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NBA fines Kobe Bryant $100,000.00 for anti-gay slur.

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Edited on Thu Apr-14-11 04:27 PM by ohiosmith

LOS ANGELES | Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:39pm EDT
(Reuters) - Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant was fined $100,000 by the NBA on Wednesday for comments directed at a referee during a recent game that have been strongly criticized by leading gay rights groups.

Television cameras caught the 13-times All-Star shouting an anti-gay slur at the referee shortly after he was called for a technical foul during Tuesday's game against San Antonio.

The league said the comments by Bryant, one of the NBA's biggest names, were offensive and inexcusable.

"While I'm fully aware that basketball is an emotional game, such a distasteful term should never be tolerated," NBA Commissioner David Stern said in a statement.

Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/13/us-nba-lakers-bryant-idUSTRE73C7SX20110413

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