Posted by A. Isaac under David Stern, NBA, Officials, Tim Donaghy
Lost in the Josh Hamilton Home Run Show and Brett Favre fiasco was an interesting story from Fox News. A story the NBA probably wanted hidden. A story the NBA probably wanted to drop on Super Bowl Sunday so nobody would notice. But not even 28 HRs in one round of Derby nor a fake ...
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Posted by A. Isaac under Detroit Pistons, Dick Bavetta, NBA, Officials
I remember watching this game and thinking, ok, while the foul calls are fishy, I’ve seen worse Well, that was until Tayshaun looked straight at Bavetta and called Time Out and got ignored. This might be worse than the Kobe/Bibby thing I put up earlier in the week. H/T: Jerry from Lansing
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Posted by A. Isaac under College Basketball, Ed Hightower, NCAA Tournament, Officials
From ESPNs Jay Bilas: Worst No Call: At the end of the UCLA-Texas A&M game, Donald Sloan drove the lane for a potential game winning shot. Sloan was fouled. There is no question about it. A foul should have been called by the officials, and the shooter should have been protected. UCLA’s Josh Shipp clearly ...
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Posted by A. Isaac under College Basketball, Georgetown, Officials, Villanova
John Cahill, Karl Hess, Bob Donato No these men did not play Larry, Moe and Curly but their performance last night might as well be categorized as “Three Stooge-esque”. And I think its about time we started calling out some of these officials by names. I mean, they go out of their way to make ...
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