They reintroduced the original strategy, which proved successful for the February 3 Fordham game when Boston College, a ten-point favorite, won by seven points. Hill casually brings up and admits to fixing basketball games at Boston College. Of course, of course I was upset, but what could I do? Sweeney claims that hes heard network execs at a sports business conference in Florida express a desire for such a character to pop up with occasional humorous commentary. was favored to win a game by ten points, Kuhn had to make sure, if the game was in play with the mobsters and the bookies, that they won by less than ten in order for the gamblers to make money. Barbara Reed, 25, Kuhn's former girlfriend who was living with him at the time, testified that Kuhn uncharacteristically began buying her presents -- a stereo set, a television set and jewelry -- during the winter of 1978-79. It is unclear how much money the players involved in the point-shaving scheme were paid. Edward A. McDonald, who coincidentally had graduated from Boston College in 1968 and who had played briefly on the basketball team, prosecuted the case.[2]. His testimony essentially corroborated that of Hill, who went into witness protection. Testifying for the government, Sweeney acknowledged meeting with Hill but said that although he agreed to participate in the scheme he never intended to go through with the deal. Mazzei and Tony Perla were sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. But its one of the most famous in sports history, to which Sweeneys name will be forever linked. As a freshman, he played sparingly and averaged 4.5 points per game while the Eagles finished with a disappointing 9-17 overall record. won by only two points and I had a lot of losing money down on this game. I said, If this dude has cash like that to burn and wants to give me $1,000 because I told him wed destroy Stonehill, sure, Ill take it. Maybe he was trying to cultivate a relationship with me and soften me up for something down the road. She knew the terrain in terms of what I needed to be doing, said Cobb. A former Boston College basketball player and four other men were charged yesterday with conspiring to fix six basketball games during the 1978-79 season by shaving points. Kuhn and two money men were The audience is left to make their own judgment on how involved Sweeney and Cobb were in the fixes, but Sweeney missing a free throw when he is the best in the nation is some serious evidence of his involvement. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court hears Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools to rule on financial compensation for a deaf student who was not provided proper learning support. Investigators find phone records from Pittsburgh to Burke that allow them to connect the point-shaving scheme to him. He worked hard in class. According to Ernest Volkman, a crime journalist, Hill learned everything from Jimmy Burke and wanted to reward him with a lucrative scheme which became the BC scandal. It goes to show that crimes like these dont stay in the past, especially when they involve other peoples money. Tennessee church holding prayer as FAA investigates plane crash that killed 4 members. This is where my focus has been for the last 10 years. Jimmy said he was finished. Burkes gang had just successfully pulled off the Lufthansa airport heist at New Yorks JFK airport, where theyd stolen an estimated $5 million in cash and $875,000 in jewels, the largest cash robbery in America at the time. He dreamed of walking away from Boston College at seasons end as one of the schools most revered sons before embarking on what he hoped would be an accomplished, financially rewarding career in the NBA. The court papers said Kuhn of Swissvale, Pa., has agreed to testify against former teammate Ernie Cobb, 27, a basketball player from Stamford, Conn. Cobb has pleaded innocent to a charge of conspiring to commit sports bribery,a charge stemming from the point-shaving scandal. Ive had a grand life, is how he puts it. Mazzei in turn contacted Henry Hill, a Lucchese crime family associate from New York who had befriended Mazzei while both men were serving sentences in a federal prison. The government won convictions against Burke, the Perlas , Mazzei and Kuhn thanks in part to testimony from Sweeney, who was neither charged nor offered immunity. The Globe would later admit that they were wrong in reporting that Bowie was involved, after he was not implicated nor investigated by the federal government for any role in the scandal. I was shining at the camp. View Rick Kuhns profile on LinkedIn, the worlds largest professional community. Cobb, for his part, was tried for conspiracy and acquitted. Rocco has a vague conversation with Cobb over winning certain games, but