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No Go: Tim Donaghy’s Tell-All Book Is Pulled From Publication
Posted: 28th October 2009 by Brian Tuohy in NBA
Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy's tell-all book Blowing the Whistle: The Culture of Fraud in the NBA has been pulled by its publisher Triumph, a division of Random House.á
Triumph has not stated why this has happened.
Rumors circulating at the moment, courtesy of the website Deadspin, claim Random House pulled the plug because the NBA threatened to sue over the book's contents in which Donaghy details how referees manipulated NBA games, ...
Should The NBA and Its Fans Fear The Nets New Owner?
Posted: 23rd September 2009 by Brian Tuohy in NBA
In a first for America's professional sports leagues, a Russian man by the name of Mikhail Prokhorov is set to purchase the New Jersey Nets.
Prokhorov is supposedly Russia's richest man, worth upwards of $9 billion.
He comes into the league offering gifts: a potential new stadium to be built in downtown Brooklyn and the ability to further make the NBA a worldwide league.
But should fans and the NBA itself be wary of this man?
There ...