You called someone a "faggot,"

You called someone a "faggot," and you say you didn't mean to offend anyone? That may work in the insulated sports world, but not in a diverse and tolerant Los Angeles that has mostly supported you for your entire adult life. You need to fix this, Kobe. In the last 15 years, I've seen Kobe Bryant grow from a snotty kid to a strong and sensible man, but he is still filled with some sharp edges that make him difficult to embrace Carrera Sunglasses, and his city felt one of them Tuesday night at Staples Center when television caught him shouting the anti-gay slur known in the gay community as "the F word." He had just been given a technical foul. He had just punched a chair. He was screaming at official Bennie Adams. He was Kobe being Kobe. But then he dropped the F word on Adams, and now we're all wondering, is that also Kobe? The NBA immediately fined him $100,000, but he has appealed it, and is that Kobe? Entering the final two months of a journey that could bring him a sixth NBA title — one more than Magic Johnson — Bryant is putting the final touches on the legacy of a champion. But because it has been filled with so many bumps and bruises, that legacy remains as fragile as his knees. Any perception that he is homophobic, especially in Los Angeles, would chip away at his newly strengthened cornerstone while adding to the smoldering wreckage of the days when he was scorned for his recklessness off the court and his selfishness on it. Bryant's taut personality will never allow him to spend his post-basketball career like the charismatic and influential Magic. But if he wants to maintain his own brand of magic Oakley Sunglasses, he needs to show folks that the screaming fool on Tuesday night was indeed not him. "Gay Pride parade, West Hollywood, middle of June, Kobe rides a float, and we're all good," said Cyd Zeigler, co-founder of Outsports.com, the locally based gay sports website. "And if he's playing in the NBA Finals then, we can find something else." Zeigler, whose site has become a national touchstone for the gay sports community, was serious Chanel Sunglasses. He said he's heard from many folks Wednesday who were outraged by the Bryant remark and apparent lack of remorse.