Meet Metta World Peace: Ron Artest gets name change – chicagotribune.com http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/la-sp-ron-artest-name-20110917,0,5261344.story

He is 6 feet 7, wears No. 15 for the Lakers and once participated in the infamous “Palace brawl.” Anyone now making his acquaintance will be meeting Metta World Peace. Those on a first-name basis can call him Metta, while those a little further removed can buy jerseys with his last name of World Peace stretched across the back.