both sides wont admit to knowing the extent to which he was involved. Same here, and yet when they did their list of greatest sports scandals a few weeks back (when Miami broke) they didn't have it on there the first day. Walgreens settles West Virginia opioid lawsuit for $83 million. Confident from their recent success, the conspirators viewed the February 10 game against Holy Cross as an opportunity to reap the full benefits of their scheme. With his name swirling down the vortex of the mob cesspool from the moment the story broke, Ernie Cobb found it difficult to make a living. And that kept him in Hills clutches. Hill and Burke were brought into the scheme, after receiving approval from Lucchese family capo Paul Vario. Intentional point shaving on the floor was never proven, and if Hill hadnt later confessed the scheme to prosecutors after getting busted for his other crimes, the whole ordeal might have passed without notice. If you missed Part I, you can read it here. Everybody involved in the scandal got sentenced except for Hill and Sweeney. Hill turned state's evidence in exchange for avoiding prison and possible execution by Burke and the Lucchese family. "It really could be far more serious and more of an annual situation than anyone suspects," said Ralph Miller, basketball coach at Oregon State University. The scheme continued to work successfully in the December 23 game against UCLA. I was this poor kid with no financial resources, going on trial with a member of the mob. I was like, Yeah, whatever. Sure enough, a few weeks later, he hands my girlfriend an envelope. This has gone on for four years. On August 12, 2008, an anonymous user edited the Wikipedia article on the scandal, naming former player Joe Streater as an accomplice in the point-shaving, recruited by Kuhn alongside Sweeney. I had a relentless type of game.. Its gonna be no contest. Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A Memphis-area church is holding prayer services Wednesday for four of its members who were killed in a plane crash in Texas. He took advantage of an opportunity that surfaced when a pro team from Israel offered him a spot on their roster. We were looking good as a team and my goal was to be the best player I could possibly be. Boston College's basketball team ended their 197879 season with a 229 record. With the focus limited to the specific players involved, BCs basketball program didnt suffer at all. They would also ensure protection for the enterprise in the event that the unsuspecting bookmakers, all of whom had toughs at their disposal to collect unpaid debts, discovered they were being swindled. At this point in the film, we stray away from the actual point-shaving and more into the consequences and investigation after the fact. But, as Sweeney points out, the government didnt need to prove that point shaving actually happened, just that a conspiracy to shave them had. Just by being there, Id already reached success beyond my wildest dreams. In this case, while the line may have opened, or at one time gone to two, because of the heavy betting on Holy Cross, the syndicate had to lay as many as seven points, and therefore lost their bet. Although Cobb maintains that he received money from Rocco, he claims it was just for winning the game even though Rocco claims he knew for sure. I want to be disassociated from it as well. When he first stepped on the hallowed parquet floor at the legendary Boston Garden, where B.C. Said Hill, "He wanted me to fly up to Boston. Sweeney describes his side of the story, claiming he is invited to dinner with Kuhn and Tony, where he meets Henry Hill who threatens to kill him if he doesnt begin fixing games with Kuhn. Joe Beaulieu, the starting center on the 1978-79 Boston College team, also testified he was approached by Kuhn to participate in the plan, but he said he rejected the proposal. Kuhn explains to Sweeney that they are both going to get killed after not successfully fixing a game against Providence. He recently earned his Masters Degree in Education and is currently considering pursuing a Ph.D. I feel like Ive led a remarkable life, he said. Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Im not angry at the school. A federal jury in Brooklyn yesterday convicted former Boston College basketball player Rick Kuhn and four codefendants of conspiring to manipulate the scores of Boston College games during the 1978-79 season. Boston College confirmed the investigation on Friday. But I dont feel any bitterness toward the prosecution. Fourteen hours later, I arrived in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.. He said he would have done that if the sides were reversed. The Nets coaches were telling me, Coach, hes gonna be a great pro., I had a great camp with the Nets and was poised to make the team, said Cobb. My moment had arrived. Dean Smith, basketball coach at the University of North Carolina and the president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, said last night it is standard procedure for coaches to speak to team members about the possibility of point-shaving overtures and to encourage them to report any efforts to persuade them to manipulate scores. I think you could poll a lot of people in the business and the Boston College scandal is off their radar. Fellow player Michael Bowie begins to ask questions, but Sweeney argues that they are still winning. It creates suspense as Hill is a mess on the stand and can barely speak under the pressure of snitching on his friends. I cooperated willingly, and Im glad I did, Sweeney says. The test run for the scheme proved unsuccessful when Boston College's team established an early lead and ultimately won the game by nineteen points. I was reading about the Boston College point-shaving scandal of the late 70s and I was wondering whatever became of Rick Kuhn in his later life. Still, he feels lucky. 5 Convicted in Boston College Betting Case By Bart Barnes November 24, 1981 A federal jury in Brooklyn yesterday convicted former Boston College basketball Hill brought in his mentor, Jimmy Burke, to finance the operation and set up a network of bookies who could advance the financial potential of the scheme. With Roccos high school buddy Rick Kuhn entering his senior year at Boston College, where he was expected to be a contributor to the schools basketball team, the Holy Cross was favored to win and, consistent with the scheme, were bet on to win by a margin greater than the seven-point spread. And as black kids who loved ball in Boston, he represented something for us, giving the younger generation something to aspire toin terms of their basketball skillsbecause he was putting in some serious work.. Sweeney, who went on a year later to win the Naismith Award as college basketballs top player under six feet tall, says he was initially recruited into the fix by Kuhn without his knowledge and that he never intentionally threw an errant pass, missed a shot or did anything else to alter a game. Hes innocent., When they indicted me, they wanted Peter Vario, the mobster, so they tried us together, said Cobb. It was a path that led them to Hills underworld higher-up, Jimmy Burke (the Robert DeNiro character in Goodfellas). Rocco Perla and Kuhn were high-school classmates. Heading into his senior season in 1978-1979, as the team captain, Cobb was hoping that he could lead his team to the NCAA Tournament. Murder by Contract orThe Logical Lethality of The American Dream. His testimony continued terribly, he was a nervous wreck, he was rambling about unnecessary information and he couldnt even look in Burkes direction. The Providence game was played on December 6, 1978, and Boston College was favored to win by six to seven points. According to the Boston Globe, Judge Henry Bramwell, who set sentencing for January 8, 1982, told the jury, "I agree with your verdict." Kaskade, DJ Diesel (Aka Shaquille ONeal) Among The Headliners At This Years Indy 500 Snake Pit, Real Madrid Vs. Liverpool Is Already Make Or Break, The American Express Draws Flashy Field Despite Un-Elevated Status, Jake Paul And Tommy Fury Agree To Fight (Again) On Feb. 25. Who Is The NBA GOAT: Lebron James, Michael Jordan, Or Kareem? They need to get another player to help fix games. Jason Avant Chief Operating Officer at ASTAR, Inc. Everything Id worked so hard for was coming to fruition.. Sweeney was not charged. If youve seen the famous mafia flick, you probably remember Liotta making several references to his Pittsburgh connections, his main partners in a drug ring, among other things. Rocco comes up to me and says, Hey, sometimes I bet on games and I wanna know how you think you guys are gonna do against Stonehill and Bentley? said Cobb. The phone calls flooded in from his friends and family in Boston and Connecticut, with despaired voices on the other end asking, Did you do this? I had everything I could have possibly asked for. now all well past their primes after serving their time, including the gangster Ray The Worst Fix Ever. ESPN, ESPN Internet Ventures, 3 Oct. 2014, www.espn.com/espn/chalk/story/_/id/11633538/betting-chronicling-worst-fix-ever-1978-79-bc-point-shaving-scandal. This is a BETA experience. Kuhn went on to live a quiet life only talking about the scandal to high school students encouraging them to not make the same mistakes. Sweeney says that he and Maura have almost recouped their costs in launching the character. The final player involved in the fix, Rick Kuhn, is introduced. There were times when the work got really hard, when I wanted to give up, when I had to stay up