NBA Games Fixed Afterall??
Fear The Sword — ... It is being reported today that the FBI has been investigating an NBA official who alledgedly bet on games, including contest he was officiating, and went so far as to make calls that would effect the point spread. ...

Uh-Oh
Bob's Blog - Live from Lewisville — ... FBI uncovers referee game fixing? … ...

NBA Ref bet on games
Sportsfrog.com — ... The FBI is reportedly investigating an NBA referee who was allegedly betting on basketball games, including games he worked in the past two seasons. ...

Technical foul called on referee
SportsFilter — Did an NBA referee bet on games, and make calls affecting the point spreads of those games he worked? The FBI is checking on this one. Read Story. ...

NBA Official Fixed Games?
East Coast Bias — Congratulations Michael Vick, a huge distraction made its way to the forefront today. The New York Post is reporting that the FBI is investigating a veteran NBA official for betting on games he refereed between 2005 and 2007. Now the FBI and NBA are trying to determine if the official made calls that directly affected the outcome of games. ...

Vick Might Take Leave - What a Great Idea!!
The Mile High Report — ... This situation has the capability of becoming the story of the decade in sports and may become the black-eye that haunts the NFL similar to steriods in baseball.  It could be worse, however, the NFL could face what the NBA looks to be facing.  Nothing is worse to the preception of a professional sport than questions surrpunding it's integrity, and with the word of the FBI investigating a referee for betting on games, including contests he was involved in, the NBA might actually have a bigger problem than the NFL.  Stay tuned.... ...

Soooo, It Really Was The Ref's Fault? That Bastard!
Blametheref — ... It's news like this that makes me proud to be the owner of such an aptly named blog. It seems some NBA fans who've been blaming the ref the past couple years may have actually had a case all along. ...

Links: Betting Ref named
SLAM Online — ... We have a name of the betting (allegedly) ref being publicly floated now by ESPN: Tim Donaghy. ...

ESPN says the referee in question is Tim Donaghy
Need4Sheed.com — ... Donaghy, a 13-year veteran of the league, is aware of the investigation and resigned from the NBA recently. Via ESPN ...

The Cheese-dick Has Been Identified
Blametheref — ... UPDATE: ESPN has now named Tim Donaghy as the referee under investigation. ...

Tim Donaghy Is the NBA's Alleged Dirty Ref
FanHouse — ... When the news broke this morning about an NBA referee being investigated by the FBI for point shaving, we didn't have a name. Now, we do: ESPN.com is reporting that it's Tim Donaghy: ...

NBA Referee Under Investigation for Betting on NBA Games
Everything But the Game — NBA referee Tim Donaghy is under investigation by the FBI for allegations that he bet on games that he officiated over the past two seasons and that he made calls affecting the point spread in games, multiple sources told ESPN. ...

Cheater Revealed: Tim Donaghy
RedsArmy.com - The Voice Of Celtics Fans — ... ESPN and ...

ESPN reports Donaghy is referee under investigation
Full-Court Press — ESPN is reporting that Tim Donaghy is the referee under investigation by the FBI for allegations on betting on NBA games. July 20, ESPN.com: NBA referee Tim Donaghy is under investigation by the FBI for allegations that he bet on games that he officiated over the past two seasons and that he made calls affecting the point spread in games, multiple sources told ESPN. Donaghy, a 13-year veteran of the league, is aware of the investigation and resigned from the NBA recently. The NBA issued a brief statement Friday, saying: "We have been asked by the FBI, with whom we are working closely, not to comment on this matter at this time." According to a law enforcement official, authorities are examining whether Donaghy -- whose identity was not revealed until Friday afternoon -- made calls to affect the point spread in games on which he or associates had wagered. Here's a ...

New York Post Reports that an NBA Referee is Under Investigation for Fixing NBA Games
20 Second Timeout — ... reports that the FBI is investigating an NBA referee for betting thousands of dollars on games that he officiated and for making calls during those games to affect the point spread. Weiss does not identify the referee by name but ESPN.com has reported that the referee in question is Tim Donaghy, who recently resigned. At this point, it is not clear how many games were involved, though Weiss writes that a source told him that the number is in "double digits." It is also not clear if the outcomes of games were manipulated or just the point spreads. ...

Cheating
Robots Took My Medicine — ... Donaghy under investigation for betting on NBA games ...

Maybe Tommy Is Right!
Boston Sports Nation — ... Tommy Heinsohn is one of the best broadcasters around.  Not only is he great at calling the game and giving an expert analysis, but there is no one better at getting on a referee’s case.  Most of the time, as fans, we laugh it off and know it is just Tommy being Tommy, but with some recent news that has come up, maybe Mr. Heinsohn should be even more critical.  The latest from ESPN has accusations of a referee actually betting on games. ...

NBA Ref Being Investigated for Gambling
Bright Side Of The Sun — ... http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2943095 ...

