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...commissioner David Stern was outraged by his players. He suspended Artest for the rest of the season, costing him some $5.5 million in lost wages. Indiana's Stephen Jackson, who accompanied him into the stands, was docked 30 games, and Jermaine O'Neal, who clocked one fan from a running start, got 25. (Anthony Johnson, another Pacer, got a five-game rest; Detroit's Wallace, whose shove of Artest set off the chain of events, was iced for six.) The NBA Players Association has appealed Artest's suspension as unreasonable. Oakland County, Mich., authorities are reviewing game and security tapes...
...They once showered condoms on a Maryland player who had been accused of sexual assault. Last season they dangled chicken nuggets on a fishing pole near chunky Tar Heels center Sean May. The Crazies are "an integral part of our success," says Duke assistant athletic director of communication Jon Jackson. "The Crazies have had fun without being abusive." Some...
...hypertensive patients can buy themselves many more healthy years. It's that simple transaction--vigilance for life span--that makes blood pressure so worth controlling. There are many diseases that resist everything science can throw at them. This is one you can beat. --With reporting by Melissa August/Washington, Alice Jackson Baughn/New Orleans, Paige Bowers/ Atlanta and Leslie Whitaker/C...
...other famous trilogies have been given the lavish, can't-get-too-much-of-a-good-thing DVD treatment. Peter Jackson has added 50 "new" minutes to the already capacious 200 of The Return of the King, the final installment of his Lord of the Rings epic (New Line Home Entertainment; $79.92). And a year after The Matrix huffed to its tri-part finale, the Wachowski brothers offer literally dozens of hours of elucidation on a 10-disc DVD set called The Ultimate Matrix Collection (Warner Home Video...
...There’s no way my main man Larry Summers could avoid a direct appeal regarding the issue in Sudan,” said Rivers, who has been painted as a challenger to the Rev. Jesse Jackson as America’s most influential black leader. “Let’s do something that’s morally definitive and intellectually coherent. You’re Harvard students, it won’t cost you anything. You could do it and not miss a beat...