Posted on 03/14/2011 10:31:55 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
An NBA referee is taking the Associated Press to court.
Bill Spooner, a 22-year veteran NBA official, is suing Minnesota Timberwolves beat reporter Jon Krawczynski for tweeting during a game that Spooner promised coach Kurt Rambis that he'd get the Wolves two points in the form of a make-up call, the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal reports.
(Excerpt) Read more at sports.espn.go.com ...
OK, THAT's a new one on me.
I don’t doubt that such crap goes on, but a vet official ADMITTING it is dubious.
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