MIAMI - For making an obscene gesture toward heckling fans, Dwyane Wade was fined $15,000 by the NBA and even had his phone and television privileges revoked at home by his family.He knows it was wrong.He also hopes it can spur some change.Wade has asked the NBA to further improve the ways it protects players from the most unruly of fans, making that request during the leagues brief investigation of his incident with the crowd in Charlotte on Wednesday night.The NBA is an unbelievable league, and Im one of the first ones to be doing NBA Cares and all these things in the community, but they need to protect us a little more, Wade told The Associated Press. They need to do a better job of protecting players in the arena. Its open game on us. Were big boys, we can take it, but everyone has their breaking point.The fine was the first time Wade, in his 12th season, has been punished by the league for gesturing at or interacting negatively with fans.The incident occurred after the third quarter of Miamis loss to the Hornets. Wade said a number of fans were saying things about his wife, actress Gabrielle Union, and that the comments got progressively worse as the night went along. He lost his cool, approaching the group with the middle finger raised on one of his hands.The next day, Wade said his children took away his phones and his TV rights.House rules, Wade said, for disrespecting the family name.Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said players and coaches hear plenty of negativity from the crowd, though hes learned to laugh at some of it — like the time in New York when a fan told the youthful-looking Spoelstra that he needed to go to bed because it was a school night.Players are humans and some of the things that fans say does cross the line, Spoelstra said. It doesnt give you the right to snap back at them with some kind of response but its usually at an emotional time. ... A handful of times a year you hear it and you see it where theyve crossed the line and what it requires is you being the better person and not responding.Wade said hes reacted in the past with words, just not gestures. He also said that hes told the league about other concerns regarding fans, particularly when situations where ticketholders have seats immediately next to a teams bench, a scenario that Wade said he finds uncomfortable.He also knows that regardless of what the NBA and arena security personnel do, the issue of fans potentially going too far will never be nonexistent.You can talk about me all day, Wade said. I really dont care what you say about me because I know at the end of the day when I walk off that court most of those guys would see me in the back hallway and want to shake my hand. When it gets too personal about your family, thats too far. But its not going to stop. Ryan Helsley Cardinals Jersey . Marie rink got back in the win column at the Olympic mens curling tournament with a 7-4 win over the host Russian squad on Wednesday. Genesis Cabrera Jersey . "Last year didnt go the way we wanted it to, but we need to look at what went well and what didnt go so well. Hopefully this year we will be better," Brendan Gallagher said after practice. This year, the Canadiens have a little more depth to work with by adding players like Daniel Briere, Dale Weise, Mike Weaver, Douglas Murray and arguably, the biggest addition to this playoff roster, Thomas Vanek, who the Canadiens were able to land at the trade deadline. https://www.cheapcardinalsonline.com/274t-brett-cecil-jersey-cardinals.html . Redden played a total of 1,023 regular-season games with Ottawa, the New York Rangers, St. Louis and Boston. He finished with 457 points (109 goals, 348 assists) and a plus-160 rating over his career. Stan Musial Cardinals Jersey . -- So much for concern that running back Marshawn Lynch would be absent from the Seattle Seahawks minicamp. Harrison Bader Cardinals Jersey .com) - Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien, Detroit Red Wings forward Tomas Tatar and New York Islanders right wing Kyle Okposo were named the NHLs players of the week on Monday.Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The following is a list of inactive players for tonights game. ARIZONA CARDINALS AT ST. LOUIS RAMS, 8:25 PM (ET) Arizona - LB Kenny Demens, OT Paul Fanaika, DE Kareem Martin, S Tyrann Mathieu, DDE Josh Mauro, G Anthony Steen, DT Alameda Taamu St.dddddddddddd Louis - TE Alex Bayer, DE Alex Carrington, TE Justice Cunningham, S Lamarcus Joyner, CB Marcus Roberson, G Brandon Washington, DE Ethan Westbrooks ' ' '