We also see Liotta, as Hill, trying to impress Robert DeNiro, who portrayed the mobster Jimmy Burke. On the stand during the trial, Rick Kuhns girlfriend, Barbara Reed, with whom he shared an apartment during his senior year at Boston College, testified that she overheard Kuhn and Sweeney discussing the Fordham game, saying that they had to keep the ball away from Cobb because he shot the ball all the time. I have suffered. So, in very basic terms, if B.C. 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.. 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. won by only two points and I had a lot of losing money down on this game. It is unclear how much money the players involved in the point-shaving scheme were paid. 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. The other two kids made whatever choices they made, but look what was done to Ernie. This is where my focus has been for the last 10 years. My family has suffered. At the close of the two-week trial, Alswanger was the last character witness who took the stand in Cobbs behalf. I was shining at the camp. In practice, he was the lunatic who his teammates sucked their teeth and rolled their eyes at when he told the coaches that they needed to run more sprints after an exhausting practice. It goes to show that crimes like these dont stay in the past, especially when they involve other peoples money. 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 like, Yeah, whatever. Sure enough, a few weeks later, he hands my girlfriend an envelope. ESPNs 30-for-30 sports documentary series is many of our last hopes at seeing historic events from our favorite sports. A crime story, about the mafia fixing a college basketball game, alleged innocent college basketball kids, and involves small time bookies in Pittsburgh, its really a story of betrayal and people turning on one another, and all being done in the name of greed. Director Joe Lavine. Boston College confirmed the investigation on Friday. ESPN's latest 30 for 30 film tackles the Boston College basketball point-shaving scandal. They need to get another player to help fix games. Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Boeing's sustainable flight demonstrator project won a $425 million award Wednesday from NASA, as the company aims to roll out green single-aisle airliners by the end of the decade. Other notable players selected in that draft included Sidney Moncrief, Bill Laimbeer, Bill Cartwright, Mark Eaton and Jim Paxson. But my high school coach got his friends to take my case, pro bono. Riper, Tom Van. On the stand during the trial, Rick Kuhns girlfriend, Barbara Reed, with whom he shared an apartment during his senior year at Boston College, testified that she overheard Kuhn and Sweeney discussing the Fordham game, saying that they had to keep the ball away from Cobb because he shot the ball all the time. Whats going on? She helped tutor me, and encouraged me through some rough spots. My moment had arrived. Bowies reputation was immediately sullied and he subsequently lost his job playing pro ball in Europe when the story broke. Hill turned state's evidence in exchange for avoiding prison and possible execution by Burke and the Lucchese family. The former friends work hard to cast blame and the true conversations that went on between the mobsters and players will never be discovered. Cobb, for his part, was tried for conspiracy and acquitted. It was all so positive.. He tried to subsist as a substitute teacher, and even caddied at the Fairview Country Club in Greenwich, Connecticut, the affluent suburbs where hed previously been arrested for stealing bikes as a kid. They treated me great. I was forthright and honest with them. In the summer of 1978, Rocco Perla and his older brother Anthony, back in Pittsburgh, were the ones who initially conceived the point-shaving scheme that would later rock the college basketball world. Professional wrestler Jay Briscoe dies in car accident at 38, Sister Andre, world's oldest living person, dies at 118, Ukraine's interior minister, other officials killed in helicopter crash near school, Qantas flight lands safely after engine trouble prompts mayday call, Meditation may alter gut microbes, study of Tibetan monks suggests. Suspenseful music plays and the trial begins. (Joe Dennehy/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Save PURCHASE A LICENSE Get personalized pricing by telling us when, where, and how you want to use this asset. I took every single practice and every single game seriously, said Cobb. It was a tragedy that he never got another chance to play in the NBA., Kevin Loughery never gave me a firm reason why the Nets were letting me go, said Cobb. They couldnt stop him. 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. Supreme Court mulls questions about students' accessibility rights. Tennessee church holding prayer as FAA investigates plane crash that killed 4 members. The teams coach, Tom Davis, kept his job and led the Eagles to a few more strong seasons, including a 1982 Elite Eight appearance, before jumping at a big offer from Stanford and then later moving on to Iowa. The conspirators chose the January 17, 1979, game against Connecticut to implement this plan. The scheme thus ended on an unsuccessful note. She also recalled Kuhn saying that Cobb was too into his own game to cooperate with the betting thing, but the New York gangsters were adamant about getting him involved. Sweeney had enough of that over a few months 35 years ago to last a lifetime. While Hill was being questioned, FBI agents inadvertently mentioned his frequent trips to Boston around the time of the Lufthansa heist. won the gangsters some serious money by falling short of the spread. Theres never been any mob money riding on the outcomes, as far as anyone knows. The conspirators decided that these games presented especially good opportunities because New York bookmakers generally accepted large bets for New York teams. Thus, for example, if