To briefly recap the existing public record re: NBA referee Tim Donaghy and the possible fixing of games: *Donaghy claims he didn’t consciously fix games
As architect of the 2006-07 portion of the NBA betting scandal involving referee Tim Donaghy, pro gambler Jimmy Battista pleaded guilty in July 2008 to
Very few people have had the kind of impact on the niche field of organized crime research as Donald R. Cressey. Here, then, is part
I was going to post this at a later date, but the Billy Walters appearance on 60 Minutes last night, complete with its references and
I don’t think the 60 Minutes piece that aired last night broke any ground for those who have remotely followed the remarkable career of Billy
In the course of researching the big-time sports betting world, I soon discovered there was unanimous agreement among the dozens of people I interviewed (bookies,
Robert Brennan is back in the news this week, following the successful completion of his prison sentence. According to the AP, Brennan spent months in
[Note: This was originally posted in December 2010 and has been updated in September, November, and December 2019, and in January 2020] Far from the
Serious NBA betting scandal followers may recall that it was Joe Vito’s phone records that were first subpoenaed in the FBI probe which led to
[Note: this post was updated as of September 2020 to reflect that BET no longer posts the episode online and that it may be found