Yahoo! News - NBA Suspends Four Players for Part in Brawl
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Basketball Association suspended four players on Saturday, one day after one of the worst brawls in North American pro sports history.

Calling Friday night's incident in the final minute of the game between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons "shocking, repulsive and inexcusable," NBA commissioner David Stern suspended Ron Artest, Jermaine O'Neal and Stephen Jackson of Indiana and Detroit's Ben Wallace indefinitely.

The league added it was continuing to investigate the incident and hoped to conclude its findings by Sunday evening, at which time it expected to announce the length of the suspensions. Police have also launched an inquiry with a view to possible arrests.

The brawl started after Artest roughly fouled Wallace with 45.9 seconds to go in the game, which the Pacers were leading 97-82.

Wallace responded by pushing Artest in the face, which led to players pushing and shoving near the scorer's table. It appeared things had calmed down but when Artest had liquid thrown over him he bolted into the stands and was followed by Jackson.

Both players threw punches at spectators and O'Neal also punched a fan who ran on to the court.

Mayhem all over the world in the last few days! From this jaw-dropping incident, to a scuffle that broke out between Secret Service and Chilean security guards, to this fight at the Clemson-South Carolina game....has everyone gone insane?