52. The Referee (Tim Donaghy)
Added 2020-08-03 04:22:59 +0000 UTCA professional basketball referee uses his knowledge of the inner workings of the league to place bets on the games.
Prelude: Joe Gagliano recruits Arizona State University's star basketball player to participate in a point-shaving scandal.
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Comments
“If there were sweaty men and balls involved, Joe was interested”… ah! A man after my own heart ⚽️🎾⚽️
Maxine Page
2025-01-30 23:55:27 +0000 UTCNetflix also has a DocuSeries called "Bad Sport" and the very first episode covers the Arizona State basketball team's point shaving scandal. It's pretty good but I heard the podcast first :-)
Ryan Cunningham
2022-05-25 20:08:00 +0000 UTCHave you seen “untold: malice at the palace”?? They have Tim Donaghy as an expert witness. Sorry Netflix but your “integrity” just slipped a bit
MelissaEmily
2021-09-14 21:40:12 +0000 UTCThis scumbag single-handedly ruined the NBA for me and made me realize how much the game relies on the refs. Those were really sad times when I was a Suns fan and it was horrifically obvious he was fixing the games.
jeremy belk
2020-08-11 05:31:13 +0000 UTCI’m from the Sacramento area and damn that playoff game still hurts. Thanks for the episode ❤️💪
Alex Lopez
2020-08-09 14:55:55 +0000 UTCXD Yeah, that's what I figured when I figured when I read his posts. It's like "did you actually listen to the podcast?"
MBA
2020-08-03 17:57:55 +0000 UTCHaha I mean I spent the first 10 minutes of Donaghy's story painting him as a lifelong liar/cheat which the author of that book seems to have ignored. Obviously, everything Donaghy says about his involvement in the scandal should be taken with a grain of salt. This case is obviously that author's pet project so I'll let him try to sell his book on my timeline.
Swindled
2020-08-03 17:46:41 +0000 UTCI was hoping for eithier an productive dialogue or a surgical response, but I guess that's fine.
MBA
2020-08-03 17:40:25 +0000 UTCYawn
Swindled
2020-08-03 17:33:52 +0000 UTCAnd now the author of the book I read is messaging ACC on twitter. *gets out the popcorn*
MBA
2020-08-03 17:28:28 +0000 UTCGO HUSKIES! I remember that 93-94 team. They were so bad.
Aron De Los Angeles
2020-08-03 17:12:17 +0000 UTCFinished listening. My opinion has not changed.
MBA
2020-08-03 17:09:40 +0000 UTCGonna be real, this one is a nice break from all the episodes about horrifying human rights abuses or sexual assaults. Not that those aren't important, but its nice to have a simple sports scandle one sometimes.
Ace Chambers
2020-08-03 15:11:24 +0000 UTCI'm not sure! It's been way too long since I've seen Casino
Swindled
2020-08-03 14:13:31 +0000 UTCACC, can you help me connect the dots? Wasn’t Jimmy the Gent from Goodfellas fame (the Robert deniro character) eventually busted for b-ball pointshaving and part of the Gambino crime family? The whole “oops we picked up this crime from a wiretap for a DIFFERENT crime” also sounded like the Casino movie downfall. OK maybe I’ve just watched those movies a little too much...
C
2020-08-03 13:01:07 +0000 UTCI love your podcast! Best 5 dollars I've spent in a long time.
Julie Frandsen
2020-08-03 12:37:53 +0000 UTCI like how he got upset because his daughter got stoned. He should sit her down and talk about morality.
Ken Smith
2020-08-03 09:39:14 +0000 UTCHaven't watched yet, but I read a book about this one from the perspective of one of the bookies Donaghy worked with. The bookie somehow came off as the more honest party!
MBA
2020-08-03 08:53:26 +0000 UTCTerrific new episode, ACC. Keep up the bad attitude, these clowns deserve it. I would use this episode to introduce the podcast to newbies, it has everything.
Armchair Rambo
2020-08-03 05:49:43 +0000 UTCDropped at 10:25 MST. Cut it close to midnight.
Dylan Donahoe
2020-08-03 04:27:27 +0000 UTCCan’t wait to hear this one. Big fan of the NBA and I remember this ref calling some bs fouls in such.
Balvino Galan
2020-08-03 04:25:06 +0000 UTC
