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'Real Sports' interviews Donaghy associate

Jimmy Battista, a pivotal figure in the betting scandal involving former NBA referee Tim Donaghy, talks to Bryant Gumbel for tonight's "Real Sports'' in his first interview on the subject.

Battista, a high school acquaintance of Donaghy, tells of the two launching their strategy, along with a third man, Tommy Martino, in Philadelphia in December 2006.

"I sucked him in, and I'll say that,...

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