Tim Donaghy

From HBO Sports - SEGMENT FEATURING INSIDER’S FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF TIM DONAGHY BETTING SCANDAL ADDED TO NEXT EDITION OF REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL, DEBUTING NOV. 24 ON HBO REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL presents more enterprising features and reporting when its 152nd edition, available in HDTV, debuts TUESDAY, NOV. 24 (10:00 p.m. ET/PT & 9:00 p.m. CT), exclusively on HBO. *The Insider. Bryant Gumbel conducts an exclusive one-on-one interview with Jimmy Battista, a high school acquaintance of disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy. In his first media interview, Battista offers a detailed first-hand account of what took place when he teamed up with Donaghy ... Read Full Story

Disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was a free man Wednesday after serving most of a 15-month sentence in a gambling scandal. Pat Berdan, a consultant working with Donaghy, said he was released from Hernando County Jail in Florida, where he had been held since August after officials said he violated travel restrictions while living at a halfway house in the Tampa area. A New York judge sentenced the ex-referee in July 2008 after Donaghy said he took thousands of dollars from a professional gambler in exchange for inside tips on games — including games he worked. The 42-year-old pleaded guilty to conspiracy to ... Read Full Story

Tim Donaghy, the former NBA referee who admitted taking money from gamblers for inside tips on games, was released from a Florida jail on Wednesday after serving 13 months behind bars. Donaghy, who worked some of the games for which he took money, rocked the NBA with the scandal, although an investigation into his actions found no other league referees involved in the potential match-fixing scheme. A New York judge sentenced 42-year-old Donaghy in July of last year after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to conduct wire fraud and interstate transmission of betting information. Donaghy began serving time in a federal prison at Pensacola, ... Read Full Story

A spokesman for former NBA referee Tim Donaghy says he was attacked in prison by a fellow inmate who claimed he had ties to the New York mob. Pat Zaranek, a spokesman for Donaghy, said Thursday that the former referee, serving a 15-month sentence in a gambling scandal, was struck in the right knee with a stick or other hard object in November. Zaranek, of Executive Prison Consultants, says Donaghy expects to be transferred from the camp in Pensacola to a halfway house in Tampa next week. Zaranek says Donaghy's knee still gives him trouble and that he will need surgery. A Federal Bureau ... Read Full Story

The NBA says it will review accusations by former referee Tim Donaghy that were posted online. The league also says Thursday it has been reassured that an investigation found Donaghy to be the only official involved in criminal conduct. The referees say they are disappointed but not surprised by their former colleague's actions. Donaghy admitted taking cash payoffs from gamblers for picks on games, including ones he officiated. He was sentenced to 15 months for conspiracy to engage in wire fraud and transmitting betting information through interstate commence. Donaghy accuses fellow referees of misconduct in excerpts that appeared on the Web site deadspin.com. The ... Read Full Story