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  • #26910
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    llperez

    just saw it scroll across the bottom of the espn score tracker during the laker game. Hadnt heard anything else but apparentyl an AP writer tweeted that ref bill spooner promised Wolves coach Kurt Rambis points after a bad call. Spooner was investigated by the NBA and is sueing the writer for 70k for damages. The writer in question made a statement that he stands by his comment.

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  • #510102
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    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=6218678

    Report: Bill Spooner sues Wolves writer

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    ESPN.com news services

    An NBA referee is taking The Associated Press to court.

    Bill Spooner, a 22-year veteran NBA official, is suing Minnesota Timberwolves beat reporter Jon Krawczynski for tweeting during a game that Spooner promised coach Kurt Rambis that he’d get the Wolves two points in the form of a make-up call, the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal reports.

    According to Spooner’s suit, Rambis took umbrage with a foul called against his team in the second quarter of a Jan. 24 game against the Houston Rockets. Spooner then told an upset Rambis that he’d review the call at halftime.

    Rambis asked how his team was supposed to get the two points back. While Spooner’s suit claims he didn’t respond to the Minnesota coach’s question, Krawczynski tweeted otherwise.

    "Ref Bill Spooner told Rambis he’d ‘get it back’ after a bad call," Krawczynski tweeted. "Then he made an even worse call on Rockets. That’s NBA officiating folks."

    Minnesota lost the game 129-125.

    Spooner’s suit seeks over $75,000 in damages along with both an unpublishing and retraction of the statement on the grounds that the tweet is a defamatory accusation.

    "We believe all of the facts we reported from the game in question were accurate," AP Associate General Counsel Dave Tomlin said in a statement.

    An AP spokesman said the organization has not yet been served with a lawsuit.

    The NBA declined comment on the lawsuit. But league sources told ESPN The Magazine’s Chris Broussard that Spooner is filing the lawsuit on his own, and that the NBA is not involved in any way.

    Information from The Associated Press was used in this report

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  • #510168
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    delfam
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     this happens all the time, a referee makes a bad call then they try to make up for it by making an even worse call, it’s ridiculous. I don’t see how you can sue for damages, first off you didn’t lose your job, and second of there is freedom of speech and they guy can say what he wants.

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  • #510212
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    Toronto16
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     Can you sue someone for a tweet?  Jeez in America you can sue for anything.

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  • #510255
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    The lake show2

    He has to sue because if he doesn’t people may be more likely to believe what he said is true and he would get fired to save the image of NBA refs.

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