52. The Referee (Tim Donaghy)
A 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 (18)
“If there were sweaty men and balls involved, Joe was interested”… ah! A man after my own heart ⚽️🎾⚽️
Netflix 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 :-)
Have you seen “untold: malice at the palace”?? They have Tim Donaghy as an expert witness. Sorry Netflix but your “integrity” just slipped a bit
This 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.
I’m from the Sacramento area and damn that playoff game still hurts. Thanks for the episode ❤️💪
And now the author of the book I read is messaging ACC on twitter. *gets out the popcorn*
Yawn
GO HUSKIES! I remember that 93-94 team. They were so bad.
Gonna 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.
ACC, 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...
I'm not sure! It's been way too long since I've seen Casino
I love your podcast! Best 5 dollars I've spent in a long time.
I like how he got upset because his daughter got stoned. He should sit her down and talk about morality.
Haven'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!
Finished listening. My opinion has not changed.
Terrific 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.
Dropped at 10:25 MST. Cut it close to midnight.
Can’t wait to hear this one. Big fan of the NBA and I remember this ref calling some bs fouls in such.