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Top 5 Sports "Gate's" Over Last Decade

/ CBS Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --- When there's a scandal, these days, there's a "gate."

Inspired by the recent "Deflategate" scandal, we took a look back at some of the other memorable "gate's" over the last decade in sports.

 

5. Tipgate - 2014

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LeSean McCoy speaks with Eyewitness News. (credit: CBS)

Eagles running back LeSean McCoy left only a 20-cent tip at PYT restaurant in Philadelphia.

4. Bountygate 2009-2011

Head coach Sean Payton
(credit: Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)

The New Orleans Saints bounty scandal in which members of the Saints were accused of paying bonuses for injuring opponents. Saints coach Sean Payton was suspended for the entire 2012 season.

3. Spygate - 2007

New York Jets v New England Patriots
FOXBORO, MA - DECEMBER 16: Coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots shakes hands with coach Eric Mangini of the New York Jets at Gillette Stadium on December 16, 2007 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. The Patriots won 20-10. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

The New England Patriots were disciplined by the NFL for videotaping the New York Jets' coaches signals during a game in 2007. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was fined $500,000, the maximum allowed by the league and the largest fine ever. The Patriots were fined $250,000 and lost their first-round selection in the 2008 NFL Draft.

2. Tigergate - 2009

Tiger Woods
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 19: Tiger Woods makes a statement from the Sunset Room on the second floor of the TPC Sawgrass, home of the PGA Tour on February 19, 2010 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Woods publicly admitted to cheating on his wife Elin Nordegren but maintained that the issues remain "a matter between a husband and a wife." (Photo by Lori Moffett-Pool/Getty Images)

Tiger Woods was releases statement admitting to infidelity. He apologized and announced his indefinite leave from golf.

1. Deflategate - 2015

Divisional Playoffs - Baltimore Ravens v New England Patriots
FOXBORO, MA - JANUARY 10: Head coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots looks on from the sideline in the second half against the Baltimore Ravens during the 2015 AFC Divisional Playoffs game at Gillette Stadium on January 10, 2015 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

The New England Patriots were accused of deflating balls before their AFC Championship game. Sources say 11 to 12 balls were indeed under-inflated.

First published on January 21, 2015 / 1:45 PM EST

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