eloquently about redefining &quot;the covenant between players and fans and between fans and fans, and [making] sure we can play our games in a very welcoming and peaceful setting.&quot;
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It might have been NBA Commissioner David Stern taking his chances had he tried to enter the stands at The Palace on Sunday after suspending Ben Wallace for six games.
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Friday night&#39;s basketbrawl in Detroit was a shameful chapter in sports history but also a conflagration of many of modern society&#39;s common ailments -- hair-trigger tempers, misplaced hostility, me-firstism, emotional immaturity, incivility, lack of self
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Isiah Thomas wasnât the only coach at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night putting a personal agenda ahead of his team. Nuggets Coach George Karl shares the blame.
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The biggest news of the past week has been the basket brawl at Auburn Palace in Detroit between the Pistons and Indiana Pacers. If you havenât heard by now, the Pacersâ Ron
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Friday&#39;s brawl ended the basketball game between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons. But the national conversation about the fraying bond between sports fans and players should continue.
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The National Basketball Players Association and the NBA traded legal blows Friday in the ongoing fallout from the Nov. 19 brawl between Indiana Pacers players and fans at the Palace of Auburn Hills (Mich.
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The NBA is reviewing film of the Celtics-Knicks game Monday night that included physical incidents involving most notably Boston's Paul Pierce and Tony Allen . A decision on possible discipline could be made today.
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The first thing Derrick Blaylock saw was the last thing he needed to see.
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Ending nearly three months of suspense about his future, Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning said last night at his annual Zoâs Summer Groove charity game in Miami that he would play again next season â a choice he kept secret to the end, insisting he was still deciding just hours before the actual announcement.âI want to redeem myself and try to help this team redeem ourselves as an organization and try to get back on track,â Mourning said. âThat wasnât the Miami team you saw in the playoffs last year.âHe added, âIt left a sour taste in my mouth and itâs time to really end it all on the right note.âThis was the third straight summer Mourning considered retirement before choosing to keep playing. Next season will be his 15th in the N.B.A., not including a full year he missed with kidney problems that led to a transplant in 2003.
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Five Pacers and five Pistons are expected to be charged with assault today in the fight at the Palace. By Tony Manolatos / The Detroit News.
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The NBA regular season is a week off, but tempers Monday night were in midseason form. In Columbus, Ohio, the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers needed to be separated by security personnel and coaches
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Turns out Ron Artest, his Pacers posse and those few dozen fools in the stands who wanted a piece of them arenât the only people around the NBA who know how to throw a punch.
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The Atlanta Hawks and Miami Heat must replay the final 51.9 seconds of their game last month because the N.B.A. said the official scorer ruled incorrectly that Shaquille OâNeal fouled out. This will be the first time since 1982 that the league has sent teams back on the court for a replay.
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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