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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

Dr. Daniel Bukantz, 90, a Champion Fencer, Dies

Dr. Bukantz was a national champion and Olympic fencer and a longtime Olympic fencing referee while pursuing a career in dentistry.

Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:50 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Olympic Games, Fencing (Sport), Officiating (Sports), Bukantz, Daniel, Fencers Club of New York

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

Lawyers Ask for Leniency, Citing Donaghy’s Addiction

Lawyers for Tim Donaghy, the disgraced N.B.A. referee, said his sentence should be be limited because he had no control of his gambling habit.

Posted Monday, July 28, 2008 11:59 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: National Basketball Assn, Officiating (Sports), Donaghy, Tim, Gambling

Two Sentencings Suggest Stiff Penalty for N.B.A. Referee Donaghy

Two co-defendants of Tim Donaghy were sentenced Thursday, and legal experts said their sentences indicated that Donaghy was likely to face a stiff punishment.

Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:07 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: National Basketball Assn, Decisions and Verdicts, Officiating (Sports), Donaghy, Tim, Sentences (Criminal)

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)

Cheering Section: A Rookie Referee’s Different Perspective

A first-year assistant referee for Major League Soccer on the difference between being a fan on and off the field.

Posted Saturday, July 19, 2008 2:26 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Soccer, Major League Soccer, Officiating (Sports)

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

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.

Lawyer Seeks Testimony About Donaghy’s Cooperation

The lawyer for Tim Donaghy, the disgraced former N.B.A. referee, wants a retired federal agent to testify in court about information Donaghy provided the government.

Posted Thursday, July 03, 2008 12:22 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: National Basketball Assn, Officiating (Sports), Donaghy, Tim, Federal Bureau of Investigation

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

Donaghy Is Not Responsible for Costs of N.B.A.’s Inquiry

A judge said Wednesday that Tim Donaghy does not have to reimburse the N.B.A. for the cost of its investigation into betting by referees.

Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:24 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: National Basketball Assn, Officiating (Sports), Donaghy, Tim, Gambling

Lawyer Says N.B.A. Is Trying to Intimidate Donaghy

The N.B.A.’s attempt to recoup nearly $1.4 million in restitution from the disgraced referee Tim Donaghy is “a transparent attempt at witness intimidation,” his lawyer said Monday.

Posted Monday, June 23, 2008 11:18 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: National Basketball Assn, Officiating (Sports), Donaghy, Tim

Assignment of Bavetta Puts Officiating Scandal in Focus

*** Bavetta, who was a subject of inquiries by federal agents last summer, was the lead referee for Game 5 at Staples Center, which was certain to fuel suspicion by the conspiracy-minded.

Posted Sunday, June 15, 2008 9:28 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, National Basketball Assn, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics, Officiating (Sports), Bavetta, Dick

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