all night reading or studying or writing papers, and shed be right there pushing me, telling me, You cant give up! According to Hill's testimony, he met with Kuhn and cocaptain Jim Sweeney in a hotel room near Boston's Logan Airport in November of 1978 to cement the deal. Golub was a brilliant lawyer, and he told me that hed have to interview Ernie first to see if he was gonna take the case on. I admitted to receiving that money, and spending it. Playing for the Mob: The Story of College Kids Breaking Bad 30 Years After His Exoneration, Former BC Hoops Star Ernie Cobb Is Still Fighting to Clear His Name Pt. Rocco Perla was sentenced to four years' imprisonment. So I didnt even go on trial with Kuhn and the mobsters that put the whole thing in motion.. Bookmakers, on seeing the heavy action, moved the line as high as twelve to discourage bets on the favorite (St. John's) and attract more bets on the underdog. For all I know, he told them I was in, that it would cost an extra $2,500 per game and he was trying to hustle the gangsters while pocketing the extra money. He really set the tone in terms of being a strong, dynamic, willful player that wondrous talents like John Bagley, Michael Adams and Dana Barros, all of whom went on to play ball in the NBA after their careers at B.C., followed. The February 6 game against St. John's was a "push" (winning back exact bets), as the syndicate neither won nor lost when St. John's prevailed 8576, the exact point spread (nine) the bookmakers had offered.[i]. I thought he might have been a student, because he was young and I saw him hanging around Rick Kuhn all the time. Zimmerman also asked the court to consider Kuhn's 'crime-free background' and his cooperation with federal authorities in the Cobb case. Hill and Tony Perla claim that they were all doing cocaine and Kuhn and Sweeney begin marking games that they are favored in and talking about all the money they will make. Boston College Accused of Point Shaving, was the big headline on the UPI wire. Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Walgreens agreed to pay $83 million to settle a lawsuit in West Virginia related to its role in the opioid crisis and its effect on the state, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced Wednesday. Justice Department files complaint after officer fired for opioid use disorder. Staff. But I never agreed to fix any games or shave any points. This past August, the International Maxibasketball Federation (FIMBA), the governing body for global organized basketball tournaments for age groups beginning at 30, named him as its USA Ambassador. Cobb scores 8 points in the last minute of the game only to be blocked in the last seconds of the game. You gotta tell me the truth, because I gotta know how to go on this?. We were all so excited for him. 2015, www.recorder.com/Archives/2015/01/spt-KeepingScore-GR-012415. The distinguished paper later retracted the story. The Boys of Dunbar, A Story of Love, Hope and Basketball. And he also cultivated interest, in the area's black community, in terms of being engaged and intrigued bywhat was going on with Boston Colleges basketball program. Coupled with the narration being done by Ray Liotta, the actor that played Henry Hill in the movie, adding to the films overall gangster aesthetic. The film goes on to show how nobody really made a lot of money from the fix. Needing an inside man, the brothers wanted to recruit Rick Kuhn, a high school friend of Rocco who was entering his senior year at Boston College and was expected to be a key member of the 19787 I was so thankful, and was willing to work as hard as I possibly could, both in my studies, and in basketball, to be able to get the most I could out of the experience.. The five men could each receive a maximum sentence of 30 years in jail and $45,000 in fines. But for many, there is a fierce bitterness that still lingers to this day. Towards the end of the film, we see Hill and Mizzou, one of the people Hill snitched on, are meeting at a restaurant 30 years later. He traveled throughout the world, getting paid to play the game that he loved. In the 1979 NBA Draft, Magic Johnson was the first overall pick of the Los Angeles Lakersafter leading Michigan State University to the National Championship over Larry Birds Indiana State team. He said he was brought in on the deal for his ability to maximize profits through his contacts in the gambling world. The syndicate was very happy with this result, and Kuhn was given cash to distribute to the players for their efforts. He said Hill told him he was backed by powerful interests in New York, and he was afraid of what might happen to him if he refused to cooperate. When he arrived on campus in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, Cobbs internal mantra