Donaghy Sentencing Leaves Questions Unanswered

On Tuesday, July 29, NBA referee Tim Donaghy, convicted after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy to engage in wire fraud, as well as taking payoffs for insider information that influenced gambling, was sentenced to 15 months in prison and three additional years of supervised release.  As reported by the Associated Press and ESPN, the sentencing should close the legal book on the most notorious officiating scandal in the history of the Association.  Unfortunately, to paraphrase Paul Harvey, there might still be �"the rest of the story”.  While Commissioner David Stern continues to state that Donaghy is the only guilty party, he had promised the release of the findings (of the league-wide investigation that supported the prosecution) once the sentencing was complete.  Now that the final sentence has been handed down, there is still no firm date for release of the information.  ESPN’s Marc Stein reported on Tuesday that the Pedowitz report, �"…so named af...