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The WNBA punished so many players for their roles in this week's skirmish that the league is staggering the suspensions by alphabetical order. "None of us can recall an incident like this," WNBA president Donna Orender said Thursday during a conference call. The league suspended Detroit assistant coach Rick Mahorn and 10 players following the dustup between the Shock and the visiting Los ... [link]

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Palace executions
Published 7/24/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Stankoniforous 0ne) at The Stankoniforous Files
... Except, that's not what happened. It has been splashed all over Youtube and in the video, Rick Mahorn was the victim! Imagine that, Mr. Bad Boy wasn't doin anything any other coach wouldn't have done. So Ms. Leslie you have some splainin to do! You were tryin to chin check Rick Mahorn, seemed to get a lil surprised when he turned and you splayed on to the hardwood. Stank-0 will wait for Ms. Leslie to apologize. *Waiting* So, the other shoe dropped and WNBA suspended Mahorn and 10 other players for the Palace Brawl, part deux. Pierson got 4 games, Mahorn, ...

Rick Mahorn Gets Suspended For "Peacemaking" [Wnba]
Published 7/24/2008 by DAULERIO at Deadspin
... the instigator of the whole kitten scrum, was given four games. And then there's Shock assistant coach Rick Mahorn, who for his part in the royal bra-snapping rumble was also handed a two-game suspension. Shock head coach Bill Laimbeer is furious over the ruling. As a team, we're incensed that Rick Mahorn was suspended. He was trying to be a peacemaker and now he's being thrown under the bus. No, he's being pushed under the bus. NBA hands down suspensions for Shock-Sparks skirmish [ESPN] ...

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