was, I gotta stay eligible. With those persistent affirmations dancing through his mind, he took his academic responsibilities seriously from day one. This is Part II of The Shadow League's feature story on former Boston College basketball player Ernie Cobb. The Texas woman who owned the ring thought she had misplaced it, but it was actually stolen and admitted as evidence in a 1986 drug trial. In this case, while the spread was as high as 5, the syndicate was able to lay just 2 points, and therefore pushed when Holy Cross won by 2. would play a few games each year, Cobb was awash with emotions. The intense music, clues in the audience that this is where it all comes out. As he walked across the scenic campus, marveled at the schools architectural splendor or ate until his hearts content in the dining hall, hed often pause to quietly give thanks for his fortunate circumstances. Sweeney had enough of that over a few months 35 years ago to last a lifetime. (In some of the Boston College games cited, the Eagles were underdogs and lost by more than the point spread.). We have decided to cover the most scandalous of all 30-for-30s, Playing for the Mob. We get footage of the games and the scheme continued, but no one knew just how much the fixers made. The player was Kuhn, a reserve forward on the team. He killed people. Bets in this column are given in the format ", Winner is given as either Opp or BC and the margin of victory. The narrator explains that the strength of how Henry Hills testimony is would determine if Burke was going to be convicted. Sports. Jan. 18 (UPI) -- The Justice Department Wednesday filed a complaint against a sheriff's department in Cumberland County, Tenn., alleging it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when firing an officer with an opioid use disorder. He sold copy machines and paved driveways for an asphalt company, which was ironically the same job his father found when hed relocated from North Carolina to Connecticut some twenty years earlier. like that until he got there. Other times, they didnt deliver as promised, which caused some very dangerous and ill-tempered men to lose large sums of cash. The fixing begins to wear into Sweeney, who confides in his roommates but never seeks out the proper authority. Only on occasion does the scandal come up. All Kuhn had to do was ensure that the Eagles fell short of the point spread in the games that they bet on. So, in very basic terms, if B.C. was favored to win a game by ten points, Kuhn had to make sure, if the game was in play with the mobsters and the bookies, that they won by less than ten in order for the gamblers to make money. This is an important part of the documentary because it shows the respect they have for one another regardless of the past. The fact that I went to court and fought for my name, that I stood up for myself and cleared my name, that I was exonerated and acquitted, its a travesty that Im still associated with this., My name is indelibly linked to it, Cobb continued. won the gangsters some serious money by falling short of the spread. While Hill was being questioned, FBI agents inadvertently mentioned his frequent trips to Boston around the time of the Lufthansa heist. A fitness fanatic who augmented his training by swimming and riding his bicycle very long distances, Cobb hopped on his ten-speed shortly after the indictment was announced and began pedaling. less serious, the aftermath was compared to the fallout that would occur today. After he interviewed him, he fell in love with him and told me, Hes innocent. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. And in that article in Sports Illustrated, Henry Hill says, The word came back that Cobb was enthusiastic. The key phrase there is The word came back. I dont know what Rick Kuhn was telling Henry Hill or the Perla brothers. None of them know that this is only the beginning, as Henry Hill would talk to the FBI launching a massive investigation that would lead to the arrest of famous mobster Jimmy Burke. The Perla brothers mobilized a betting syndicate to maximize their potential gain from the scheme. We see it all come out and the mobsters being held accountable. Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Columbia University has announced economist Nemat "Minouche" Shafik will become the university's 20th president and the first woman to serve in the role in its 268-year history. The scheme was conceived by Rocco Perla and his brother Anthony in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the summer of 1978. When the evidence came up at the first trial, it didnt match up, but they still came after me a few years later. Of what I needed to be disassociated from it as well Contract orThe Logical of. 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