participating bookmakers determined Boston College to be an eight-point favorite in a particular game, Kuhn would be paid a bonus, usually $2,500, if they won by less than eight points. Sweeney knows hell probably never completely escape the association to the scandal, something he learned to live with years ago. Or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to real news you can count on. The campus was so beautiful. I just knew that not only was I going to make the team, but I was going to be a factor in the NBA. Everything Id worked so hard for was coming to fruition.. After Cobb was not charged, he thought he was finally past the sordid affair. Kuhn explains to Sweeney that they are both going to get killed after not successfully fixing a game against Providence. In papers made public Monday in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, Kuhn's attorney argued his client's sentence was 'excessive,' and should be reduced because Kuhn has been cooperating with prosecutors in the case. The audience gets one on one interviews with each person to see the scandal from their perspective. In 2014, the ESPN-produced 30 for 30 series debuted Playing for the Mob,[6] the story about how Hill and his Pittsburgh associates, and several Boston College basketball players, perpetrated the point-shaving scheme during the 197879 season, an episode briefly mentioned in the movie Goodfellas. Were you shaving points for the mob?. 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. This scene gives the audience insight into the type of person Henry Hill was and how hard it was to testify against someone like Burke. 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. ESPN Looks Back On Boston College Point Shaving Scandal And A Player Speaks Out. Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 1 Oct. 2014, www.forbes.com/sites/tomvanriper/2014/10/01/espn-looks-back-on-boston-college-point-shaving-scandal-and-a-player-speaks-out/#3f03989d26b8. We had a good old time. Rick was born on October 14, 1966, in Jamestown, ND, to Timothy Kuhn and Marretta (Deede) Kuhn. The conviction of former Boston College basketball player Richard Kuhn for his involvement in the point shaving scandal during the 1978-79 basketball season was He is a participant in the Federal Witness Protection Program and is receiving government protection in exchange for his testimony. But by the next summer, in 1980, he sparkled while playing for the New Jersey Nets during the pre-season. NEW YORK -- Former Boston College basketball player Rick Kuhn, jailed for his 1981 conviction in a point-shaving scandal, has asked for a reduction of his 10-year prison sentence. Holy Cross wins by two causing the mobsters to lose hundreds of thousands. Their strategy was effective Boston College, a five-point favorite, covered the spread with a 9080 win over Connecticut. The player was Kuhn, a reserve forward on the team. 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. To allay any suspicions of foul play, they decided to bet on Boston College to win by more than the point spread ("cover the spread") in a game that they were confident the Eagles would win handily. Boston College was favored by twelve to thirteen points, but won the game by only a three-point margin, 8683. Of course, of course I was upset, but what could I do? So I guess the thought process was, Well, if there were criminal activities going on, it had to be the brothers! My name and picture, and Michael Bowies as well, was on the front page of every newspaper in the country.. While Hill was trying to bury Burke, Sweeney was trying to bury Kuhn. Fellow player Michael Bowie begins to ask questions, but Sweeney argues that they are still winning. I dont know if the losses can ever be made upnot the losses me and my family and friends have suffered. Of course, the damn players had a million excuses, Henry Hill wrote in Sports Illustrateds bombshell story, How I Put The Fix In, which was the magazines cover story on February 16th, 1981. The goal for making some real money is to get the character a TV gig with ESPN, NBC Sports, or another major sports network. When I think about my journey, it brings tears to my eyes. The scheme continued to work successfully in the December 23 game against UCLA. He said he would have done that if the sides were reversed. Cmon, you can do it. She was a remarkable individual that helped me so much, in terms of establishing the study and work habits that allowed me to be successful in the classroom.. 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. Rocco and Tony Perla were giving money to Rick Kuhn. 5 Convicted in Boston College Betting Case By Bart Barnes November 24, 1981 A federal jury in Brooklyn yesterday convicted former Boston College basketball The Boston Globe reported on Friday that Cobb and Bowie are targets of the federal probe into allegations of point-shaving in three Eagles games. If you missed Part I, you can read it here. Convinced that Cobb was innocent after his mentee walked him through everything that had transpired, and certain that he was being used by the federal government to send more organized crime figures to prison, Alswanger began working the phones. The scheme was hit or miss early on. Music. 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? The Eagles managed to lose by 22 points, 10381, with the syndicate winning its bet. Cobb's trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 31 before Judge Leonard Wexler. This is an important part of the documentary because it shows the respect they have for one another regardless of the past. Result is the outcome of the syndicate's bets. Jan. 18 (UPI) -- The husband accused in the New Year's Day disappearance of Massachusetts mother of three Ana Walshe made a series of Internet searches about dismembering bodies and disposing of them, prosecutors said in court Wednesday. 