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Biggest sports fines
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
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
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
During the “Sound and the Fury” fight in 1997 Tyson famously bit off part of the ear of his opponent. He was hit with a monstrous fine and had his boxing license taken away.
Mike Tyson $3 million fine
During the “Sound and the Fury” fight in 1997 Tyson famously bit off part of the ear of his opponent. He was hit with a monstrous fine and had his boxing license taken away.
Mike Tyson $3 million fine
Bill Belichick
The temperamental coach was handed the largest fine ever for an NFL coach for spying and videotaping another team's defensive signals.
Bill Belichick scandal $500,000
The temperamental coach was handed the largest fine ever for an NFL coach for spying and videotaping another team's defensive signals.
Bill Belichick scandal $500,000
Dennis Rodman
This former basketball bad boy was given the largest fine for a player in NBA history at that time in 1997 for insulting a Utah-based religion.
Dennis Rodman $300,000 child support
Dennis Rodman $50,000 fine
This former basketball bad boy was given the largest fine for a player in NBA history at that time in 1997 for insulting a Utah-based religion.
Dennis Rodman $300,000 child support
Dennis Rodman $50,000 fine
Charles Swing
In 2009, the NASCAR crew chief was suspended and hit with the biggest fine in the sport's history for having an oversized engine during a race at a popular speedway.
Charles Swing fined $200,000
In 2009, the NASCAR crew chief was suspended and hit with the biggest fine in the sport's history for having an oversized engine during a race at a popular speedway.
Charles Swing fined $200,000
Ray Kroc
The late MLB baseball team owner and businessman, best known for a major fast-food chain was fined a hefty amount in 1979 for publicly stating he would try to pursue certain free agents.
Ray Kroc $100,000 fine
ray kroc net worth $500 million
The late MLB baseball team owner and businessman, best known for a major fast-food chain was fined a hefty amount in 1979 for publicly stating he would try to pursue certain free agents.
Ray Kroc $100,000 fine
ray kroc net worth $500 million
Vancouver Canucks
In 2004, Canadian hockey player Todd Bertuzzi was suspended from the NHL for a punching Steve Moore in the back of the head, which fractured his neck and ended his career. The Canucks were slammed with a huge fine.
vancouver canucks fined $250,000
In 2004, Canadian hockey player Todd Bertuzzi was suspended from the NHL for a punching Steve Moore in the back of the head, which fractured his neck and ended his career. The Canucks were slammed with a huge fine.
vancouver canucks fined $250,000
McLaren Formula 1
The McLaren-Mercedes Team were disqualified from the Formula 1 2007 season and fined the largest amount tin FIA history for its part in an espionage scandal involving their rival team.
mclaren ferrari spy scandal
The McLaren-Mercedes Team were disqualified from the Formula 1 2007 season and fined the largest amount tin FIA history for its part in an espionage scandal involving their rival team.
mclaren ferrari spy scandal
Mark Cuban
This outspoken NBA owner was hit with a large fine for violating anti-tampering rules when he mentioned he would like to acquire this star player when he became a free agent. What team did the player end up on?
Mark Cuban $100,000 fine
This outspoken NBA owner was hit with a large fine for violating anti-tampering rules when he mentioned he would like to acquire this star player when he became a free agent. What team did the player end up on?
Mark Cuban $100,000 fine
Justice Department looking into BCS
Justice Department looking into BCS
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Zombie ants fall victim to mind-control fungus
Zombie ants may sound like the title of an Ed Wood movie, but, according to National Geographic, they are quite real.
Oddly, there's nothing very zombie-like about the actual ants. It's only when a particular fungus takes over the ant's brain that things get weird.
Once the "stalk of the newfound fungus species Ophiocordyceps camponoti-balzani infects an ant, the ant gives up control over its own body. After the fungus is in control, it forces the ant to scamper toward "a location ideal for the fungi to grow and spread their spores." Then, it's lights out for the ant. Who knew a fungus could be so diabolical.
Lodged in a zombie ant's brain, the fungi species 'direct' the dying ants to anchor themselves to leaves or other stable places, as pictured above—providing a stable 'nursery' for the fungus. For instance, as the Ophiocordyceps camponoti-balzani fungus is about to kill the ant, the insect bites down hard into whatever substance it's standing on. This attachment is so strong that a dead zombie ant can remain stationary even when hanging upside down, the scientists say.
