Donaghy Back In Jail For Not Showing Up For Work

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Disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy ((mugshot pictured, thanks HCSO)) is back behind bars.

According to Hillsborough County jail records, Donaghy was being held without bond Tuesday for a federal rule violation.

"He was supposed to be at work and he was somewhere else," said Deputy U.S. Marshal Ron Lindbak, who didn't know any more details. Jail records said Donaghy is in sales at the Sarasota-based beverage company ShotPak. Calls to company executives there were not immediately returned.

Donaghy's attorney, John Lauro, was out of town and did not immediately respond to phone messages.

A message left early Tuesday at the office of Donaghy's attorney was not immediately returned.

Donaghy was given a 15-month sentence last year after he said he took thousands from a professional gambler in exchange for inside tips on games -- including games he worked. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in wire fraud and transmitting betting information through interstate commerce.

Donaghy was moved to a halfway house this year after serving part his sentence in a federal prison camp. He was scheduled for release in October.

Tim Donaghy=Lone Gunman

Lawrence Pedowitz issued his report to the National Basketball Association regarding the league’s anti-gambling rules, policies, and procedures, and its officiating program. Mr. Pedowitz, a former Chief of the Criminal Division in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, made extensive recommendations to improve the league’s anti-gambling rules and officiating program.

The overall text of the Pedowitz report can be found in black...
It's 133 pages... you've been warned...

The NBA's official response can be found in black as well...

From the official-looking release itself...ahem... quote...

"He ((Pedowitz)) found no evidence that any NBA referee other than Mr. Donaghy bet on NBA games or leaked confidential NBA information to gamblers, and no evidence that phone calls between referee Scott Foster and Donaghy were attributable to criminal activity.

He found no evidence that any referee miscalled a game to favor a particular team or player, or that the League has asked referees to call games to favor particular teams or players.

He found no evidence to support specific allegations of game manipulation or misconduct made by Mr. Donaghy and his attorney in June 2008, including allegations regarding a 2005 playoff series between the Dallas Mavericks and the Houston Rockets and a 2002 playoff series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings.

He found that a number of referees engaged in forms of gambling other than betting on NBA games, in violation of League rules. The League previously decided not to discipline referees for these violations.

Right...whatever you say, sir...
Those findings are fantastic...

Chip Diller agrees with you and has the appropriate reaction for the basketball-viewing public...