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2nd/4:23: Alex Biega knocks over a defender in the Harvard zone, and the ref raises his hand. But, it's actually Cornell's Patrick Kennedy who's off to the box for holding the stick. The Crimson is back on the power play...
...first half: Five more Stanford points sandwiched around an obvious goaltending on the Harvard basket that wasn't whistled. Amaker got in the ref's ear when he came back down the floor. Eight points for junior guard Anthony Goods...
...Donaghy gambling scandal still haven't come out, and when they do they could spark a debate about "the integrity of the game," or at least they would if basketball had more George Will types writing about it. But some fans may start questioning every call by every ref, a privilege previously reserved for Rasheed Wallace...
...Known Unknown Something totally unexpected - a betting scandal, a riot, an Eddy Curry assist - is going to happen this season. Why? Because something unexpected always happens in the NBA. Yi Jianling could defect. Darko Milicic could justify the hype. Ron Artest could punch out a ref, or vice versa. If the NFL is the No Fun League, the NBA is the Never Bet Against it league. What - too soon...
Athletes who misbehave are a shame but not a surprise. But referees? Commish David Stern curtly confirmed that the NBA is cooperating with the FBI in sifting evidence that ref Tim Donaghy had bet on games, including some he officiated. Insisting that all other refs are clean, Stern denounced this "act of betrayal of what we know in sports as a sacred trust...