White fungus stalk begins to poke
A white fungus stalk (left) of the Ophiocordyceps camponoti-rufipedis species begins to poke through the head of a zombie ant two days after death. Also noticeable are faint, white, slightly fuzzy fungal growths on the ant's joints. Once the insect dies, the fungus rapidly spreads through the body. During the first couple days, though, very little evidence of the fungus is visible from the outside.
Mature fungus stalk, shown, differs
Final stalk: The mature fungus stalk, shown growing from a zombie ant's head during the final stage of infection, differs among fungi species.
These wild discoveries were made by a group in Brazil headed by entomologist David Hughes. National Geographic published a series of pictures of ants that have "lost their minds" to the fungus. You can check out a sample of them below. Not for the squeamish.
Oddly, there's nothing very zombie-like about the actual ants. It's only when a particular fungus takes over the ant's brain that things get weird.
Once the "stalk of the newfound fungus species Ophiocordyceps camponoti-balzani infects an ant, the ant gives up control over its own body. After the fungus is in control, it forces the ant to scamper toward "a location ideal for the fungi to grow and spread their spores." Then, it's lights out for the ant. Who knew a fungus could be so diabolical.
A white fungus stalk (left) of the Ophiocordyceps camponoti-rufipedis species begins to poke through the head of a zombie ant two days after death. Also noticeable are faint, white, slightly fuzzy fungal growths on the ant's joints. Once the insect dies, the fungus rapidly spreads through the body. During the first couple days, though, very little evidence of the fungus is visible from the outside.
Later stages of Ophiocordyceps camponoti-rufipedis ...
During later stages of Ophiocordyceps camponoti-rufipedis infection, the fungus rapidly consumes the nutrients inside a zombie ant and begins to colonize the outside of the ant's body, as pictured. The fungus stalk growing from the back of the head (upper right) also becomes longer and more noticeable.
Final stalk: The mature fungus stalk, shown growing from a zombie ant's head during the final stage of infection, differs among fungi species.
These wild discoveries were made by a group in Brazil headed by entomologist David Hughes. National Geographic published a series of pictures of ants that have "lost their minds" to the fungus. You can check out a sample of them below. Not for the squeamish.
Real Madrid becomes highest earning sports team ever
For the sixth consecutive year, Real Madrid tops the Deloitte Football Money League, and in doing so, became the highest earning sports team ever, reports Business Insider. Despite not winning any trophies, the club's earnings jumped from $541 million for the 2008/09 season to $592 million for the 2009/10 season, enabling them to continue funding Cristiano Ronaldo's most extravagant purchases. Like exclusive yet unenforcable baby rights
Barcelona came in right behind Real for the second straight year (even though the standings were the other way around in La Liga) and the first time ever, the combined earnings of Deloitte's 20-club Money League topped $5.4 billion.
By comparison, the top earning NFL team, the Dallas Cowboys, made $420 million according to Forbes and the top earning MLB team, the New York Yankees, made $441 million. That would only put them fifth and fourth, respectively, in Deloitte's list of football clubs.
The biggest chunk of Real Madrid's revenue came from their ongoing $1.4 billion TV rights deal, but they also make nearly as much from numerous sponsorships and matchday earnings. And if there's one thing Real like more than making money, it's spending it. Over the last decade, they've spent more than $1 billion on player transfers as they keep breaking their own transfer records for individual players to fill out club president Florentino Perez's live-action fantasy team.
Here's the full Football Money League top 20...
1. Real Madrid -- $592 million
2. Barcelona -- $537 million
3. Manchester United -- $472 million
4. Bayern Munich -- $436 million
5. Arsenal -- $370 million
6. Chelsea -- $345 million
7. AC Milan -- $318 million
8. Liverpool -- $308 million
9. Inter Milan -- $303 million
10. Juventus -- $277 million
11. Manchester City -- $206 million
12. Tottenham Hotspur -- $198 million
13. Hamburger SV -- $197 million
14. Lyon -- $197 million
15. Marseille -- $190 million
16. Schalke 04 -- $189 million
17. Atletico Madrid -- $168 million
18. Roma -- $166 million
19. Stuttgart -- $155 million
20. Aston Villa -- $148 million
Fun, right? Well, it's not so much when you look at how quickly those earnings disappear. As the Andersred Blog points out, just one of the seven English clubs on Deloitte's list turned a profit (Arsenal). Barcelona had to take out a loan to pay player wages last summer and Real's debt is in the hundreds of millions. So keep that in mind when imagining club executives diving into warehouse-sized safes full of gold coins like Scrooge McDuck.
Source: Yahoo Sports
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