Ron Artest Files For Name Change; Metta World Peace

Like fellow athletes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and ChadOchocino, NBA player Ron Artest is tired of his birth name.


In fact, the 31-year-old L.A. Lakers forward recently filed paperwork to have his name legally changed to Metta World Peace. "It's true, he did," his former publicist HeidiBuech told The Los Angeles Times.