It Was Donaghy
Mavs Moneyball — ESPN says the NBA official in the FBI investigation was Tim Donaghy. And since I know every Mavs fan is wondering, Donaghy was not the official in any of the 2006 NBA Finals gaves vs. the Heat.

Holy Cow!!! Now This is a Scandal!!!
The Nugg Doctor - A Denver Nuggets Blog — ... (Boulder-CO) It is being reported by ESPN that referee Tim Donaghy is under investigation by the FBI for allegations that he bet on games that he officiated over the past two seasons and that he may have made calls affecting the point spread in said games. ...

Mad Dog on the NBA Ref investigation
I Heart KG — ... has more info on the story. ESPN is reporting that the ref under investigation by the FBI for betting on basketball games during the last two season is Tim Donaghy. ...

WEEKEND PICKS: NEEDLEFISH!
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop — ... FBI over NBA -- And the referee under investigation is... Tim Donaghy!  Come on dowwwwwn! ...to the local branch of the FBI, where you can begin looking forward to either jail time or a mob hit.  Or both! ...

Donaghy had mouths to feed
Nyjer Please — ... Donaghy under investigation for betting on NBA games [ESPN.com] ...

In The Sports World 7-20-07
Sportable.com — ... In what could turn out to be one of the biggest scandals in recent sports memories, there are reports that an NBA referee is under investigation for betting on basketball games. This will of course bring the Pete Rose ordeal back into the public spotlight, and will damage the NBA image even more, which has already been ripped to shreds. ...

Flagrant Foul
Orlando Magic Blog — ... Story ...

Pointshaving mobbed-up NBA Refs?
Posting and Toasting — ... This has the potential to destroy the league and professional sports. ...

Anything But Sports
We Suck at Sports — ... Basketball. Here we see former NBA referee Tim Donaghy asking Kobe Bryant how to deal with his legal issues. Clearly jealous of all the negative and criminal publicity the NFL has been receiving, the NBA decided to take the next step and have a ref allegedly bet on games. The federal government now has their collective hand holding the proverbial testicles of the NBA, as the FBI is investigating Tim and possible mob ties. While the NFL has serious crime issues, this may prove more damaging for the NBA because of their lack of teflon-PR paper, and the direct link to the sanctity and purity of competition. ...

New Yorker Cartoon Weighs in On Referee Fix
NBA Basketball and Other Unrelatedness —

Tim Donaghy's Magic Connection
Third Quarter Collapse — ... The news of NBA referee Tim Donaghy's alleged involvement in a mob-run points-shaving scheme is widespread by now, but there hadn't been much information regarding how specific teams were affected until Tim Povtak added ...

My take on the NBA Referee scandal
The Sports Blog — ... If you haven’t heard yet, an NBA officiator is under investigation for at least betting on NBA games and possibly even point shaving in games that he officiated. In order to present my viewpoint of this news, I am going to present a point - counterpoint type argument against myself. Trust me, I am schizophrenic enough to pull this off. ...

Midnight Rider
The Pensblog - A Pittsburgh Penguin Site Managed By A Bunch Of Jokes That Can Barely Run Their Own Lives — ... And now the NBA has a full scale scandal on its hands. ...

NHL is looking pretty good
Behind the Jersey — ... what has gone down so far: A veteran NBA referee, Tim Donaghy, made calls to affect the point spread on certain games that he and his associates had money on the table. These bets included thousands of dollars and were placed on games over the last two seasons. Some of his associates are apparently in organized crime and other arrests are expected in the future. The FBI is investigating the matter and the NBA is doing all they can to assist the investigation. ...

Michael Vick Has A Puppy :-)
Funny Sports News Picks and Videos At Parlayer — ... By the way, is anyone a bigger fan of the Tim Donaghy story right now than Michael Vick? Vick must be prating Daunte Culpepper steals a nuclear warhead at this point. Anything to deflect that unwanted attention… ...

Wagering on rookies
Blazers Blog — I'm somewhat reluctant to post anything about gambling given the unpleasantness the NBA is currently going through (my buddy Bono aptly points out that ...

The NBA is in Trouble? Good! Screw Them!
Hockey Rants — ... I am sure that I wasn't the only hockey fan that was filled with glee over this NBA/Donaghy/Point-shaving scandal. In case you haven't heard, some dumb ref called a lot of fouls to affect the scores of certain games, all to help some bookies make money on betting on games. ...

Catching up with Dwyane Wade
SLAM Online — ... or the Mob, but those are extreme examples of “bad.” For Dwyane, things were slightly less dramatic. First there was that first-round sweep by the Bulls, then shoulder and knee surgery, followed by thoughts that the inevitable fallout from the Tim Don-a-gie scandal would ...

Did Walker and Curry Have It Coming?
FanHouse — ... bad ...

Hall of Fame for the Good Guys
Keep Your Sox On - Red Sox Baseball Blog About Red Sox Baseball — ... , mafia-linked gambling/point shaving, ...

