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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy pleads guilty to gambling charges in 2007. A gambling addiction drove NBA referee Tim Donaghy to leverage inside information about referees' game schedules, teams ...
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 ...
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 ...
From 1965 to 1969 Crawford attended Cardinal O'Hara High School, the same high school as fellow NBA referees Mike Callahan, Ed Malloy, and Tim Donaghy. He married Mary Crawford in 1971 and had three children and ten grandchildren. [16] Crawford's son-in-law, Chris Day, is the former head women's basketball coach at Vermont. [17]
Mike Mathis is a former professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1976 to 2001. [1] Over his career in the NBA, Mathis officiated nearly 2,340 games, including 12 NBA Finals and three NBA All-Star Games. Mathis wore uniform number 13 during his career. [2]