Ron Artest

37 Lakers' forward Ron Artest's jersey number. He chose it as a tribute to the late Michael Jackson, whose Thriller album was number one on the charts for, you guessed it, 37 weeks. Why he knew that, I'll never know. 3 The number of...

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..."Thriller" album staying No. 1 on the charts for 37 consecutive weeks. And I'm going to honor Artest by singing Paul Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years." Fourteen-year-old Dutch girl wants to sail around the world solo in her...

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...8, 2009 at 2:02 PM NBA player Ron Artest announced this week that for his new team, the LA Lakers, he'll sport the number 37 on his jersey to commemorate Michael Jackson-Thriller was #1 on the charts for 37 weeks, DOY. But he ain't done...

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...spent at No. 1 on the album chart with Thriller. It should be noted Artest now plays for a pretty good Jackson, with Phil's 10 titles double the number of No. 1 albums Michael had. K is for King. Shaq has come to the Cavaliers with his...

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...being generous. Posted by: Tim-4-Show | July 08, 2009 at 10:34 AM 1. Thriller We've gotten a lot of good suggestions for Ron's new nickname. I think it's time as a blogmunity that we begin working towards concensus in determining...

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...signed a five-year contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. Artest will wear number 37 next season to honor Michael Jackson's "Thriller", which spent 37 weeks atop the Billboard charts. The Sixers are in a shopping mode With at least four...

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...39.9% from three-point range. Artest chose jersey No. 37 with the Lakers because a fan recommended that he honor Michael Jackson, whose "Thriller" album spent 37 weeks as the top-selling record in the 1980s. LM Pagano's house has a...

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Ron Artest Will Wear No. 37 Because of "Thriller" The latest dispatch from Planet Ron-Ron rivals yesterday's revelation of "I Cry For Mike. " After signing a three-year, $18 million deal, he revealed that he's changing his number from 96...

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Jackson's "Thriller" album was the No. 1 record for 37 straight weeks. Artest called deferring to Bryant a "no-brainer" because his goal is to win a championship. "Kobe has four rings, I've got none," Artest said. "I've got to have one;...

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