The Umps Will Get Trumped
ShysterBall — ... Major League Baseball claims to be most concerned about avoiding the nightmare that is L'affaire Donaghy, and has infused its rhetoric regarding the background checks with appeals to integrity and security and all that is good and wholesome in the world. While I'm sure that on some level they do care about those things, I just don't believe that it's the primary motivator in this instance. ...

Blame ESPN
Construda — ... or the NBA referee scandal . We should have no problem with them reporting on these subjects, but ESPN is just too repetitive. Honestly, how many of you were tired of Pedro Gomez covering Barry Bonds? Now if they had ...

NBA Games Fixed Afterall??
Fear The Sword — ... It is being reported today that the FBI has been investigating an NBA official who alledgedly bet on games, including contest he was officiating, and went so far as to make calls that would effect the point spread. ...

Rafael Betancourt Destroyed Our National Innocence
Royals Review — ... pristine ...

David Stern Is A Hypocrite
Fanster.com — ... In the business world, this is called CYA. Cover Your Ass. If you don’t think this is what Stern is doing in this instance, you’re incredibly naive. Stern has every single one of his ref’s doing something illegal, all coming after the incredibly damaging Tim Donaghy scandal. He can’t very well fire every ref he has, and he knows it. He could suspend each ref for a couple of games, spread out over the course of the season, pretty easily. But that only brings more attention and more negative connotations about the refereeing in NBA games, which has come under enough scrutiny the last few years, particularly in the playoffs. So how does Stern CYA? ...

Rotten in Denmark? NBA needs to investigate Mauer & Protect the Integrity of the Game
perkisabeast.com Blog — Wouldn’t you think, after such a summer of discontent, that David Stern, friend of the Beast Lair, would be out in front when something like Wednesday’s debacle happens. The commissioner has yet to issue any formal statement on the matter, which is, frankly, Dear Reader(s), disappointing. In this new post-Donaghy NBA, wasn’t a 13 point spread upset, whose outcome was so obviously affected by one particular referee’s inappropriate actions, supposed to be followed up by an investigation. As fans of basketball, we demand to know Ken ...

We're not going back to Utah!!!
The Dream Shake — ... (Yes, this is a photo of Tracy and Mr. Tim Donaghy. I am not subtle.) Solution? Tracy - take the ball to the basket. Make the referees blow the whistle. Then - most importantly - make your freakin' free throws! All of them. No 4-8 performances tonight. Also, Scola needs to make his layups in traffic, Rafer needs to shoot at least 35%, Luther Head needs to not play at all, Shane needs to make a couple 3s, Mutombo needs one big early finger-wag to piss off the crowd, Landry needs to get 5 offensive rebounds, Chuck/Scola/Landry need to NOT get in foul trouble, ...

Warriors and rest of the NBA un-favorite teams may now have a fair chance
Golden State Warriors — ... scandal.  The Tim Donaghy affair and the repercussions are making ripples in the NBA pond that will affect the entire landscape and eventually save a sport that is in serious jeopardy of becoming the next WWE.  Eventually, the ‘STAR’ treatment will be a thing of the past as long as the changes that David Stern is implementing have started with the right hirings.  So far, it looks pretty good. The changes haven’t recently just begun.  They started over a year ago when Tim Donaghy was reported under investigation for betting on NBA games last July and later found guilty of it.  ...

HS Championship Game Delayed Due to Lack of Referees [Football]
Deadspin — Sure, game officials are the bane of existence and they're all out to cheat for the other team and they're incompetent and corrupt and love being the center of attention and cause eczema in laboratory rats. However, unless someone figures out how to call their own 12-men-on-the-field penalties, you kinda need them to play a football game. The participants in the Georgia Region 7-AAAA championship game found this out the hard way when the referees' association forgot to schedule officials to work the game. Instead, the game was ...

Talking Umpires With Hunter Wendelstedt
Jimmy Scott's High & Tight — ... last night. He was in warm, sandy Daytona while I noticed a freezing rain come down onto the New Jersey blacktop. We had a great chat and covered a myriad (that's slang for "variety") of subjects from the travel schedules of umpires (he books his own flights, hotel rooms & rental cars) to the NBA's Tim Donaghy referee scandal. We also spoke about the ...

Your Next Jimmy Scott's High & Tight Monday Morning Interview: Hunter Wendelstedt
Jimmy Scott's High & Tight — ... , the potential for an NBA/Tim Donaghe scandal in Major League Baseball, working the post-season and more. Hunter is a sharp guy with a keen eye for the game. At least it better be a keen eye. He's an ump, after all. Last thing we'd want is for someone to be yelling at their computer while listening, "Where are your glasses, ump?" He wouldn't respond, number one, and maybe he's wearing contacts. Huh? You ever think of that? 'Nuff said. Come on back Monday. It will change your life.