FBI probes whether NBA ref bet on games
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David Stern led the NBA through drug problems and work stoppages. Now his league faces the stigma of a point-shaving scandal involving a referee.
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The National Basketball Association is &quot;working closely&quot; with federal authorities investigating a game-fixing probe involving a former league referee, the league said Friday.
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Minnesota Timberwolves guard Latrell Sprewell's profane comments, made to a female heckler, are reportedly being reviewed by National Basketball Association officials.
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Southern California freshman standout O.J. Mayo might have violated an NCAA rule by accepting free tickets to Monday night's NBA game between Denver and the Los Angeles Lakers from Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony.
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NBA Commissioner David Stern said on Tuesday an FBI probe learned that former referee Tim Donaghy was a "rogue, isolated criminal" who bet on games and that it appeared no other league employees were involved.
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National Basketball Association players were shocked by the revelation that a former senior referee was being investigated by federal authorities for gambling on games that he officiated.
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The FBI is investigating allegations veteran NBA referee Tim Donaghy influenced the outcome of games he and associates bet on, multiple league sources and law enforcement officials said yesterday.
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The National Basketball Association said Friday they are working closely with the FBI who are reportedly probing possible match-fixing involving a former league referee.
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Football shirt sponsorship deals with gambling firms may be under threat from a probe by the Gambling Commission.
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The Atlanta Hawks and the Miami Heat must replay the final 51.9 seconds of their game last month because the N.B.A. said the official scorer ruled incorrectly that Shaquille OâNeal fouled out. This will be the first time since 1982 that the league has sent teams back on the court for a replay.
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Last week, Commissioner David Stern ripped Hue Hollins and another former referee, Mike Mathis, for publicly criticizing the leagueâs officiating program.
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Long before word recently broke that white referees in the National Basketball Association were calling fouls at a higher rate on black athletes than on white athletes, and long before studies found racial disparities in how black and white applicants get called for job interviews, researchers no...
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Referees will be able to use  television replays to review flagrant fouls and player  altercations from the start of the 2007-08 season, the NBA said  Wednesday.
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The FBI is looking for suspects in a scam that uses bomb threats to extort money from banks and stores, officials told CNN. For the past week, banks and stores in 12 states have been hit by the scam, in which a caller claims there is a bomb that can be detonated if workers don't wire money to a specific account.
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NEW YORK -- NBA referees have entered into a five-year collective bargaining agreement with the league, removing the possibility of having replacement officials work the upcoming season.
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Minnesota guard Latrell Sprewell was suspended one game by the NBA for yelling a sexual vulgarity at a female fan during Saturday night's Clippers-Timberwolves game in Los Angeles, the latest episode of a player clashing with spectators. The NBA has been concerned about conflicts between players and fans following the nasty brawl in Detroit 2 1/2 weeks ago that spilled ...
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By Matt Richtel and Thomas Crampton  Al Baker contributed reporting. *  Broadening the U.S. attack on Internet gambling, law enforcement agents in New York have arrested the chairman of Sportingbet, which offers online sports betting and is traded on the London Stock Exchange.