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. 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]. Convicted with Kuhn, 26, of conspiracy to commit racketeering and sport bribery and violation of the Travel Act were James Burke, 50, of New York, a reputed organized crime figure who is serving time for parole violation on a 1974 extortion conviction; Paul Mazzei, 37, of Pittsburgh, in jail on a narcotics conviction, and brothers Anthony Perla, 31, and Rocco Perla, 26, of Pittsburgh. They were just doing their jobs. He hugged his tearful mother before walking out into the hallway for a few moments. 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. Result is the outcome of the syndicate's bets. 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. The scheme thus ended on an unsuccessful note. 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. Theres never been any mob money riding on the outcomes, as far as anyone knows. I had my own place to live and all the food I wanted to eat. Those later betters on St. John's lost money because they laid more than the eventual nine point margin of victory. When Henry Hill started threatening Kuhn and Sweeney, promising that they couldnt play with broken limbs, the players, according to Hill, claimed that they were doing their best, but the scheme would never work unless Ernie Cobb was in on the fix. The headlines in Boston, and around the country, said that Cobb and fellow senior Michael Bowie, the teams two African-American stars, were the players that were implicated. This scandal did not end with the regular basketball season, it continued to affect and alter these players and gangsters lives for years after. The audience gets one on one interviews with each person to see the scandal from their perspective. Im going off on the basketball court, scoring like crazy, the gamblers are losing their shirts, and they start talking about, We have to have Cobb. Anybody thats ever seen me play knows that I was only stuck in one gear, and that was super-charged-turbo! I never lied about that. won by only two points and I had a lot of losing money down on this game. Art. But for Bowie, it was too little, too late. Burke had Hill fly to Boston on November 16, 1978, to meet with Mazzei, Kuhn, Tony Perla, and any other member of the Eagles team interested in participating in their scheme. It would fit with ESPN, which reports sports but also has an underlying self-deprecating humor, is basically his pitch. All of those guys walkedin his footsteps., He was the African-American guard in the modern era of B.C. All Kuhn had to do was ensure that the Eagles fell short of the point spread in the games that they bet on. These bookies could handle large bets and lay them off and spread the bets among a number of unsuspecting bookmakers around the country so as not to arouse suspicion. For over 30 years, hes been living in Clearwater, Florida, married to his college sweetheart. I continue to feel like I have to defend myself, all these years later, even after the government tried their case against me and I was found innocent. less serious, the aftermath was compared to the fallout that would occur today. Rocco Perla was sentenced to four years' imprisonment. Do you recognize him? And my answer every time was, No! I didnt recognize any of those mobsters because I had never met them. Cobb's trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 31 before Judge Leonard Wexler. Fake cannabis billionaire pleads guilty to securities fraud. We have decided to cover the most scandalous of all 30-for-30s, Playing for the Mob. 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. Rocco says Sweeney told him he missed it to avoid a pair of cement shoes. You may opt-out by. Kuhn, who ultimately served four years in prison for conspiracy and racketeering, hatched a plan with Hill associates Tony Perla, his brother Rocco Perla, and Paul Mazzei to shave points - losing by more than the point spread or winning by less than the point spread - in several BC games between December 1978 and March 1979. Alswanger, my high school coach inspired me to rise above my circumstances, he continued. 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. 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. Sweeney, starter and team captain, intentionally fouls himself out of the game. 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. But by his sophomore year, when he was inserted into the starting lineup, it was apparent that the 5-foot-11 scorer brought a dimension to the Boston College squad that it sorely needed when he averaged 17.4 points per game. 197879 Boston College Eagles basketball season, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, "Key figures in the BC point shaving scandal", "James (Jimmy the Gent) Burke, Gangster, 64, of 'Wiseguy' Fame", "Kuhn Gets 10-Year Sentence In BC Point-Shaving Case", "Guilt by Wikipedia: How Joe Streater Became Falsely Attached To The Boston College Point Shaving Scandal", 1946 NFL Championship Game bribery scandal, 2009 Melbourne Football Club tanking scandal, 2012 Olympics women's doubles disqualifications, 2002 Winter Olympics figure skating scandal, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=197879_Boston_College_basketball_point-shaving_scandal&oldid=1112461833, 197879 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, College basketball controversies in the United States, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 26 September 2022, at 12:41. But it wasnt a coincidence that one day, the F.B.I shows up asking me about gambling, and the next day Im no longer with the team. 