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Tim Donaghy. The 2007 NBA betting scandal was a scandal involving the National Basketball Association (NBA) and accusations that an NBA referee used his knowledge of relationships between referees, coaches, players and owners to bet on professional basketball games.
Timothy Francis Donaghy (/ ˈ d ɒ n ə ɡ i /; born January 7, 1967) [2] is a disgraced former professional basketball referee who worked in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 13 seasons from 1994 to 2007 until he was caught in a gambling scandal. [3] During his career in the NBA, Donaghy officiated in 772 regular season games and ...
In 2007, NBA referee Tim Donaghy was exposed for betting on games he officiated. He used his position as an insider to influence game outcomes by calling more fouls or favoring certain teams based ...
The first major instance of permanent bans being used throughout the NBA revolved around the case of the CCNY point-shaving scandal that primarily happened in 1951. As a result of this incident, 36 different collegiate players (including a few that were either already in the NBA or were drafted into the NBA by this time) and one NBA referee were reported to have been involved with this case at ...
Arizona State University basketball players caught point-shaving games in 1994. During his senior year, Arizona State star Stevin "Headake" Smith found himself $10,000 in debt from gambling on pro ...
In the book, Donaghy describes his time as a referee in the CBA and NBA, discussing the NBA's inner workings, refereeing bias, TV media markets, owners in the NBA, marriage and divorce, NBA "scandals" (NBA favoring big-market teams, manipulating playoffs to extend to Game 7, star player privileges and so forth), his time in jail, court process ...
Hue Spencer Hollins Sr. (November 28, 1940 – July 4, 2013) was an American professional basketball referee for the National Basketball Association (NBA). During his 27-year career in the NBA, Hollins officiated 19 NBA Finals games and five NBA All-Star Games. [1]
Ronnie Nunn (born in Brooklyn, New York) [1] is a former professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for nineteen seasons and served for five years as the league's Director of Officials, [2] until being reassigned in 2008 in the wake of the Tim Donaghy scandal.