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The Analysis The NBA Wants You To Read

The TrueHoopheads have gone through Tim Donaghy's book and done the yeoman's work of checking some of his claims against box scores, play-by-plays and betting lines. They've found a few implausibilities. Go read. [TrueHoop, also]

12/08/09

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By Tommy Craggs

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David Stern's Nightmare Is Now Available For Purchase

Tim Donaghy's book, Personal Foul, is out and can be bought here. The New York Times and the Philadelphia Daily News weigh in. We'll have more on this soon, and I'd wager the NBA will, too. [CreateSpace]

12/03/09

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By Tommy Craggs

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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 »

11/30/09

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By Tommy Craggs

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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 »

11/25/09

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By Dashiell Bennett

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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 »

11/18/09

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By Tommy Craggs

#fin

October: Fin.

Click here to read October: <em>Fin</em>.

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. More »

10/30/09

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By Tommy Craggs

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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]

10/29/09

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By Tommy Craggs

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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 »

10/28/09

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By Tommy Craggs

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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 »

10/28/09

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By Tommy Craggs

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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]

09/19/09

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By Nash Landesman

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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]

08/25/09

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By Dashiell Bennett

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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 »

06/11/09

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By Dashiell Bennett

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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]

06/04/09

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By Ben Cohen

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Tim Donaghy Gets 15 Months in Jail

07/29/08

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Big Money Undefeated in 7 of 7 NBA Games Reffed by Scott Foster

07/16/08

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#dougchristie

Doug Christie Is Full Of Aggrievement

06/16/08

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Tim Donaghy's Sense Of The Dramatic

06/11/08

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06/03/08

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#nationaldisgraces

Tim Donaghy Stayed Busy

05/18/08

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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 »

08/15/07

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By Leitch

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