Two Washington Wizard players threatened each other with handguns in a locker-room dispute involving gambling debts, the New York Post is reporting. According to unnamed sources, guard Javaris Crittenton was arguing with teammate Gilbert Arenas about an unpaid gambling debt when Arenas pulled out a pistol. Crittenton, in response, produced his own gun. Arenas’ name [...]
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We shouldn’t be surprised when David Stern — NBA commissioner and all-around business ninja — finds new ways to generate revenue for the league. But the fact that the NBA is getting a cut of the revenue generated by disgraced referee Tim Donaghy’s new book — indirectly — is a master-stroke, even for Stern. David [...]
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Ex-NBA referee Tim Donaghy — fresh off a stint in prison — spoke to Bob Simon of 60 Minutes about his role in the biggest scandal to hit the NBA in years. In the interview, Donaghy repeated his assertion that he never attempted to influence the outcome of games, and that he was able to [...]
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David Stern’s relationship with the city of Las Vegas has all the characteristics of one of those “will they or won’t they” TV show romances. Stern and Sin City have been circling each other like Chandler and Monica or Jim and Pam for years. The NBA even brought its marquee event — All Star Weekend [...]
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Disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy was supposed to release a tell-all book next month. The release has been postponed indefinitely — the folks at Random House pulled the release after receiving a strongly-worded memo from David Stern’s lawyers. Fortunately, the guys at Deadspin.com generally don’t take lawsuit threats all that seriously; they’ve obtained a copy [...]
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It appears that gambling among NBA referees is far more widespread… and far less serious… than many had feared. ESPN’s Chris Sheridan reports: Stern said an internal review had found that all of the league’s 56 referees violated the contractual prohibition against engaging in gambling, with more than half of them admitting to placing wagers [...]
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Interesting take on the NBA point-shaving case from The Wages of Wins. Their very well-reasoned point: the Black Sox scandal of the 1919 World Series (chronicled in the excellent movie and even better book Eight Men Out) didn’t actually hurt baseball attendance any. I’ll buy that. But is it really an apt comparison? After all, [...]
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