NBA: ESPN's Tim Donaghy Story 'Does Not Add Anything Material to Record'

The NBA issued a response to a recently-published ESPN story titled "How Former Ref Tim Donaghy Conspired to Fix NBA Games."

The article detailed a timeline of former NBA referee Tim Donaghy, who conspired to fix NBA games beginning in 1998 before pleading guilty to federal authorities in 2007. While the NBA acknowledged that Donaghy was convicted for criminal acts, the league ignores some facts.

"The ESPN Article attempts to revive this old story," the statement said. "Unfortunately, it is replete with errors, beginning with its statement that the Pedowitz Report 'concluded that Donaghy, in fact, did not fix games.' The Pedowitz Report made no such conclusion. Rather, the investigation found…