Did David Stern Just Ruin Basketball?
by: Greg Wyshynski | SportsFan Magazine | Sunday, December 9, 2007
Occasionally in a modern media culture of easily disposable headlines and news cycles that are faster than a stage of the Tour de France, the really important stories can be drowned out in the cacophony. Like, for example, when the commissioner of one of the most popular professional leagues on the face of the Earth indirectly reveals that his entire sport is basically a steaming pile of horse excrement.
«FULL STORY» The Jester's Quart: NBA Refs Crooked? You Bet!
by: Greg Wyshynski | SportsFan Magazine | Saturday, July 28, 2007
Tim Donaghy has made many an enemy over the last several days. I imagine two of them are named Justin Wolfers and Joseph Price. Those names may not jog any memories, but their work will: They are the authors of a study, from a sample of NBA box scores taken between 1991 and 2004, which claimed white referees called fouls against black players more than they did against white players. Fire up the paper-shredder, because that debate is over: NBA referees aren't racist...they're just point-shaving crooks.
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