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December 02, 2009
Ron Artest: sounds off on drinking during games and fighting Ben Wallace anywhere, anytime. In a lengthy interview for the December 7 issue of Sporting News magazine, Artest, best known as the central figure in the infamous Malice at the Palace in 2004 bared all, including a startling admission that he drank alcohol during games as a member of the Chicago Bulls, for whom he played from 1999-2002. "I used to drink Hennessy at halftime," Artest says in the interview, which hits newsstands this week. "I (kept it) in my locker. I'd just walk to the liquor store (near the stadium) and get it."
posted by dfleming to basketball at 12:38 PM - 10 comments
He sounds like an alcoholic.
I wouldn't say that since alcoholics attend meeting.
I do dig the pic of him in his studio, kinda looks like my studio actually.
posted by BornIcon at 01:34 PM on December 02, 2009
He sounds like an alcoholic. He needs to get help.
What? How does the description of something he did 7 years ago make him sound like an alcoholic now?
posted by THX-1138 at 01:41 PM on December 02, 2009
Artest is a different person today than he was during the brawl. I heard an interview with him this weekend on ESPN Radio. He's enjoying the game and interacts all the time with fans via Twitter and other means for goofy stuff like taking 50 of them bowling.
posted by rcade at 01:45 PM on December 02, 2009
Wouldn't it have been smarter for him to open his diary after his career is over? I just don't see a reason to raise suspicion of yourself even if you have changed for the better. Also, this is the kind of stuff I like to read in athlete's biographies.
posted by BoKnows at 01:50 PM on December 02, 2009
He sounds like an alcoholic. He needs to get help.
He sounds like an asshole. I don't think that can be helped.
posted by mjkredliner at 03:24 PM on December 02, 2009
I second what mjkredliner said.
posted by Atheist at 05:40 PM on December 02, 2009
Assholism, like alcoholism, is a disease. It can be treated. I think it takes more steps, though.
posted by manics21 at 03:22 PM on December 03, 2009
I think in Artest's case, his Assholism is terminal.
posted by irunfromclones at 12:21 AM on December 04, 2009
Assholism affects 4 out every 5 assholes (Did that sound right?). It's a rare disease and needs to be taken very seriously.
posted by BornIcon at 07:00 AM on December 04, 2009
He sounds like an alcoholic. He needs to get help.