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Today Doneghy pled guilty to two counts. He got paid $5,000 if his picks hit.

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Tim Donaghy started making NBA bets four years ago, and he didn't hesitate to wager on games he worked.

Speaking in code during telephone calls, he tipped off high-stakes gamblers with inside information and recommended which teams to bet on. When his picks hit, he was paid $5,000.
The stunning allegations emerged Wednesday as the disgraced former NBA referee pleaded guilty to two felony charges in a scandal that rocked the league and tarnished the integrity of the sport. "By having this nonpublic information, I was in a unique position to predict the outcome of NBA games," Donaghy, standing ramrod-straight with his hands clasped in front of him, told the judge in a Brooklyn courtroom.
 
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Donaghy may face charges in Arizona

PHOENIX (AP) -- Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy could face charges in Arizona's most populous county if investigations by the league and FBI show that he deliberately miscalled two Phoenix Suns playoff games this year, authorities said.
In federal court Wednesday in New York, Donaghy pleaded guilty to two felony charges Wednesday in connection with an NBA betting scandal.
Donaghy faces a maximum of 25 years in prison when he's sentenced for conspiracy to engage in wire fraud and transmitting waging information through interstate commerce.

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Looks like there are going to be a lot of job openings for NBA refs--maybe as many as 20.

Donaghy to share info about other refs with feds
ESPN.com news services

Former NBA official Tim Donaghy will reportedly give federal prosecutors information that will implicate other referees in some forms of gambling activity as part of his cooperation with government officials.

ESPN - Donaghy to share info about other refs with feds - NBA
 
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Donaghy says refs fixed playoffs; Stern says no

The Tim Donaghy scandal just got more serious.

The disgraced former NBA referee told authorities in a four-page letter released Tuesday that two officials conspired to fix the outcome of a 2002 playoff series and influenced several other post- and regular-season games.
Court documents filed by Donaghy's lawyer detailed the "inner-workings" of a plot in which top league executives used referees to manipulate the games. Donaghy claims two referees were "company men" whose job was to extend a playoff series in 2002 to a seventh game.
The documents did not name the series, but the Lakers-Kings Western Conference finals was the only series in 2002 that went to a seventh game, with the Lakers winning both Game 6 and 7 to reach the NBA Finals.
"Personal fouls (resulting in obviously injured players) were ignored even when they occurred in full view of the referees," the document says of the unnamed series. "Conversely, the referees called made-up fouls on Team 5 in order to give additional free throw opportunities to Team 6."
Two players from Team 5 fouled out in the game, the document said, and the "referees' favoring of Team 6 led to that team's victory that night." Team 6 also went on to win Game 7 of the series, according to the document. NBA commissioner David Stern flatly denied the allegations Tuesday, dismissing Donaghy's allegations as a despearte attempt to ease his sentence.

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For a smart guy, Stern's making a lot of dumb moves

By Jemele Hill
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Updated: June 13, 2008, 2:57 AM ET


LOS ANGELES -- I was prepared to leave NBA commissioner David Stern alone about Tim Donaghy. But Stern, the man I consider to be one of the smartest in all of pro sports, said something before Game 4 of the Lakers-Celtics series that made me believe he'd been smoking blunts with Josh Howard.

Asked if he would consider making referees available to the media -- a move that might go a long way toward quelling the rising belief the NBA is somehow rigged -- Stern said, "With respect to our officiating, I don't think we have any specific plans beyond our current rules about making referees available to a pool of reporters after games with respect to calls, but no other plans beyond that."

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I'm positive he had something to do with fixing all the college FB games I lost vBets on in the last couple years too... can I have the vmillions back I'm sure he cost me ?!?!? :wink2:
 
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DaytonBuck;906491; said:
I'm amazed this isn't bigger than it is now. Mark Cuban complaining about refs seemed justified. This exposes the NBA for the WWE operation it runs.
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You got all of that out of one guy getting convicted of fixing games?
 
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NBA defines new role for oversight of referee operations

ESPN.com news services

Updated: July 1, 2008, 12:10 PM ET

A United States Army general has been hired by the NBA to the newly created position of senior vice president for referee operations, the league announced Tuesday.
Ronald L. Johnson, a two-star general who recently retired from active duty as deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will be responsible for all aspects of the NBA's officiating program, including recruiting, training and development, scheduling, data management and analysis, and work rules enforcement.
Johnson will report to Joel Litvin, the NBA's president for league and basketball operations.

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