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Notable NBA referee absent from Finals rotation

The NBA has released the names of the referees who will be working this year’s Finals, and there is at least one prominent omission. The league announced on Wednesday the 12 referees (plus six alternates) who had been assigned to the Golden …

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Adam Silver tried to avoid outing Bill Kennedy with Rajon Rondo suspension

NBA commissioner Adam Silver acknowledged recently that he chose to handle the Rajon Rondo suspension delicately in order to avoid outing referee Bill Kennedy as gay. Rondo was ejected from the Sacramento Kings’ game on Dec. 3 against the …

Doc Rivers denies using anti-gay slur toward Bill Kennedy

NBA referee Bill Kennedy revealed that he is gay in an interview Sunday night, and his decision to come out publicly has resulted in an old, unflattering rumor about Doc Rivers being brought back to light. More than five years ago, disgraced NBA …

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Rajon Rondo addresses using gay slur toward referee Bill Kennedy

Rajon Rondo on Monday addressed the recent incident in which he was suspended for making an offensive comment toward an official and not leaving the court in a timely fashion after being ejected. Bill Kennedy, the referee Rondo blew up on, came out …

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Rajon Rondo used slur on gay referee Bill Kennedy before ejection

Rajon Rondo was suspended one game for using a derogatory and offensive comment against a referee earlier this month and for failing to leave the court in a timely fashion. Now we’re learning that Rondo used a gay slur at official Bill Kennedy, …

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Referee Bill Kennedy admits ‘I’m stalling right now’ as Lakers-Spurs were supposed to have timeout

NBA fans watching the Los Angeles Lakers-San Antonio Spurs game on Wednesday caught a glimpse of a referee admitting on TV that he was stalling for a commercial. With 5:09 left in the game and a break in the action after Mike D’Antoni called …

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