Article Photos: Sports violence: NFL hands out latest punishments


FILE - This July 11, 2010 file photo shows Netherlands' Nigel de Jong, left, fouling Spain's Xabi Alonso during a World Cup final soccer match in Johannesburg, South Africa. Violence is part of the game in many sports. But when athletes cross the line it can attract the attention of authorities _ sometimes from within their sport and in other cases from criminal prosecutors. The punishment of four members of the New Orleans Saints for participating a cash-for-hits bounty system targeting opponents is the latest example but not the only one.(AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza, FIle)