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Gambling NBA Ref Gets Early Release After Mob Beating

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 11, 2009 1:21 PM CDT

(Newser) – The NBA ref imprisoned for betting on games will finish his 15-month sentence in a halfway house, the Tampa Tribune reports; he’ll be released Wednesday. A press release from a “prisoner advocacy group” said Donaghy is being sprung early because he “was... Read full story »

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