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 brothers figured they could make a ton of money. All Kuhn had to do was ensure that the Eagles fell short of the point spread in the games that they bet on. The government contended that Kuhn was paid $2,500 per game to manipulate the spread in six games and also was given cocaine and Quaaludes. I was nervous because I didnt know what was going to happen. Two Years Into A Six-Year Contract, The New York Yankees Hope For A Fully Healthy DJ LeMahieu, As Premier League Clubs Court Lindstrom, 22, He Wants To Make History For Club And Country, Paige Spiranac Expands Her Budding Social Media Empire. The prosecution contended that the scheme was intended to enable the five men to win large sums of money by betting on the games and beating bookmakers' point spreads. Today, any coach would be a goner for sure, cited at the very least for that catchall sin, lack of institutional control. Just ask former Ohio St. football coach Jim Tressel, who lost his job in 2011 thanks to a few players swapping some used cleats for free tattoos at a local parlor. The film begins by showcasing the classic movie Goodfellas and how this story is all wrapped up in the real-life events that inspired the movie. She knew the terrain in terms of what I needed to be doing, said Cobb. At one point, he said accepted $500 from Kuhn, but only to give the illusion of cooperating in the scheme. I admitted to receiving that money, and spending it. 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. You gotta tell me the truth, because I gotta know how to go on this?. 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. For Cobb, the result was far worse. would play a few games each year, Cobb was awash with emotions. 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]. I opened up the door and it was these guys from the F.B.I., said Cobb. Sweeney has won several FIMBA tournaments as a player in the 50-plus division. After winning a few and losing a few, Hill and his gang came to view Cobb and Sweeney as unreliable game-fixers and eventually gave up the scam. If you missed Part I, you can read it here. 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. Sweeney has mostly shunned requests for interviews and book projects over the years, but decided to put his trust in documentary filmmaker Joe Lavine - a fellow native of Trenton, N.J. - who directed the piece for ESPN. After narrowly missing the NBA - Cobb was among the last players cut by the New Jersey Nets in 1980 - he played professionally in Israel and later became a high school coach in Phoenix. Hes made a prosperous living in the computer and electronics business - his small independent brokerage that sold parts and accessories to manufacturers did over $50 million in annual revenue at its peak - all while playing competitive basketball around the world into his 50s. By my junior year, it was show-time, said Cobb. I called my buddy Frank Melzer, who was an attorney, said Alswanger. I had a relentless type of game.. 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. The story read, in part, as follows: Ernie Cobb tossed in 1,760 points in a stellar basketball career at Boston College and only two other Eagles scored more. The mobsters Paul Mazzei and Henry Hill met in a nearby jail stayed in touch after serving their time. 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. The audience learns about Boston Colleges rival Holy Cross and its huge significance to the players and the alumni. The fixing begins to wear into Sweeney, who confides in his roommates but never seeks out the proper authority. Ive had a grand life, is how he puts it. Rick Kuhn, 10 years, Rocco Perla (fixer) four years and a $30,000 fine. They were aware that bookmakers generally accepted large bets on this game both because Boston College and Holy Cross were traditional rivals and because the game was being nationally televised. The jury is scared to be connected to this case because Burke was so powerful and violent in the mob. I have an incredible circle of supportive friends and have met some amazing people who have impacted my life in ways that I cant even begin to describe., Mr. For over 30 years, hes been living in Clearwater, Florida, married to his college sweetheart. Burke was sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment. @ChristSchool. Justice Department files complaint after officer fired for opioid use disorder. While Jim Sweeney is also introduced, hes the other captain from a better upbringing: the poster child for BC. 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. I was like, You gotta be kidding me! Jim Sweeney and Rick Kuhns names werent mentioned anywhere. He worked hard in class. I was relishing that moment. Hill revealed his involvement in the point-shaving scheme, offering to relate the full story if federal officials would guarantee him full immunity and would agree to intercede on his behalf to convince state officials to drop the drug charges pending in state court. I never got to realize my dream of playing in the NBA, but Ive been all over the globe and have experienced so many different and beautiful cultures. Richard Kuhn AIA by BSA Staff Name: Richard Kuhn AIA Job title and company: Design director, Perkins+Will Degree(s): B. 