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KERSEY RESIGNS FROM NBA, PLEADS GUILTY ON TAX CHARGES

          NBA referee Jess Kersey "pleaded guilty in federal
     court Wednesday to cheating on his income taxes and agreed
     to testify against other referees allegedly involved in an
     airline ticket scam designed to put tax-free cash in their
     pockets," according to Lynn Waltz of the Norfolk VIRGINIAN-
     PILOT.  In return for testifying, Kersey "avoided jail
     time," but "must pay a $200,000 fine and back taxes on more
     than $100,000 of unreported income, plus interest."  Waltz
     reports that four other charges of income-tax evasion "were
     dropped."  Kersey "could have been sentenced to 15 years if
     convicted on all charges."  Kersey resigned from the NBA on
     Wednesday, following 24 years with the league.  NBA
     VP/Communications Bryan McIntyre: "You'd have to ask him for
     his exact reasons why he chose to resign, but we did not
     force him into it."  The PILOT's Waltz: "Kersey's deal with
     federal prosecutors may have implications for three other
     referees indicted."  The other referees are George Toliver,
     Henry Armstrong and Mike Mathis (VIRGINIAN-PILOT, 7/31).

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