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. Murder by Contract orThe Logical Lethality of The American Dream. It was a path that led them to Hills underworld higher-up, Jimmy Burke (the Robert DeNiro character in Goodfellas). However, as noted below, the scheme also worked in games where the Eagles were expected to lose anyway, with them shaving points so that the syndicate could bet on the other team winning by more than the point spread. Burke, through Hill, would front the money to pay the players, forwarding the money through Mazzei and the Perla brothers. So, in very basic terms, if B.C. The former friends work hard to cast blame and the true conversations that went on between the mobsters and players will never be discovered. BOSTON - NOVEMBER 17: Rick Kuhn (#35) during Boston College men's basketball's 1978-1979 season. 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. Seven schools and more than 30 players were implicated in the 1951 probe; more than 20 schools were involved in the 1961 incidents. I just knew that not only was I going to make the team, but I was going to be a factor in the NBA. 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. It was like a paradise to me, coming from where I came from. 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 "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. Rocco and Tony Perla were giving money to Rick Kuhn. It is unclear how much money the players involved in the point-shaving scheme were paid. 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. While Hill was being questioned, FBI agents inadvertently mentioned his frequent trips to Boston around the time of the Lufthansa heist. The abbreviated version of events reads like this:the Perlas brought in a Pittsburgh hood named Paul Mazzei, who contacted his friend Henry Hill, an associate of New Yorks Lucchese crime family that had befriended him during a stretch in federal prison. 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. My moment had arrived. The goal for making some real money is to get the character a TV gig with ESPN, NBC Sports, or another major sports network. I was back at home, visiting for the summer and about to return to Israel, Cobb said. Other notable players selected in that draft included Sidney Moncrief, Bill Laimbeer, Bill Cartwright, Mark Eaton and Jim Paxson. 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. And after they put my name out there, and after I admitted to taking that $1,000, they didnt have enough evidence to prosecute me. Its gonna be no contest. He quickly thrived and was recognized as one of the leagues best players. He went against his lawyers advice and fought back and managed to win his case. 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. 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]. The Boys of Dunbar, A Story of Love, Hope and Basketball. 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 Henry Hill avoided going to prison, and he went off into the sunset of the governments Witness Protection Program, said Alswanger. Ernie, and anybody who truly knew him, who knew about his character and what type of young man he was, we were all heartbroken. 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. Jim Sweeney admits that Kuhn gave him cash. Sweeney was not charged. 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.. For added effect, ESPN landed Liotta, whose character served as a narrator in Goodfellas, to narrate its film. I was like, Yeah, whatever. Sure enough, a few weeks later, he hands my girlfriend an envelope. By my junior year, it was show-time, said Cobb. Web197879 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team. In addition, they were given the opportunity to bet the money they were paid and double their winnings. We get footage of the games and the scheme continued, but no one knew just how much the fixers made. 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. 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. The Eagles managed to lose by 22 points, 10381, with the syndicate winning its bet. But I found out that I wouldnt be allowed to leave the United States because the government was going to bring me to trial.. His testimony continued terribly, he was a nervous wreck, he was rambling about unnecessary information and he couldnt even look in Burkes direction. It is similar to how they captured Al Capone on tax evasion, the smaller of his many crimes that would ultimately put him away. He made other African-American ballers feel like they could go there and really showcase what they could do on a national level. Sweeney hears Tony explain that this is the grand finale, Tony claims he never threatened him. This is when the documentary transitions to the Pittsburgh mobsters and how they meet. I got through it on my own, and I didnt get whacked, is how he sums it up. The FBI finds all the players and begins asking questions. We were looking good as a team and my goal was to be the best player I could possibly be. I had everything I could have possibly asked for. Paul Mazzei explains that there is no time to change your mind in their business. He gave me every opportunity to tell my story, says Sweeney of Lavine. 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. Kuhn would be responsible for ensuring, by his play on the court, that Boston College fell short of the point spread. 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. The players as well as the mobsters believe that this failed fix would be their last, the players graduate and the mobsters move on. Rick Kuhn, 55, passed away peacefully on September 12, 2022, in his home in West Fargo, ND, surrounded by his family. Jim Sweeney was not charged. This is important because it shows how it was a poorly run operation. The mobsters are done fixing games with the Boston College players and call them babies for barely getting the job done. The Boston College case arose out of the Lufthansa investigation. FRANK OBRIEN/GLOBE STAFF/FILE 1978 Sweeney, Cobb, and They said they were trying like hell but they couldnt get the job done because Cobb was the key man on the team., After Boston College beat Holy Cross 89-87 in the first game between the two schools that season, Hill said in SI, Well, B.C. It wasnt an absolute disaster but it was a cousin. Although a participant in the scheme, Hill was granted immunity from prosecution and testified as a government witness. 