NBA Sweats The Details With Right Guard

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The National Basketball Assn. has been taking a lot of heat, and sweating out the details, regarding former referee Tim Donaghy, who parted company with the league last year around the time an FBI investigation alleged he had bet on games. Donaghy pled guilty to two federal charges relating to the investigation, but now is alleging that other issues, such as fixing games and giving stars preferential treatment, took place among other unnamed refs. (The NBA has denied all such allegations.)

Just in time, the NBA confirmed it has signed a multi-year deal that makes Right Guard the official deodorant of the NBA.

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