By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit has indicted ex-NBA player Jay Vincent who played with Magic Johnson at Michigan State University in an alleged $2 million Internet employment scam, the Associated Press reported. Authorities alleged that Vincent, 51, and Athony Portee, 53, both of Lansing, Mi., bilked jobseekers out of 20,000…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Suspended NBA Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas dodged the bullet Friday during sentencing. He won’t be going to jail, but he will have to spend 30 days in a halfway house and two years on probation, the Associated Press reported. The D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office had recommended a 3…
Verizon Center where Arenas brought the guns By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It ended with a whimper rather than a loud bang, which is probably a good thing. Troubled NBA Wizards star Gilbert Arenas pleaded guilty Friday in D.C. Superior Court to a felony count of carrying a pistol without a license. Sentencing is…
David Stern being very stern/nba photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — NBA star Gilbert Arenas of the Washington Wizards, the subject of a criminal investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the D.C. police, was suspended indefinitely on Wednesday by the league’s Commissioner David Stern. “Although it is clear that the actions of Mr….
From the basketball court to the more serious court — federal court — ex-NBA player Jerome Richardson had one of those very painful moments in life when he had to turn on a very very close friend in a very public way. By Joseph A. Slobodzian Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — After 10 years on the…
Tim Donaghy/nbc sports Ex-Ref Tim Donaghy, who disgraced the NBA in a betting scandal, thought it would be ok to go to a health club instead of work. The U.S. Marshals thought differently. By WILLIAM BENDER Philadelphia Daily News Tim Donaghy, the ex-NBA referee who served time in a federal prison camp for betting on…
In the old days, referee Tim Donaghy stood up to some of the toughest guys in the NBA, and all he had was a whistle and a striped shirt that gave him plenty muscle. But in prison, the only whistle Donaghy may be hearing is from another inmate interested in him. By Frank Fitzpatrick Philadelphia…
