Ron Artest officially renamed as ‘Metta World Peace’

Source : Kelly Dwyer Yahoo SPorts

It's official. What started as what seemed like a joke back in June, before turning into an excuse for a litany of terrible puns (your humbled narrator working as a notable beneficiary of such), then turning into an excuse for Orange County to collect on a series of parking tickets while he influenced his family has ended up where the former Ron Artest has long hoped it would.

Ron Artest's name change postponed

Source : Marc J. Spears, Yahoo! Sports

LOS ANGELES – World Peace is on hold, at least for a few more weeks.

Ron Artest's name will officially change on August 26th

Source : Eric Freeman Yahoo Sports

Ron Artest

Several weeks ago, we brought you the story of Ron Artest's decision to change his legal name to the wonderfully weird "Metta World Peace." It was a bizarre choice entirely befitting Artest's personality, but also a very nice (albeit overly idealistic) attempt to make the world a better place. This name will not hurt anyone. At worst, it will make us laugh. At best, it will solve all the world's problems. I am an optimist and choose to expect the latter.