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Report: NBA Ref Bill Spooner sues Wolves writer
An NBA referee is taking the Associated Press to court.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=6218678 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. According to Spooner's suit, Rambis took umbrage with a foul called against his team in the second quarter of a Jan. 24 game against the Houston Rockets. Spooner then told an upset Rambis that he'd review the call at halftime. Rambis asked how his team was supposed to get the two points back. While Spooner's suit claims he didn't respond to the Minnesota coach's question, Krawczynski tweeted otherwise. "Ref Bill Spooner told Rambis he'd 'get it back' after a bad call," Krawczynski tweeted. "Then he made an even worse call on Rockets. That's NBA officiating folks." Minnesota lost the game 129-125. Spooner's suit seeks over $75,000 in damages along with both an unpublishing and retraction of the statement on the grounds that the tweet is a defamatory accusation. "We believe all of the facts we reported from the game in question were accurate," AP Associate General Counsel Dave Tomlin said in a statement. An AP spokesman said the organization has not yet been served with a lawsuit. |
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03-15-2011, 08:29 AM
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I am shaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-OCT!
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03-15-2011, 11:00 AM
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I have been trying to look up whether or not Bill refereed any of the Mavs - Heat finals games.
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03-15-2011, 12:56 PM
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I hope that Rambis testifies. That would cement the fact that NBA referees fix games in the public record. Another interesting note is that the writer will be represented by AP attorneys. Good luck with all of that, Bill.
I'm sure that most fans of the NBA know that "Maybelline" calls happen all of the time. |
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Stern: "I think that's the last we'll be hearing from Mr. Krawczynski."
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