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NBA official agrees to rat, if he can find somebody who hasn't already ratted on him

While it's not a Texas case, as a sports fan I'm fascinated by the recent turn of events in the prosecution of former N.B.A. referee Tim Donaghy, who faces allegations that he betted on NBA games he refereed.Donaghy, though, could be transformed through the magic of a federal 5K agreement from a cheating sleazeball gambling addict into the state's star witness - against whom, we cannot say yet. Doc Berman points to this New York Times coverage (5/20) of Donaghy's decision to become a snitch to lessen his prospective federal sentence:A lawyer for the former N.B.A. referee Tim Donaghy suggested in court papers Monday that games had been influenced by relationships among referees, coaches and players, and that other factors had ?prevented games from being played on a level playing field...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 21, 2008 (boomark / email).