After joining the Suns, Horry had an on-court altercation with coach Danny Ainge, during which Horry threw a towel at Ainge.

Though the 2004 – 05 76ers exceeded many on-court expectations, there was a great deal of behind-the-scenes tension between O ' Brien, his players, and the front office.

His sometimes vulgar on-court behavior — like giving the finger to a linesman after disagreeing with a call or strutting about the court with the tennis racket handle between his legs ; sometimes he would yank on the handle in a grotesque manner and his fans would go wild or groan in disapproval — did not help his approval rating.

As the on-court fight died down, a fan threw a cup at Pacers forward Ron Artest, who then rushed into the crowd, sparking a melee between players and spectators.

On January 29, 2005, while coaching a one-point comeback win over Kansas City, Ashley McElhiney was fired by the team's co-owner Sally Anthony after an on-court dispute between the two women.

Over a decade after the film's release, the on-court trash-talking and comical mother-insults between players seen prominently in the opening game and continuing throughout White Men Can't Jump provided the inspiration for the television show, MTV's Yo Momma which ran between 2006 and 2007, allowing competitors to trade disses with each other in order to win over the crowd and judges.

Furthermore, Bartoli manifests unusual on-court mannerisms and never stops moving and jumps on the spot between points.

During the 2009 US Open, McEnroe and Serbian star Novak Djokovic shared a comic on-court moment after Djokovic's fourth-round win over Radek Štěpánek.

They were probably noted more for a major contract dispute with the cross-bay San Francisco Warriors of the established National Basketball Association over the rights to star player Rick Barry than for any on-court accomplishments.

They were probably noted more for a major contract dispute with the cross-bay San Francisco Warriors of the established National Basketball Association over the rights to star player Rick Barry than for any on-court accomplishments.

He led Marin Čilić by a set but, having been broken to trail 3 – 4 in the second, got himself disqualified when he kicked an on-court advertising board bordering a line judge's chair.

Some theorized that the media's continued interest regarding her weight and the pressure of success at 19 years of age, in addition to her on-court breakdown and her parents ' divorce, as well as her coach's walked out during the middle of the match, led to this breakdown.

Though frequent doubles partners, and good friends off the court, their fierce on-court rivalry is remembered as one of the greatest in tennis history.

Known for his on-court speed and fighting spirit, Chang is considered by many observers to have been one of the best defensive baseliners of all time.

It was during his time at Ohio State that he was severely injured in one of the more brutal on-court assaults in basketball history.

The LCHS arrangement proved a very beneficial one in terms of on-court success as the volleyball Aggies compiled the first undefeated home season in school history while playing all but two home matches at LCHS, including an epic 5-game upset of Hawai ' i that ended Nā Wahine's eight-year WAC winning streak.

In response to McEnroe's on-court outbursts during the Championships, the All England Club did not accord McEnroe honorary club membership, an honor normally given to singles champions after their first victory.

Her popularity and fame increased after the incident, though afterwards she stated that the whole idea of " skimpy " clothing on-court was a publicity stunt dreamed up by the members of WISPA.

Much of their freefall was blamed for various off-court and on-court distractions, particularly Roy Tarpley's drug abuse, which eventually got him banned from the NBA, and the injuries and former coach Quinn Buckner's disciplinary approach.

In the congress of 371 BC an altercation is recorded between him and the Theban general Epaminondas, and due to his influence Thebes was peremptorily excluded from the peace, and orders given for Cleombrotus to march against Thebes in 371 BC.

This episode was the background for an altercation in the Frankfurt chamber with Georg von Vincke that led to a duel between Bismarck and Vincke and Carl von Bodelschwingh as impartial party, which ended without injury.

Crowe wrote a letter of apology to a Sydney newspaper following the sacking of South Sydney's coach Jason Taylor and one of their players David Fa ' alogo after a drunken altercation between the two at the end of the 2009 NRL season.

: Irish and German-American indigent immigrants, temporarily interned at Wards Island by the Commissioners of Emigration, begin rioting following an altercation between two residents resulting in thirty men seriously wounded and around sixty arrested .< ref > Riot On Ward's Island.

During the First truce he participated in the altercation between the IDF and the Irgun on the beach of Tel Aviv as part of the Altalena Affair.

There they met West Germany in one of the most exciting games of the tournament, though the game was marred by an altercation between Frank Rijkaard and Rudi Völler.

According to the Duchess of Maillé, “ there was a strong altercation between the father and the son.

The most memorable moment of the series came at the conclusion of Game 4 when an altercation erupted between Alonzo Mourning and Larry Johnson.

Despite reports that the band began work on a sixth studio album in 2002 that reportedly would go back to their Core-era sound and planned on releasing it in 2003, the band had dissolved by the end of 2002, after reports of an altercation between Dean DeLeo and Weiland after the last show of Stone Temple Pilots ' fall 2002 tour.

This decision was spurred by a physical altercation between Drozd and Wayne Coyne.

There was a " political altercation " in 1863, at which time Clay County was dissolved and the land divided between Gage and Lancaster counties.

The eccentric photojournalist Peter Throckmorton, out of New York, arrived there in the mid 1950s after a controversial campaign where he was profiling the Algerian War from the point of view of the Algerian rebels fighting against French troops, which would later lead to an alleged altercation between himself and another team member, Claude Duthuit, who was fighting with the French.

( In real life, this altercation was between LaMotta and his best friend Pete, not his brother Joey.

In 1377 the reformer appeared before Archbishop Sudbury and Courtenay, when an altercation between the duke and the bishop led to the dispersal of the court, and during the ensuing riot Lancaster probably owed his safety to the good offices of his foe.

An altercation in Küssnacht between supporters and opponents of secession offered Inner Schwyz the opportunity to resolve the crisis with military action.

In May 2002, it was announced that Coal Chamber had broken up after an on-stage altercation between Fafara and Rascón during a show in Lubbock, Texas.

" The final straw for the band came at the Rock En Seine festival in Paris when an altercation between the brothers prior to their performance ( an altercation subsequently described by Noel as " no physical violence but there was a lot of World Wrestling Federation stuff ") resulted in the destruction of one of Noel's guitars and saw him announce his departure from the group.

The insurrection started with an altercation between a local béké ( white ) and a black tradesman.

However, the relationship between the two brothers had become strained throughout 2009, leading eventually to a last-minute cancellation of an Oasis concert scheduled to take place on 28 August 2009 in Paris, due to an " altercation within the group.

Teed was involved in an altercation between Fort Myers men and members of the Unity.

Later, Placebo's roadie Adam Okrasinski was charged with aggravated battery when he allegedly punched a member of Durst's entourage in an altercation that took place after the show between members of both band's camps.

Following an altercation between sets, Morgan's common-law wife Helen More ( a. k. a. Morgan ), shot him in the chest onstage, killing him within moments.

The new King had previously had exceptionally bad relations with Walpole and Newcastle and during one altercation between them George's poor English had made Newcastle think he had challenged him to a duel.

* In early November at the XVII Ibero-American Summit, after an altercation between the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez and Spain's Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, the King asked Chávez, "¿ Por qué no te callas?