Sean Patrick Griffin’s new book Gaming the Game won’t make disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy happy. In 2007, Donaghy was busted by the feds for conspiring with pro gambler Jimmy “Baba” Battista and their mutual boyhood pal, low-level drug dealer and all round dogsbody Tommy Martino. Donaghy had been supplying Battista with picks on games […]

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The Highland Park High school in Illinois won’t let it’s girls varsity basketball team go compete in a tournament this coming December because its Superintendent’s office doesn’t like Arizona’s politics.

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Couldn’t help but ho ho over a Reuters report that New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine was among a group of governors urging the federal government to provide the nation’s states with a $1 trillion special stimulus package. The money would be used for general fund purposes (education, unemployment benefits, etc.) as well as for public […]

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Scales Sports Project:Latest News on Gambian sports!!

Gambia’s under 20 team
By Our Chief National Correspondent Landing Badjie, Banjul.
Paid for And Commissioned by the Freedom Newspaper.
Soccer fans across The Gambia would in less than one hour troop down to various stadia in the country for scintillating and earth-trembling matches in the GFA 2nd Division league. In […]

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Let’s face it; the NBA has been going down hill since Michael Jordan left the Bulls. As excited as a lot of people were when he returned to the NBA as a decrepit old man with the Wizards, it just wasn’t the same. The saddest part about that was he thought he could […]

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The authors of the study (read my other comments here) write:

[I]n an average game, one team plays around 15% fewer minutes with black players than their opponent (which roughly corresponds with that team having one fewer black starter). Thus, for this team, the chances of victory under an all-black refereeing crew versus an all-white crew […]

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Steve Sailer points to a new study about referee bias in the NBA. A study concluded that refs tend to go easier on people of their own race.
As usual, The New York Times gets it wrong:

A coming paper by a University of Pennsylvania professor and a Cornell University graduate student says that, during the 13 […]

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Critics of Don Imus want the talk show host fired, despite his apology for calling members of the Rutgers University basketball team “nappy-headed hos.”
During an appearance on the Rev. Al Sharpton’s radio show, Imus, 66, said that what he did was wrong.
“What I did was repugnant and repulsive and horrible,” Imus said. “Our agenda is to […]

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Just one year after finally getting it right …
Just one year after TV talking heads Billy Packer and Jim Nantz sat in front of a national audience whining like 2-year-olds wanting a pacifier because BCS conferences didn’t get enough teams in the men’s basketball tournament …
Just one year after the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Selection […]

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John Amaechi, British import to the National Basketball Association, recently publicly declared he is gay.
Reporting on the ESPN website, Chris Sheridan writes, 
In a groundbreaking revelation that began to reverberate around the NBA on Wednesday, former player John Amaechi has become the first professional basketball player to openly identify himself as gay. Amaechi, who played at Penn […]

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The 24th edition of the McDonald’s High School Basketball Classic will be held in Erie on Friday, January 12 and Saturday, January 13, 2007 at the Gannon University Hammermill Center. This year’s event features nationally renowned programs from California and Ohio, featuring rosters replete with top-ranked players.
The field is highlighted by the appearance of […]

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For the first time in 35 years the NBA will change the balls that are used in games.  In a press release the NBA reports, “The new model is a microfiber composite with moisture management that provides superior grip and feel throughout the course of the game.”  Shaquille O’neal (the Miami Heat’s center) and many […]

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For the first time in 35 years the National Basketball Association changed the game balls that will be used in all professional basketball contests. In a press release the NBA reports, “The new model is a micro-fiber composite with moisture management that provides a superior grip and feel throughout the course of the game.” Shaquille […]

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