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. Keeping Score: Close Shave. Greenfield Recorder, Greenfield Recorder, 27 Apr. I feel it.. 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. The other two kids made whatever choices they made, but look what was done to Ernie. You understand? 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. Boeing's fuel-efficient aircraft design wins $425 million award from NASA. Follow this author to stay notified about their latest stories. The story breaks to the media and the massive investigation followed. The jury of eight women and four men reached its verdict after three days of deliberations and a trial that lasted five weeks. A witness is interviewed and says, The rat one.. 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. But its the points that Cobb and teammate Michael Bowie didnt score during the 1978-1979 season which has spawned a federal investigation. Jim Sweeney is a happy guy. The audience learns about Boston Colleges rival Holy Cross and its huge significance to the players and the alumni. Hes a good person. 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. 197879 Boston College basketball point-shaving scandal. This is an important part of the documentary because it shows the respect they have for one another regardless of the past. Theyre no match for us. He told me, Well good, I plan on betting on those games and if you guys win and it turns out like that, Ill take care of you., Man, I was one of the most recognizable athletes on campus and people would come up and talk to me all the time, people I didnt know, Cobb continued. Purdum, David. At one point, he said accepted $500 from Kuhn, but only to give the illusion of cooperating in the scheme. Hill and Burke were brought into the scheme, after receiving approval from Lucchese family capo Paul Vario. He killed people. 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. 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. @ChristSchool. [3] Kuhn was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment,[4] later reduced to 28 months. The structure includes a minute-by-minute analysis, a slow-motion capture of the climax of the story, and a bolded narrative that gives the article structure. 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 final player involved in the fix, Rick Kuhn, is introduced. If this film has taught us anything, it is that it doesnt matter which side was more at fault, ultimately the decisions they made changed their lives forever. I had a relentless type of game.. I was nervous because I didnt know what was going to happen. 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. Sweeney has won several FIMBA tournaments as a player in the 50-plus division. According to the Boston Globe, Judge Henry Bramwell, who set sentencing for January 8, 1982, told the jury, "I agree with your verdict." ESPNs 30-for-30 sports documentary series is many of our last hopes at seeing historic events from our favorite sports. 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. At that point, I was looking forward to a trial, said Cobb. The five men could each receive a maximum sentence of 30 years in jail and $45,000 in fines. And look what he did to the lives of those kids. The Providence game was played on December 6, 1978, and Boston College was favored to win by six to seven points. Kuhn was thus expected to keep the score below the six- to seven-point margin. 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 this poor kid with no financial resources, going on trial with a member of the mob. She helped tutor me, and encouraged me through some rough spots. 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. Kuhn's sentence was the heaviest ever imposed on a college player convicted of point shaving. I was a senior in high school when Ernie Cobb was a senior at Boston College and Id heard that he was a very good player, said Lemuel Mills, a Boston area hoops aficionado, coach, community mentor and historian. The jury is scared to be connected to this case because Burke was so powerful and violent in the mob. 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. 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. Kuhn, who ultimately served four years in prison for conspiracy and racketeering, hatched a plan with Hill associates Tony Perla, his brother Rocco Perla, and hoops that blazed a trail, Mills continued. 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. 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. 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. With Sweeney making it out with no sentence, the mystery still remains of how involved he really was. You gotta tell me the truth, because I gotta know how to go on this?. And that kept him in Hills clutches. They contacted a local friend, Paul Mazzei, who was known to have influence within major New York gambling circles. His girlfriend, whom hed met during his first week on campus, was an upperclassman that knew how to navigate the schools academic landscape. The government also contended Kuhn tried to recruit other players, including the team's leading scorer, Ernie Cobb, and Hill said in an article in Sports Illustrated -- for which he was paid $10,000 -- that he made payments to Cobb for his cooperation. 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