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 Sources: Stern angered by rookies' hotel room incident - NBA
Sources: Stern angered by rookies' hotel room incident - NBA
Details of the scandal involving Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur are beginning to emerge as the NBA and the players' association investigate the events that led to their expulsion from the league's rookie transition program Wednesday. Several sources said Thursday that NBA commissioner David Stern was so angered by the two former Kansas players' alleged involvement with marijuana and women ...
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Chris Broussard with the Particulars
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... That Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur incident at the Rookie Transition Program ... Chris Broussard of ESPN the Magazine has many more details than we knew previously. For instance: ...

Chalmers and Arthur -- Wonder Why Their Draft Stock Dropped?
Hoops and Other Pop Culturehttp://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3569725 Here is a basic idea: when your employer sends you to a mandatory training program on the dangers of drugs, alcohol and women, probably best to not go all "Pineapple Express" or "Knocked Up" on the whole thing. HM

Surfing safari for 9/5/08
SmackCaster SmackBlog — ... Commissioner David Stern reportedly fumes, that could be a bad word to use where smoke is involved, over the disgraceful behavior of Mario Chalmers and arrell Arthur. Good for him. ...

It's My Birthday & More Homicide
JR, On Fire — ... to go with 7 assists. - boxscore from Tigers/Crocs clash last night. I shoot better than I write! - Greg Oden, ROY? - Dwight Howard is aiming for two gold medals. - Pat Riley to go into the Hall of Fame on Friday. - D-Wade, Kobe and 'Melo to be on Oprah. - What's next for NBA rookies Mario Chambers and Darrell Arthur? ...

TGIF Daily "Linkin' Logs" (9/5/08)
The Bad News Bloggers — ... Arguably the biggest waste of ESPN resources...well today at least, because "Who's Now" was a pretty big waste (and Titletown and so on) ...

David Stern Isn’t Very Happy With Arthur and Chalmers
SLAM Online — ... Apparently, the commish didn’t take too kindly to the two former Jayhawks’ extra-curricular activities, and personally made the call to have the two booted from the program (and, hilariously, might have them attend next year’s session!) ...

Browns Preview
Bob's Blog - Live from Lewisville — ... down and are 7-9 without both of them. The club was averaging 5.68 runs with Murphy and Kinsler, but has slipped to 4.625 runs without them. Here’s why: Kinsler hit .319 and still leads the team with 102 runs and 26 steals, and Murphy swatted 15 homers and drove in 74 runs. Murphy also cemented his place as an everyday player next season. Playing again in 2008, at the chance of hampering his readiness in 2009, seems like the wrong move. Genius Jayhawks … Details of the scandal involving Mario Chalmers and ...

Beasley Involved in the Rookie Weed Bust?
FanHouse — Filed under: Heat, NBA Media Watch, NBA RumorsAccording to the Kansas City Star, ESPN's initial report concerning the Darrell Arthur-Mario Chalmers weed and women bust at the NBA's rookie orientation mentioned a third player at the scene of the crime: #2 pick Michael Beasley. The Star reports Beasley's name has since been scrubbed from ESPN's accounts. Why? Because some combination of police, hotel security and NBA officials decided Beasley wasn't involved in the weed possession. And ESPN's not ...

Flushed Away, New HOF Inductees
RedsArmy.com - The Voice Of Celtics Fans — ... I can’t get enough of this Mario Chalmers/Darrell Arthur story. Here’s the latest from ESPN:  ...

Rumors and Free Agent Updates - Hornets are Frontrunners Edition
LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog — ... More details are coming out about Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur and their troubles at the Rookie transition program. Apparently, a fire alarm went off in their hotel and they refused to leave the room. Security opened the room with their master key and they found at least 2 women in the room which smelled strongly of marijuana (could that be what set off the fire alarm?) and someone was in the bathroom repeatedly flushing the toilet. Sources say that David Stern was furious and had them kicked out of the program which they will have to repeat next season. By that time ...

The Unmistakably Curious Case of Michael Beasley
Hardwood Paroxysm — OK, teen sleuths, let's break it down: ESPN reports that Mario Chalmers, Darrell Arthur, and Michael Beasley get busted with weed at the rookie training program. The Kansas City Star reports that Beasley's name was removed from the ESPN article. (In a fit of irony, the Star article has since been removed.) OK, so Chalmers and Arthur were busted with weed and girls at the rookie program. Alright fine, so the cops didn't actually find any weed...but the room smelled strongly of the ...

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Former Kansas stars Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur were sent home Wednesday from the NBA's mandatory rookie transition program ...
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They violated unspecified league rules. > Former Kansas stars Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur were sent home Wednesday from the NBA's mandatory rookie transition program for ...
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Rookies and former college teammates Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur, were caught with possession of marijuana Wednesday night while attending the NBA's Rookie transition program camp.   The consequences of their actions: a $20,000 fine, ...