FBI to make arrests on NBA game fixing *Merge*

[YosemiteSam]

I just heard on ESPN radio NY on my way into work that the FBI is ready to make arrests of mobsters and an NFL referee for fixing NFL games. Looking for stories on the web now. Will update when/if I find something.

 

[Jarv]

I just heard on ESPN radio NY on my way into work that the FBI is ready to make arrests of mobsters and an NFL referee for fixing NFL games. Looking for stories on the web now. Will update when/if I find something.

Black Sox of 1919 all over again ?

 

[Cowboys22]

I believe its NBA not NFL!

 

[YosemiteSam]

I believe its NBA not NFL!

Hmmm, this could be true. I hadn't had my coffee yet when I heard it....

EDIT: Yep, ESPN Radio NY (dot com) just said it again. It is NBA. Mark Cuban actually has a case now if he wants to sue!

Damn, we almost had something Football to actually talk about!

 

[Vintage]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2943095

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


The New York Post first reported Friday that the year-long investigation is focusing on allegations that the referee bet on games and was making calls that affected the point spread on games. The newspaper reported that according to sources, an arrest of the referee was imminent and that NBA Commissioner David Stern is aware of the investigation.


"These accusations, if true, are extremely serious and we have been in discussions with the NBA regarding this matter,'' Lamell McMorris, head of the NBA Referees Association, told Bloomberg News. "In light of the fact that this is an ongoing federal criminal investigation, we have nothing further to say at this time."


Bloomberg reported that an NBA spokesman and league executive Stu Jackson, who oversees referees, phone messages seeking comment Friday morning. The Post reported that the FBI declined comment on the investigation.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Bloomberg reported that an NBA spokesman and league executive Stu Jackson, who oversees referees, phone messages seeking comment Friday morning.

Ha! I cannot wait till Cuban ask Jackson to "comment on the situation".

 

[Royal Laegotti]

If it's going on in the NBA then it's probably going on in all the major sports. I'm sure if the Feds dig hard enough they'll find more than one NBA ref also!

 

[YosemiteSam]

If it's going on in the NBA then it's probably going on in all the major sports. I'm sure if the Feds dig hard enough they'll find more than one NBA ref also!

Stu Jackson and David Stern will probably be the first arrested. :laugh2:

 

[bobtheflob]

The FBI is investigating an NBA referee who allegedly was betting on basketball games - including ones he was officiating during the past two seasons - as part of an organized-crime probe in the Big Apple, The Post has learned. One source close to the probe counted the number of games on which the ref and his wiseguy buddies scored windfalls in the "double digits." NBA Commissioner David Stern is aware of the investigation and has a report about the referee on his desk, another source said. The official, whose name was withheld, allegedly wagered on games during the 2005-06 and 2006-07 NBA seasons.

http://fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/15034

 

[CrazyCowboy]

WOW! .....THIS is not good

 

[Royal Laegotti]

Stu Jackson and David Stern will probably be the first arrested. :laugh2:

Cuban would love to be there to help the cops put on the handcuffs!:laugh2:

 

[joseephuss]

If it's going on in the NBA then it's probably going on in all the major sports. I'm sure if the Feds dig hard enough they'll find more than one NBA ref also!

Yep. Basketball is probably the easier of the two sports to fix. Not that either is easy to fix.

I am just trying to figure out how to relate this to Vick, Pacman or TO.

 

[bobtheflob]

I believe its NBA not NFL!

Exactly. I posted something on this in the Sports Zone.

 

[Wimbo]

There is still an NBA?

 

[peplaw06]

Possibilities:

1) Joey Crawford

2) The crew that officiated the 2006 Finals

3) Dick Bavetta

 

[gazmc_06]

^option 2 sounds the most likely.

 

[Mavs Man]

This is pretty damaging to the NBA, especially in conjunction with Joey Crawford's behavior in April and the "black players get fouled more than white players" report. The latter "report" contained way too many flaws to be taken seriously (as even Charles Barkley pointed out), but still it was bad press.

More damaging is that now the NBA conspiracy theorists have more fuel for their fire.

 

[MC KAos]

haha, i doubt this clown would be that stupid as to try to fix the finals, i bet(pun intended) it was regular season games that were fixed.

 

[DallasCowpoke]

The ref was Tim Donahey <sp> 13 yr vet. Never has done a finals. Mark Cuban just kicked a trashcan! :laugh2:

 

[MC KAos]

The ref was Tim Donahey <sp> 13 yr vet. Never has done a finals. Mark Cuban just kicked a trashcan! :laugh2:

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