Remember Tim Donaghy? Of course you do, he’s the creep who admitted to fixing and betting on NBA games. C’mon, you know who he is. This chump:
(Donaghy prepares for prison)
With all the Sonics moving, playoff starting, and award awarding going on, this newest news might have slipped through the cracks. One of Donaghy’s friends, Thomas Martino, has “admitted to paying Donaghy in exchange for betting tips on N.B.A. games, including those that Donaghy officiated.” Not good, Tim. Read more…
The Ballad of Pete Rose has been sung so often and in such a shrill manner that I expect Carly Smithson to tackle it this week on American Idol. Yes, he played in an appealing manner. Yes, he collected more hits than any other (though isn’t he lucky Ichiro Suzuki started in America so late?).
Also, he broke the cardinal sin (no, not that one) by betting on baseball (including his own team) when that very action nearly tore down the sport 65 years earlier. As it turns out, though, all of his alleged insider knowledge may not have helped him a trifle. An academic paper recently released claims Pete Rose lost nearly $50,000 on baseball.
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Soon to be sentenced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy is getting a heaping helping of the addition of insult to jail time as his estranged wife is trying to hit him with a restraining order, the ASSOCIATED PRESS reports.
Kim Donaghy claims Tim hit their children, spied on her e-mail account and threatened her with bodily harm.
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Former Detroit Tigers slugger and rare threat to stretch a double into a triple Cecil Fielder will become a minor league manager in a city known for gambling, the PRESS OF ATLANTIC CITY reports.
As you may recall, Fielder — the father of equally-paunch Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder – lost over $500,000 in a two-day span at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, but at a press conference naming him the manager of the Atlantic City Surf, Fielder staunchly admits no gambling problem whatsoever. Read more…
A man in northern England turned a $1 horse bet into nearly $2 million when all eight of his horses came in as winners, some at as much as 10-to-1 odds.
He already seems set to mess it all up, however; his first instinct was to tell his wife. REUTERS tells the story. Read more…
STERN WILLING TO CHANGE NBA REF RULES FOR GAMBLING: NBA referees hoping to avoid punishment for gambling have hit the jackpot:
YAHOO NEWS reports that commish David Stern will not punish more than half of the 56 whistle-blowers caught violating the league’s gambling policy.Stern said he though the current rules are “outdated”, and plans on making gambling policies more lenient for the men in striped shirts. He also admitted that he’s done a “poor job” at enforcing the rules.
NBA referees are not permitted to enter the gaming area of casinos, and no betting of any kind is allowed, except for off-season trips to the horse track.
Meaning, no betting on football, no buying lottery tickets, no playing poker, and no filling out March Madness brackets.But Stern is willing to modify the rules to let the refs enjoy the slots and tables at the local Harrah’s or tribal gaming lands. But the sports books will still be off limits.
And no sneaking food out of the buffets. Please keep the tupperware at home.
