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Article: Artest presents crazy scenario.(SPORTS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- December 23, 2005
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Byline: Tom Knott, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The number of the desperate, curious and misguided said to be interested in acquiring the at-risk services of Ron Artest has grown to a colossal number following the preliminary inquiry of the director of psychology at St. Elizabeths.
Artest is the social misfit who has come to be the Mike Tyson of the NBA.
Artest comes with only one question, and it is not: Is he ready to play tonight? Instead, it is: Has he taken his medication today?
The shouters of ESPN, the ones who can be muted and otherwise, believe in the power of Artest but question the coping mechanisms of those sentenced to be in the ...