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Even with all of the changes under commissioner Adam Silver, the NBA continues to have a referee problem. Until there is a complete overhaul, what are we watching...basketball or wrestling?
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FBI agent Phil Scala, among others, compared the NBA to the WWF. Now Donaghy will make his return to officiating via professional wrestling. Full circle.
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In the NBA betting scandal, was the problem the one “bad apple,” Tim Donaghy, or the barrel itself, the NBA?
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After an eight-year journey, Tim finally has answers, but there is more left to be uncovered. The team continues to dig deeper and turns the system inside out, hoping that basketball's future will learn from the lessons of its past.
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We hope it has. Episode 10, the season finale, coming 10/29.
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The NBA didn't tell their network partners about the scandal before they signed a massive new TV rights deal. Smart business or unethical?
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Holding his fingers just inches apart, Phil Scala, compares professional basketball to professional wrestling.
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On the final day of the trip, the crew travels to a diner in Howard Beach, Queens, in hopes of unraveling the mysteries of the NBA Betting Scandal, and the NBA as a whole. Listen on Apple Podcasts. https://loom.ly/gkRYJZU
In episode 8, Tim Donaghy reveals inside information from his time in the league, referring to his former profession as a “necessary evil” for the NBA.
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It is alleged that “company man” referees were used to manipulate the outcome of NBA games for the benefit of the league’s bottom line.
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According to Donaghy, some referees were making $10k/month by downgrading first-class tickets or driving to games. They submitted fake receipts to the league and avoided paying taxes, until it all came crashing down.
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The crew finally connects with retired FBI agent Phil Scala, the supervisor of the FBI probe into Tim Donaghy and the head of the investigative unit focused on the Gambino crime family. Scala agrees to meet with Tim, but the team, and Donaghy, are skeptical the FBI legend will show.
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Many NBA players, including former Trailblazer Bonzi Wells, believe Tim Donaghy wasn’t a rogue ref.
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Mark Cuban’s $285 million dollar investment in the Dallas Mavericks was worth nearly $1 billion dollars 9 years later. His “golden goose”.
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Charles Barkley’s Phoenix Suns shot 64 free throws, compared to coach George Karl’s Seattle Supersonics, who shot just 36 in a game 7 Western Conference Finals loss. Did the NBA want the best teams to play, or the biggest names?
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What if Mark Cuban had sued the NBA over the scandal? Former FBI Agent Warren Flagg believes Cuban would have won millions.
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We learn more about the role the NBA played behind the scenes influencing calls on the court, and about one owner's longtime war against the officials. But when that owner was given the opportunity to expose the system he spent years rebelling against, he backed down. He couldn’t, in the end, risk killing the Golden Goose.
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Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate, Ralph Nader, called the officiating in the 2002 Western Conference Finals “notorious.”
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NBA ESPN Los Angeles Lakers Ralph Nader
Big market teams with marquee players bring in big money for the NBA. It’s all about the TV ratings.
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ESPN NBA Los Angeles Lakers David Stern
The free throws only tell part of the story in the worst officiated game in NBA history.
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NBA ESPN Kings Lakers Chris Webber Shaquille O' Neal Kobe Bryant
AccordingAccordiong to Scott Pollard, the Kings played 5 against 8... 5 Lakers plus 3 refs.
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NBA ESPN Kings Lakers Chris Webber Shaquille O' Neal
After learning about the suspicious circumstances surrounding the leak of the original Donaghy story and Jimmy Battista's plea deal, the crew investigates the most controversial game in NBA history: Game 6 of the 2002 Western Conference Finals.
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He was never able to defend his client in court, but in episode 5, Tim Donaghy's defense attorney, John Lauro, finally gets his opportunity.
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With so much money on the line, do we have trust in the integrity of the game?
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A referee has full discretion over what constitutes a technical foul. They can call it at any time, for anything, but it’s supposed to be used as a last resort.
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A massive full front-page story in the New York Post by Murray Weiss broke the scandal wide open. But who leaked the information?
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NBA players knew that game was vulnerable to manipulation.
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Tim and the team head up I-95 to New York for a meeting with John Lauro, Donaghy’s defense attorney, and to track down the elusive FBI agents who handled Donaghy's investigation. We learn that someone from high up may have been pulling the strings to undermine the investigation, even going as far to leak the story to the NY Post.
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Football, murder, and the most infamous crime in sports history. From the creators who brought you the Whistleblower podcast, The Raven is available now on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. Tune in now, and be sure to follow us on Instagram for show updates, exclusives, and more. https://lnk.to/theravenpodcast #RayLewis #sportspodcasts #superbowl #superbowlmurders
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