News from September 10.

The NBA fined Darrell Arthur (Mem) and Mario Chalmers (Mia) $20,000 each
for getting kicked out of the NBA rookie program.  The two refused to 
leave their hotel room during a fire alarm and hotel security entered 
the room to force them to leave and discovered two women and the smell of 
marijuana.  The two players were kicked out of the program for violating
program rules which does not allow the rookies to have visitors.  The 
two denied using marijuana and there was no physical evidence of 
marijuana recovered from the room.

Boston signed head coach Doc Rivers to a reported 3 year, $16 million
contract extension.  Rivers is now signed through 10-11.

The LA Lakers signed Brandon Heath.


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  Patricia Bender                       pbender@eskimo.com
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