Steve Aschburner: NBA's new era of ref transparency off to dubious start

The NBA's new era of officiating transparency has been dubious so far The league hasn't done enough to address its credibility problem with fans Ref Scott Foster should move to explain the high volume of calls with Tim Donaghy Contrary to what NBA referee Scott Foster might feel right about now, there were several ways in which the news Monday about shamed ref Tim Donaghy's cell-phone records could have been worse for all involved. Just imagine the kerfuffle had the documents compiled during the federal investigation into Donaghy's admitted involvement with professional gamblers and obtained first by Fox News revealed that Donaghy placed an inordinate number of calls -- 134 in all, many of them dubious in duration and suspicious in time and date through much of the 2006-07 season -- to: a) Madonna. b) The White House. c) Mrs.... [read full story]