NBAâs knockout punch
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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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At least the "Bad Boys" kept their shenanigans on the court when they were wreaking havoc in the NBA. Nowadays there are enough mug shots out there to spawn a new trading card industry. Players are doing and saying things that defy common sense, annoying fans with their high-priced whines. Wins seem to rank only slightly ahead of endorsement opportunities and monster contracts, and those "knuckleheads" Karl Malone once dissed haven't gotten a clue yet.
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For the Indiana Pacers, itâs been a long three weeks since a brawl with Detroit fans scarred the image of what was once considered one of the NBAâs model franchises.
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A hard foul by Mardy Collins on Denver's J.R. Smith precipitates a ugly brawl between the Knicks and the Nuggets in which punches are thrown and 10 players are ejected.
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Sooner or later, every professional basketball playerâs career comes to an end. For Todd MacCulloch, that day came earlier than expected.
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Which landed out? Which went in? Itâs all good in a highlight-reel culture where the acrobatic scissor shot in tennis has become the new dunk.
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With the new season in full swing, the NBA copes with its first controversy: a new synthetic ball thatâs driving its players batty.
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So now, the second wave of reaction has set in to last Friday night&#39;s Pistons-Pacers-Fans brawl at the Palace. At first, the reaction was shock, dismay, outrage.
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The NBA mandate to crack down on malicious attempts to injure didn&#39;t last until even the start of the regular season. At least that was one conclusion that could be drawn from the punishments
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If Jermaine O&#39;Neal hadn&#39;t slipped while delivering that potentially crushing right-hand punch to a fan&#39;s jaw during the Nov. 19 melee at The Palace, that fan might have been slurping his Christmas dinner through a straw.
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NBA most valuable player Kevin Garnett punched a former University of Minnesota player during a pickup game last week at Target Center, cutting the man's face and chipping his tooth.
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NEW YORK -- It was anything but a knockout punch, but there is much to say about a good, solid decision, especially when a team displays its unit versatility.
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The most shocking thing about the NBA melee that occurred last weekend is that it didn&#39;t happen sooner. Or that it wasn&#39;t worse.
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TV Reports showcasing the brawl between the players and the fans came as a shock to the watching public. And NBA has taken strong actions by suspending four players involved for an indefinite period.
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Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams have provided the upstart Utah Jazz with the NBA's most effective 1-2 punch this season. They were at their best Wednesday night.
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In the modern thrill-a-minute NBA it&#39;s the players who generate the big bucks, and who create the league&#39;s (and, to a significant extent, the country&#39;s) latest cultural realities.
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The Melee in Motown between the Pacers and Pistons didn&#39;t only shake up the NBA, it laid waste to many a fantasy team&#39;s chances this season.