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The Book The NBA Doesn't Want You To Read We've obtained a copy of Tim Donaghy's book, Blowing the Whistle, which purports to expose the NBA's "culture of fraud" and which Random House was set to publish next month — until, a source says, the league threatened to sue... Excerpts From The Book The NBA Doesn't Want You To Read As promised earlier, here are a handful of excerpts from David Stern's favorite book, Blowing the Whistle, by Tim Donaghy...

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...

A rogue ref at the center of an explosive NBA point-shaving gambling scandal will surrender Wednesday to plead guilty to federal charges, law enforcement sources said. Tim Donaghy, 40, who allegedly bet on games at which he officiated and provided inside information to mobsters, is expected to show up before Brooklyn federal Judge Carol Amon on relatively minor gambling related charges, sources said. The plea capped weeks of deal-making between Donaghy’s lawyer and prosecutors. The illegal gambling scam spanned the last two seasons, though feds zeroed in over the past year. NBA officials were horrified at the allegations - and...

(CBS 3) SPRINGFIELD, Pa. Five NBA referees from the Delaware Valley held a mini-camp for mentally challenged students at the Don Guanella School in Springfield, Delaware County Monday. "Timmy Donaghy and Duke Callahan called me up and they said they wanted to give something back to the community," said Bob Neely of the Don Guanella School. The camp was co-founded by Tim Donaghy in 1997. Donaghy, a former NBA ref, is now at the center of an F.B.I. gambling investigation following allegations he bet on NBA games and called fouls to impact point spreads. Though Donaghy was not be present...

Two catholic high school chums of disgraced referee Tim Donaghy have been identified as the bookies in a gambling scandal rocking the NBA, the Daily News has learned. But the two bet-takers apparently exaggerated their Mafia connections. "They're nobodies," a law enforcement source said. The mob wanna-bes attended Cardinal O'Hara High School in Springfield, Pa., with Donaghy, who was a varsity standout on the school's basketball and baseball teams. Donaghy, 40, has become the focus of the federal investigation into bets he allegedly made on NBA games, including some he officiated. The veteran referee, who earned $260,000 a year for...

In addition to being the mob's conduit to the NBA, Tim Donaghy had what is euphemistically known as anger management issues. That is a polite way of saying Donaghy was a jerk in desperate need of a beating, if only to readjust his malfunctioning brain cells. NBA commissioner David Stern said Donaghy's explosive temper came to the attention of the league after a neighbor filed a lawsuit against the disgraced referee two years ago. The suit, initiated by Peter and Lisa Mansueto and chronicled in the Philadelphia Inquirer, portrayed the referee as a nut job who yelled obscenities at his...