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more about #timdonaghy more comments → Karlifornia: I can't wait to read Mike Penner's biography by the same people: Over And Back more » MarkKelsosMigraine: Tim Donaghy was interviewed by 60 Minutes If David Stern has any connection to the Brown & Williamson Corp., this interview will never see the light ... more » FEAST: ...with forward written by Allen Iverson. more » Hit Bull Win Steak: When did Bryant Gumbel start morphing into Bil Cosby from the "Himself" comedy tour? more » ClintonPortishead: Battista set up an amazing arrangement where ... Donaghy never had to pay out on losses—he was only rewarded for his wins. So he married him? more » MikeSmrek: The study also revealed the sun rises in the east 98.7% of the time, and it sets in the west 78.4% of the time. more » Steve U: some sort of frictionless plane where the normal human weaknesses don't apply Shangri-Lube? more » Phintastic: I was going to make a joke about tax dollars at work, but since these are Indiana schools, the citizens would probably wonder why more research money ... more » The Byrd: 57.2% of statistics can be used to prove anything in your favor. It's all about how you look at the remaining 48.6% more » AzureTexan: Bobby Knight is asking if the study comes in Braille so that the refs themselves can read it. more » MarkKelsosMigraine: it further corrodes the wishful notion that referees can operate on some sort of frictionless plane where the normal human weaknesses don't apply. I ... more » dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac: It's like if you asked a bunch of blind people to perform Y.M.C.A. more » DirkToberFest: I don't need studies like these. If I've learned anything from the greatest sports video game of all time, NBA Jam, it's that we don't need referees ... more » veksink: the problem i have with this is all these guys have been refing for decades and stern has been commish for over 20 years..am i supposed to believe all... more » lmjazgal: It's like knowing in your gut your spouse is cheating but you look the other way until you have the proof. Hello Proof! Raja Bell - vindicated. And... more » -
#timdonaghy
Tim Donaghy Has Found A Publisher
The former NBA referee's memoir, quashed by Random House under pressure from the NBA, has found a home with VTi-Group, a media company based in Tampa. The book is now called Personal Foul and will be out by Christmas. More » -
#nba
Tim Donaghy's Gambling Buddy Would Like To Imply A Few Things
Bryant Gumbel's "Real Sports" caught up with Jimmy Battista, the recovering drug/gambling addict who bankrolled Tim Donaghy's awesome NBA bets and went to jail for it. He now has a few sinister insinuations he'd like to get off his chest. More » -
#collegebasketball
Study: College Basketball Refs Suck, Too
A couple of professors watched a bunch of college basketball games and came to the very reasonable conclusion, in a peer-reviewed academic journal, that they were all being reffed by Dick Bavetta. More » -
#fin
October: Fin.
We produce a lot of posts every month. Most of them disappear quickly. Some of them don't. Here are the 10 most popular posts from October, ranked low to high.
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#nba
NBA Will Review Allegations In Donaghy Book It Sought To Quash
The NBA says Lawrence B. Pedowitz, the guy who investigated the league's officiating program last time around, will look into the allegations we documented yesterday from Tim Donaghy's Blowing the Whistle. The NBA: Where Donaghy continues to happen. [CBSSports] -
#nba
Excerpts From The Book The NBA Doesn't Want You To Read
As promised earlier, here are a handful of excerpts from David Stern's favorite book, Blowing the Whistle, by Tim Donaghy. More » -
#nba
The Book The NBA Doesn't Want You To Read
We've obtained a copy of Tim Donaghy's book, Blowing the Whistle, which purports to expose the NBA's "culture of fraud" and which Random House was set to publish next month — until, a source says, the league threatened to sue. More » -
#nba
Deadspin National Poll Of The Week: Who Should Replace NBA Refs?
With the NBA referee lockout a foregone conclusion, we asked millions of Americans who they thought would make the best replacement referees for the upcoming 2009-2010 NBA season. Here are the results. [Source: Gallup] -
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Upon Further Review, Tim Donaghy Back In Jail
The disgraced NBA referee was living in a half-way house while awaiting release on his conspiracy conviction, but has been ordered back to prison because of a unspecified parole violation. The whole thing sounds fixed to me. [AP] -
#nba
Tim Donaghy Has Not Been Enjoying Prison (UPDATED)
Disgraced referee Tim Donaghy will be released from prison next week and not a moment too soon. A press release says that while in the slammer he nearly had his legs broken by a New York mobster. (Update below.) More » -
#referees
Economists Confirm That NBA Referees Are Biased
An academic study concludes that NBA zebras "tend to favor home teams, teams trailing in a game and teams trailing in a playoff series." Also, the team getting 10 points when Tim Donaghy is involved. [Oregonian] -
#timdonaghy
Donaghy's Official Guilty Plea, And His Pay Scale
Disgraced — as much as any NBA ref can be more disgraced than they already are — NBA ref Tim Donaghy has officially pleaded guilty to the charges against him. The Smoking Gun has the official document. More »
