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Ex-NBA Referee Donaghy Released From Jail

Nov. 4, 2009
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was a free man Wednesday after serving most of a 15-month sentence in a gambling scandal.
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TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy has been returned to jail in Florida for allegedly violating terms of his probation for a gambling conviction, authorities said.

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PENSACOLA, Fla., June 17 (UPI) -- Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy will enter a halfway house in Tampa, Fla., after being released from a federal prison, sources say.

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NEW YORK, July 29 (UPI) -- Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in New York to 15 months in prison for his role in betting on NBA games.

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NEW YORK, June 4 (UPI) -- NBA referee Timothy Donaghy was flexible in how he made his betting "picks" on games he helped officiate, a letter left unsealed by federal prosecutors shows.

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NEW YORK, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Two of the men allegedly linked to a gambling ring connected with ex-NBA referee Tim Donaghy are reportedly considering plea deals with U.S. prosecutors.

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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A lawyer for a Philadelphia-area gambler said that his client took advantage of an NBA referee's alleged game-fixing without having any tie to him.

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