The WNBA’s Detroit Shock assistant coach, Rick Mahorn was ejected and might face suspension after an on-court brawl during yesterday’s Shock-LA Sparks game in which Mahorn pushed veteran player Lisa Leslie.
Rick Mahorn says he was playing peacekeeper by trying to break up the fight. He pushed Lisa Leslie to the ground while trying to restrain her, he said.
"I was trying to protect the whole game, the integrity of the game," Rick Mahorn said. "I would never push a woman."
Rick Mahorn has been involved in basketball-related scuffles in the past, most notably the brawl in Detroit’s Auburn Palace in which players fought with fans in the stands. In that brawl, Mahorn tried to break up the fight by pulling Ron Artest away from violent fans.
Source: http://blogs.usatoday.com/gameon/2008/07/mahorn-peacekee.html
Here is a video of the WNBA fight from last night: