Is anyone else starting to feel bad for Tim Donaghy yet?
The disgraced former NBA ref was out of prison but is now back behind bars, after missing a day of work. The absence was a violation of his parole, which landed him back in the pen. The reason for the absence? He wasn't at the track, wasn't checking odds on the upcoming NBA season. Donaghy was getting his busted up knee examined. From ESPN:
"He has been working and obeying all the rules, but he has a very, very bad knee problem that needs surgery," Lauro said. "He was beaten up in jail by a guy that claimed he was angry at Tim for cooperating. The guy beat him up pretty bad with a pipe, busted up his knee. He needs surgery.
"So he wanted to go to a health club to work out with a trainer or physical therapist. The health club is right near the halfway house. And he told the folks at the halfway house what he was doing, that he was going to this place. He thought he had permission. He gave them advance warning. And one of the employees at the halfway house saw him at the health club and said 'You don't have permission.' The halfway house decided that he was in violation of the rules, so they picked him up."
Donaghy reminds me of one of those saps that the mob ran over in The Sopranos. Remember when Tony and his crew took over the sporting goods store and ran the owner into bankruptcy? David Scantino. That's Tim Donaghy. A guy with a problem who was exploited by the mob and is left picking up the pieces of his life (if he's lucky to get away with that much) that the vultures didn't care enough to take or destroy.
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