Ron Artest: The Los Angeles Laker Now Making Headlines for the Right Reasons

Yesterday, Ron Artest of the Los Angeles Lakers was announced as the 2010-11 recipient of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award.

Almost four years ago, the same man was sentenced to 20 days in prison.

His arrest a result of domestic abuse.

The media made no small light of the fact Artest's five-year deal with the Lakers was without conventional wisdom.

The man had baggage.

There was the infamous Pacers–Pistons brawl.

A hal...

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