DAVID STERN, A.K.A. THE SMART GREMLIN, PREPARES A SMARMY STATEMENT; ALL THIS TALK ABOUT A "ROGUE" REF APPEARS TO BE GARBAGE; DONAUGHY ALLEGEDLY MADE 134 CALLS TO FELLOW REF SCOTT FOSTER, ALL AROUND THE GAMES HE ADMITS TO TAMPERING WITH!
Fox News is reporting that disgraced ref Tim Donaghy was calling his bookie and his fellow ref Scott Foster at a rate only rivaled by Kelvin Sampson's illegal texts. If there was ever a race between Donaghy calling his bookie and Sampson texting recruits illegally, I think it would be a dead heat. It would be impossible to determine who would win that one. Anyway, the whole time this scandal has been going on, David Stern has addressed it with his typical smarmy, dismissive, self-important douchebaggery. He kept talking about how Donaghy was "rogue," while at the same time arguing that he is just letting the investigation run its course. It's a curious thing, to insist on specific facts all the while openly admitting that you are completely out of the loop. Well, now David Stern looks like an idiot.
EXCLUSIVE: NEW YORK — NBA referee Tim Donaghy made repeated phone calls to a second referee at the same time he provided inside information to professional gamblers during the course of the 2006-2007 season, according to court documents and phone records obtained by FOXNews.com.
The records show Donaghy placed 134 calls to referee Scott Foster — more than the 126 calls Donaghy made to his bookie — between October 2006 and April 2007, the period during which he has confessed to either betting on games or passing on game information to gamblers. The majority of the phone calls lasted no more than two minutes and occurred prior to and after games Donaghy officiated and on which he admits wagering.
With the exception of 150 calls Donaghy placed to Thomas Martino, to whom he says he provided “picks” to win games and who was the middleman between the disgraced referee and a bookie named James Battista, the ex-ref phoned no one more than he called Foster. During this period, the most calls Donaghy made to any other referee were 13.
Cue Stern's self-important press conference!Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2008/07/uh-oh-referee-plot-thickens.html
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