Entries Tagged as 'basketball'

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

NBA Referee Rigging Scandal Explodes

Explosive allegations by an ex-referee rocked the NBA today in the midst of an NBA championship series designed to reinvigorate the league. Tim Donaghy claimed that the NBA routinely encouraged refs to call bogus fouls to manipulate results as well as asking them to withhold technical fouls on marquis players to increase ratings. Quite [...]

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

Freakonomics Author Discusses NY Times Piece on NBA Point Shaving Scandal

I found this interesting post by the author of the best-selling book Freakonomics. In it he discusses a recent editorial in the New York Times by noted economist Justin Wolfers in which he seems to suggest that one way to combat the problem of corrupt sports officials is to legalize sports gambling.
It seems that [...]

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

7 Sure-Fire NCAA Final Four Betting Tips That Work

March Madness is upon us and the time is right for office pools, buzzer beaters and cinderella stories. I’ve scoured the web for the absolute best final four betting tips and strategies on earth and summarized them below for your wagering pleasure. Good luck and enjoy!

If possible, buy multiple pool entries and select [...]

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

Poologic will help you win your March Madness office pool.

I stumbled across this plain looking site with a funny name and was amazed at the wealth of advice it had on betting the NCAA tournament. On top of that, the owner of the site is advising anyone who benefits from the strategies posted there make a donation to charity rather than pay it [...]