<![CDATA[Deadspin: wnba brawl]]> http://tags.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: wnba brawl]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/wnbabrawl http://deadspin.com/tag/wnbabrawl <![CDATA[Rick Mahorn Gets Suspended For "Peacemaking"]]> The fallout from the most exciting thing to happen in the WNBA's longer-than-expected history is complete. Players suspended for one game included Detroit's Kara Braxton, Tasha Humphrey, Elaine Powell and Sheri Samalong with Los Angeles' Lisa Leslie, Candace Parker and DeLisha Milton-Jones. Two game suspensions were handed down to Shannon Bobbitt and Murriel Page of the Sparks. Detroit Shock forward, Plenette Pierson, considered 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]

]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5028855&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Rick Mahorn Still Can't Figure Out How To Talk To Girls]]> Sadly, last night's brawl between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Detroit Shock will probably be the only storyline that puts the WNBA above the fold for the rest of the regular season. As far as sports melees go, it was monumental; it involved two of the leagues major stars (Candace Parker, Lisa Leslie) and, fittingly, former Detroit Pistons Bad Boys Rick Mahorn and Bill Laimbeer, who are now coaches for the Shock. Awful Announcing has all the all the giraffe carnage spliced-up for your enjoyment.

Mahorn's pimp shove of Leslie will be scrutinized the most, as the league tries to determine if he was protecting his players and acting as a peacekeeper (as he and many others involved claim) or if he became so caught up in the scrum that he actually purposely pushed the 36-year-old mother to the floor. It's doubtful those were Mahorn's intentions, but Leslie, immediately after the fight, seemed to think otherwise. In a statement after the fight, Mahorn said he was "trying to protect the integrity of the game" and insisted he "would never push a woman." Not on purpose, I guess.

Sparks' Parker at a center of late scuffle [LA Times]
Out of Bounds: Rick Mahorn: Will The Fight Between Candace Parker And Plenette Pierson Change The Scope Of The WNBA? [The Starting Five]

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