NBA Brawler Ron Artest, Playing a Different Tune
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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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NBA commissioner David Stern last night suspended Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest for the remainder of the 2004-05 season -- the harshest such suspension in NBA history -- and suspended two of his teammates for a combined 55 games as a result of their roles in Friday night's brawl with Pistons fans at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan.
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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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Ron Artest, like so many poor souls in sports, is misunderstood. His coach doesn't understand him. His teammates don't understand him. Fans don't understand him. Half the time he doesn't understand himself.
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Look for David Stern to come down hard on the principals in Friday&#39;s Pacers-Pistons brawl. With the NBA&#39;s image possibly at stake, many around the league expect him to send a strong message when he makes his final ruling.
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Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest gets back on the court after going into the stands after fans during a brawl with the Detroit Pistons with just 45.9 seconds left in the game Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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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 aren&#39;t the only people around the NBA who know how to throw a punch.
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The NBA spent a lot of time Saturday criticizing Detroit and Indiana players for their actions in Friday night&#39;s brawl. Much more quietly, they probably
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Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest will be back in the lineup for Friday's game versus Philadelphia at the Wachovia Center.
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Last week&#39;s basketball brawl in Detroit, triggered by an on-court fight that spilled into the stands when a fan tossed a drink, has set the sports world buzzing.
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As fans and pundits plunged into a fourth day of dissecting the player-fan brawl that shook the sports landscape, Ron Artest took refuge in a radio studio.
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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 and Stephen Jackson are in trouble with the NBA again. The central figures in the brawl at the Palace of Auburn Hills were each suspended without pay by the league on Saturday for the first seven games of next season because of their most recent legal problems.
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An unidentified fan holds a sign referring to the season-long suspension of Indiana Pacers&#39; Ron Artest during a game in Seattle between the Pacers and the Seattle SuperSonics Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004, at Key Arena in Seattle.
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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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Turns out Ron Artest, his Pacers posse and those few dozen fools in the stands who wanted a piece of them aren't the only people around the NBA who know how to throw a punch.
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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.