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. Sweeney purposefully misses a free throw to help the fixers win even though he is the best free-throw shooter in the nation. Henry Hill avoided going to prison, and he went off into the sunset of the governments Witness Protection Program, said Alswanger. After the investigation was completed, Cobb was not named as a defendant in the initial trial, U.S. vs Burke, which opened to a circus of media attention on October 27th, 1981. We see it all come out and the mobsters being held accountable. He talks about the fix and how Jimmy Burke participated even though he wasnt the ringleader. Later, Mazzei hears that Kuhn is able to start fixing games. There were a lot of rich kids who went to Boston College. Early on, before the season got underway, Cobb says that he was approached by a man from Pittsburgh named Rocco Perla, who hed seen hanging around campus with his teammate, senior forward Rick Kuhn. I hadnt seen Ernie for several years, Jack Hennessey, a psychologist at Boston College that had served as an informal academic advisor during Cobbs days as a student, told the New York Times in April of 1984. Sweeney agreed to cooperate claiming he was forced to help with the fix, Kuhn came clean about the whole operation, and Cobb was cut from the Nets after the FBI visited him despite him not having any real information. "Boston College's tradition in athletics rests upon the accomplishments of many thousands of men and women. (In some of the Boston College games cited, the Eagles were underdogs and lost by more than the point spread.). Walgreens settles West Virginia opioid lawsuit for $83 million. Black Test Car orA Dark Machine of Destruction? The story breaks to the media and the massive investigation followed. Interim Application of Copyright and Trademark Registration in Cochin. Sweeney hears Tony explain that this is the grand finale, Tony claims he never threatened him. Those later betters on St. John's lost money because they laid more than the eventual nine point margin of victory. indictments charged against them. 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. On Friday morning, March 23rd, the jury came back with a unanimous innocent verdict for Ernie Cobb, exonerating him of all charges. I felt like, You put my name out there, so let me clear my name! When they investigated me, I told them straight up about the $1,000 that Rocco Perla had given me. Teammate Rick Kuhn, a former minor league baseball player with connections to small-time Pittsburgh mobsters, conspired with the mobsters to initiate the point-shaving Its gonna be no contest. In a formal statement issued by its communications office, Boston College said the school's community "is saddened by the fact that one of our former student basketball players has been found guilty of the serious charges of which he was accused . Ultimately, nothing happened. It is heartening, by contrast, that the integrity of our coaching and athletic staff, as well as that of our current team, was never in question. 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.. Hill flew into Boston, at the behest of Jimmy Burke, late in 1978 to meet with Mazzei, the Perlas, Kuhn and Sweeney at the Logan Airport Hilton and ensure that everything was in place. It was national news that brought Cobb, Sweeney, and Kuhn under massive headlines. [ii] Holy Cross ultimately won by only two points, as Cobb scored eight points in the final minute to bring the Eagles close, and everyone involved lost a substantial amount of money. NEW YORK -- Former Boston College basketball player Rick Kuhn, jailed for his 1981 conviction in a point-shaving scandal, has asked for a reduction of his 10-year Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ernie, and anybody who truly knew him, who knew about his character and what type of young man he was, we were all heartbroken. The narrator explains that the strength of how Henry Hills testimony is would determine if Burke was going to be convicted. Sweeney took out one of those little schedule cards, circled the games he thought we could fool around with, and gave the card to me. All of those guys walkedin his footsteps., He was the African-American guard in the modern era of B.C. Rocco Perla received a four-year sentence and Rick Kuhn was sentenced to a ten-year bid as well, which was later reduced to 28 months. I was back at home, visiting for the summer and about to return to Israel, Cobb said. Im not angry at the school. 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 Suspecting that some bookmakers might be getting wise to the scheme, the conspirators temporarily revised their strategy after the UCLA game. This has gone on for four years. He says that Hill once referenced his girlfriend Maura (now his wife) in one of his threats, asking Sweeney how would your honey feel if she saw your --- hanging in a bracelet? He also says that other mob clichs like references to cement shoes are not just the stuff of Hollywood. Kuhn and two money men were 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. 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. Man, I would watch Jo Jo White, Dave Cowens and John Havlicek playing on television, on that same famous floor where Bill Russell and Bob Cousy and all of those great Celtics teams won all those championships, said Cobb. Hill and Burke both were convicted of extortion in 1972 in Florida and have been prime suspects in the Dec. 11, 1978, robbery of almost $9 million from the Lufthansa Cargo Terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. The Providence game was played on December 6, 1978, and Boston College was favored to win by six to seven points. The Perla brothers proposed a simple scheme: they, along with Kuhn, would select certain basketball games where the projected point spread separating Boston College from its opponent was expected to be significant. He turned to me and said, Coach, Im glad youre sticking up for your kid. With Sweeney making it out with no sentence, the mystery still remains of how involved he really was. Being at Boston College, when I first got there, was so amazing, said Cobb. Art. No source was given for this claim, with Streater's last appearance for the team occurring in the 197778 season, but this claim remained for more than five years, resulting in a number of media sites including Bleacher Report, ESPN and Yahoo News erroneously naming him as a point-shaver.[5]. I didnt like dealing with a third party I didnt know and had never metBut the word came back that Cobb was enthusiastic and, dont worry Henry, nothing can screw up now., In the 30-for-30 documentary that ESPN just aired, Henry Hill admits that he never talked to me, said Cobb. 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