— Excerpt from Tim Donaghy’s new book Blowing the Whistle, which was recently cancelled by his publisher. Sounds like a fascinating read, even though I kinda just wanna put my hands over my ears and pretend it’s not true.We had [a] gag simply referred to as the ‘first foul of the game’ bet. While still in the locker room before tip-off, we would make a wager on which of us would call the game’s first foul… We were testing each other’s nerves to see who had the guts to hold out the longest before calling a personal foul…
Early in the contest, the announcers would say, ‘Holy cow! They’re really letting them play tonight!’ If they only knew…
