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Biggest sports fines Biggest sports fines, The most recent fine and suspension in professional sports goes to Atlanta Braves pitching coach Roger McDowell  for allegedly hurling gay slurs at fans and making crude gestures. Professional sports pay some of the  largest salaries   and feature great talent, but what's the cost of that competition when it takes an ugly turn?   Kobe Bryant The NBA basketball player was fined for using an anti-gay slur toward a referee during a game. Gay rights organizations were happy with the harsh punishment from the NBA commissioner. Kobe Bryant appeals $100K fine kobe bryant fined $100,000 vanessa bryant 4 million ring  James Harrison The linebacker for this steel-city team  racked up the fines for illegal hits in 2010. The NFL has been cracking down on hard and illegal hits for safety reasons. Will there even be a football season this year? James Harrison appeals fines James Harrison penalties $100,000   Mike Tyson Duri...

April quotables April quotables From birth certificates, to soap operas, to natural disasters — see which sound bites and snippets made big headlines this month. Barack Obama The president signaled his intent to run for re-election in 2012, explaining to supporters: "We've always known that lasting change wouldn't come quickly or easily." Gwyneth Paltrow Paltrow has exposed herself as quite the music lover lately (watch her channel her inner pop star). In an interview on Jay-Z’s blog, she explained that she even has a penchant for gangsta rap: "It was an accident that I learned every word of 'Straight Outta Compton.' " Raul Castro Cuba’s 79-year-old president — now replacing his older brother — addressed the country’s past woes and spoke of the need for future reforms: "Two plus two is four. Never five, much less six or seven – as we have sometimes pretended." Hillary Clinton Secretary of State Clinton was in Seoul speaking with South Korea...

  Sports record holders & chasers Sports record holders & chasers. Scandals aside, including this recent outburst, athletes across all genres continue to accomplish amazing athletic feats and have the records to prove it. We take a look at some of the top record holders in sports history and the players attempting to break them. Kobe Bryant This Los Angeles Laker became the youngest player in NBA history to pass a milestone mark. He is also on pace to become the NBA’s all-time scoring leader. NBA championships The Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics have had one of the most storied rivalries in all of sports. After the Celtics took the 2008 championship, the teams met again in the 2010 NBA Finals, but the Celtics own the record for most championships in history. See a gallery of the top 10 teams. Most men’s career golf majors Sixteen years ago, 21-year-old golf prodigy, Eldrick (Tiger) Woods, put on the green jacket at Augusta National, a club that no black m...

Biggest Sports Scandals Biggest sports scandals Barry Bonds may be the latest on the hot seat, but he's hardly the only super athlete to find himself in the "Hall of Shame." Here are some of the biggest scandals that rocked the sporting world. Barry Bonds The all-time MLB home run king was found guilty of obstruction of justice, and the jury failed to reach a verdict on three other counts related to lying to a grand jury about taking steroids and human growth hormones. Tiger Woods Tiger got his game on early, but golf’s golden boy lost his luster when news leaked of his multiple affairs. He took time off from the game, was dropped by some major sponsors, and is now struggling to get his edge back. Kobe Bryant One of this team’s star players, Bryant's popularity took a major hit when a hotel employee accused him of sexual assault in 2003. The media scrutiny saw him lose sponsors, but his wife stayed by his side, and a civil suit was settled out of court. Pete Rose In...