Pachulia aches while homeland burns

October 4th, 2008 by Birdlike
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Pachulia aches while homeland burns

While war raged in his homeland, Zaza Pachulia ached from afar. He was a Georgian stuck in American Georgia, unable to return to his native country after the Russians invaded over the summer.

Refs report finds only Donaghy committed crimes (AP)

In this July 29, 2008 file photo, former NBA referee Tim Donaghy exits Brooklyn federal court following his sentencing in New York. A review of the NBA's officiating program found no evidence of illegal activity by any referee other than Donaghy, though it recommended significant changes for monitoring gambling and game integrity. The report, compiled over 14 months by former federal prosecutor Lawrence Pedowitz and released Thursday Oct. 2, 2008, called for the creation of a

Tim Donaghy is in prison, and David Stern doesn’t want anyone else in the NBA to get in trouble because of gambling. So Stern responded to a report on NBA referees Thursday by vowing to build the “most effective possible system” to monitor illegal activity and preserve the game’s integrity. “The best we can do is do the best we can, and that’s all we can do.