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The Analysis The NBA Wants You To ReadThe 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]...

David Stern's Nightmare Is Now Available For PurchaseTim 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]...

Tim Donaghy Has Found A PublisherThe 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....

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....

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]...

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....

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....