Artest socked by NBA for role in melee
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National Basketball Association players crossed the line Friday night and league commissioner David Stern took a hard line against that Sunday.
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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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It&#39;s almost old news now. Even those who don&#39;t follow the game of basketball have watched video clips of the now infamous Nov. 19 melee during a game between the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers.
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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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Ron Artest&#39;s season on the brink finally toppled over the edge this past weekend. But was anyone really surprised? If you follow the NBA, you had to have seen this coming.
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Ron Artest gave the Indiana Pacers a boost yesterday, albeit not in the standings. Suspended for the remainder of the season after he fought with Detroit fans Nov. 19, the All-Star practiced with the Pacers for the first time in more than two months. Artest did not comment as he left the practice court, but teammates and coach Rick Carlisle ...
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The NBA players' union filed an appeal Tuesday on behalf of Indiana Pacers Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O'Neal, who were suspended for their roles in a brawl with Detroit Pistons fans last week.
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Not everything that ails the NBA is solved by the rest-of-the-season suspension of the Indiana Pacers&#39; Ron Artest. It would be irresponsible to suggest anybody should have foreseen a brawl coming.
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Ron Artest is cleared by his coach to play for the Pacers on Friday night after being benched for two games for asking for time off because of his busy schedule.
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An arbitrator ruled Friday that he has jurisdiction to decide whether the brawl-related suspensions given to Ron Artest and other NBA players can be appealed to someone other than commissioner David Stern.
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Sacramento Kings basketball player Ron Artest, who was involved in one of the most notorious brawls in U.S. sports history in 2004, was arrested on Monday on domestic violence charges, officials said.
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Ron Artest of the Indiana Pacers has been suspended in connection with a brawl Friday night that injured nine fans at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan.
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Ron Artest practiced with the Indiana Pacers on Monday for the first time in over two months since he was suspended for fighting with Detroit fans.
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Ron Artest was back in the starting lineup for the Indiana Pacers last night after being benched for two games for asking for time off because of his busy schedule.
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Yesterday morning things seemed pretty dicey for the NBA's Ron Artest, as chatter about "the poster boy for bad behavior" and talk of federal lawsuits, possible criminal charges and suspension appeals fluttered about the airwaves. Drama, people. Then there was the little matter of the $5 million -- $5 million! -- in lost wages, the kind of thing that happens when you hand out beatdowns to fans,  and end up being told to sit your heinie down for the rest of the season and repent.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Suspended Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest will have to wait at least a week to learn if his season is over. Arbitrator Roger Kaplan heard six hours of testimony Thursday from Artest and
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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.