A fresh outrage: Songaila suspended

DCPSR posted 5/2/2008 from dcprosportsreport.com [flag]

This is repulsive: Washington Wizards forward Darius Songaila has received a one game suspension without pay for striking Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James in the face with his hand, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations. Those of us who belittled all the conspiracy theories about the NBA trying to help the Cavs win this ... [link]

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This is officially not fun anymore. And I'm a Cavs fan.

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On to Game 6

DC Pro Sports Report -- Sports news, stats ... found this 5/2/2008 on blog.washingtonpost.com

A few good quotes from the day: - Last night, Charles Barkley repeatedly said that the Wizards were about to be sent to the golf course for the summer by the Cavs. Today, Caron Butler was asked about that. "I don't golf," Butler said with a very ...

Washington's Darius Songaila Suspended

SLAM Online found this 5/2/2008 on www.nba.com

Washington Wizards forward Darius Songaila has received a one game suspension without pay for striking Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James in the face with his hand, it was announced today by Stu Jackson.

Songaila Suspended for Game 6

FanIQ Blog found this 5/2/2008 on blog.washingtonpost.com

The NBA has suspended Wizards forward Darius Songaila for tonight's Game 6. Songaila was given a technical foul during the first half of Game 5 after hitting Cavaliers star LeBron James in the face after the two became tangled up underneath the ...

Stu Jackson Has Spoken

rickg15 posted 5/2/2008 from www.waitingfornextyear.com

…And Darius Songalia will be in street clothes this evening. This will undoubtedly give Washington fans something to complain about - and they may have a point. Perhaps it wasn’t an intentional punch/backhand, and perhaps not. Either way, this is a tough blow to the Wizards frontcourt as it thins the depth behind Brendan Haywood and will...

Wizards reserve suspended for smacking LeBron

perkisabeast.com Blog found this 5/2/2008 on sports.espn.go.com

Wizards reserve forward Darius Songaila has been suspended one game for striking Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James in the face with his hand,

NBA suspends Wizards' Songaila for Game 6
NEW YORK (AP) -- Washington Wizards reserve forward Darius Songaila has been suspended one game for ...

NBA suspends Songaila for 1 game
Washington Wizards reserve forward Darius Songaila has been suspended one game for striking Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James in the face with his hand, and will sit out Friday night's Game 6 of the playoff series. Songaila hit James in the ...

Wizards' Songaila suspended for Game 6 (AP)
Washington Wizards reserve forward Darius Songaila was suspended by the NBA for Game 6 of a playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night for hitting LeBron James in the face with his hand. Songaila, averaging 5.8 points and 2.6 ...

NBA suspends Wizards' Songaila for 1 game
WASHINGTON - Washington Wizards reserve forward Darius Songaila was suspended by the NBA for Game 6 of a playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night for...

Game 6
The NBA's Stu Jackson explained the decision to suspend Darius Songaila in a conference call with reporters earlier today. It was farely standard stuff until I asked Jackson whether James would have been suspended for this game had he caught Darius in ...