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• Lawyer Says Donaghy Will Not Meet N.B.A.’s Investigator

  Tim Donaghy will not meet with the N.B.A.’s investigator who is examining the league’s antigambling policies and officiating program. Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:14 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, National Basketball Assn, Stern, David, Officiating (Sports), Donaghy, Tim

• Former N.B.A. Referee Donaghy Sentenced to 15 Months

  Tim Donaghy, the former N.B.A. referee who admitted to betting on games he officiated, was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Tuesday morning. Posted Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:14 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, Officiating (Sports), Donaghy, Tim

• Two Sentenced to Prison in N.B.A. Betting Scandal

  Two former high school classmates of disgraced N.B.A referee Tim Donaghy were both sentenced to more than a year in prison Thursday for their roles in a betting scandal. Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:34 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, Officiating (Sports), Donaghy, Tim, Sentences (Criminal)

• N.B.A. Says Second Referee Is Not Involved

  The N.B.A. has dismissed a published report that loosely implied that a second referee might have been involved in a gambling scheme. Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 11:03 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, National Basketball Assn, Officiating (Sports), Donaghy, Tim, Gambling

• Prosecution Plays Down Cooperation of Donaghy

  Last August, Tim Donaghy admitted to providing inside information to gamblers and helping them pick N.B.A. games. Posted Wednesday, July 09, 2008 9:11 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, National Basketball Assn, Officiating (Sports), Donaghy, Tim

• Prosecutors Resist Efforts in Donaghy Sentencing

  Federal prosecutors are opposing efforts by Tim Donaghy, the disgraced former N.B.A. referee, to have a retired F.B.I. agent testify about Donaghy’s cooperation with the government. Posted Monday, July 07, 2008 10:05 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, National Basketball Assn, Donaghy, Tim, Federal Bureau of Investigation

• Army General Preparing Marching Orders for N.B.A. Officials

  It probably was not a pure coincidence when Maj. Gen. Ronald L. Johnson, a career military man, was hired last week as the league’s senior vice president for referee operations. Posted Saturday, July 05, 2008 11:48 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, National Basketball Assn, Officiating (Sports), Donaghy, Tim, Johnson, Ronald L.

• Prosecutors Play Down Donaghy’s Help

  Federal prosecutors said that the former N.B.A. referee has overstated the extent of his cooperation with the government, but did not refute charges he made against the league. Posted Friday, June 27, 2008 9:23 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, National Basketball Assn, Officiating (Sports), Donaghy, Tim

• TV Sports: Six Years After Game, Officials Were Awful

  Game 6 of the 2002 N.B.A. Western Conference finals was a master class in bad calls, missed calls and miscalls that was sloppy enough to undermine the notion that it was planned ineptitude. Posted Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:22 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, National Basketball Assn, Officiating (Sports), Donaghy, Tim

• Sports of The Times: N.B.A.’s Perfect Script Thickens Plot

  Long before the buzzer sounded on the corrupt officiating career of Tim Donaghy, professional basketball was plagued by a perception of preordainment. Posted Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:21 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, National Basketball Assn, Officiating (Sports), Donaghy, Tim

• N.B.A. Is Quiet on Reports of F.B.I. Inquiries About Bavetta

  An N.B.A. spokesman indicated that officials would not respond to news reports that *** Bavetta, a veteran referee of more than 30 years, had been the subject of inquiries by the F.B.I. Posted Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:29 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, Officiating (Sports), Donaghy, Tim, Bavetta, Dick

• Sports of The Times: Time for the N.B.A. to Do Some Soul Searching

  N.B.A. Commissioner David Stern can huff and puff all he wants. But the league over which Stern presides faces a potential crisis of credibility and needs to do less huffing and more introspection. Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 6:55 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, Stern, David, Officiating (Sports), Donaghy, Tim

• Donaghy Cites Broad Misconduct in N.B.A.

  N.B.A. executives and referees are accused of broad misconduct and outright manipulation of game results in the latest court filing by the lawyer for the former referee Tim Donaghy. Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008 10:11 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, National Basketball Assn, Officiating (Sports), Donaghy, Tim

• Former Referee Cooperated, Prosecutors Say in Letter

  Federal prosecutors tacitly vouched for the credibility and candor of Tim Donaghy, the disgraced former N.B.A. referee, in a letter filed in federal court last month. Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 9:55 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, Officiating (Sports), Donaghy, Tim, Federal District Courts

• Lawyer and N.B.A. Are Trading Insults

  While the former N.B.A. referee Tim Donaghy awaits his fate in federal court, his lawyer and league officials are trading accusations through the courts and the news media. Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:31 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, National Basketball Assn, Officiating (Sports), Donaghy, Tim