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. hoops that blazed a trail, Mills continued. 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. Hill and Burke were brought into the scheme, after receiving approval from Lucchese family capo Paul Vario. Regardless of what the audience thinks, the eyes of the law he is not guilty. Later, Mazzei hears that Kuhn is able to start fixing games. They mentioned the $1,000 that Rocco Perla gave my girlfriend and I told them the truth. Boston College was favored by twelve to thirteen points, but won the game by only a three-point margin, 8683. Twice, in 1951 and 1961, the sport was rocked by scandal. and I were the victims of the same circumstances that were beyond our control. For added effect, ESPN landed Liotta, whose character served as a narrator in Goodfellas, to narrate its film. While Hill was trying to bury Burke, Sweeney was trying to bury Kuhn. Rick Kuhn during Boston College men's basketball's 1977-1978 season. The documentary, narrated by Ray Liotta (who portrayed Hill in the film), was set up so that the viewer needed to watch Goodfellas beforehand to understand many of the references in the story. Kuhn agreed to participate, and brought in his teammate Jim Sweeney.[1]. And yeah, I took that money. All because, he says, of those five crinkled $100 bills dropped at his feet one day in the locker room. Ernie Cobb is also introduced, a senior, team captain, and Boston Colleges top scorer. Kuhn was thus expected to keep the score below the six- to seven-point margin. We also see Liotta, as Hill, trying to impress Robert DeNiro, who portrayed the mobster Jimmy Burke. 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]. It was the government's contention that the scheme originated when Mazzei contacted Burke and said he had a friend in Pittsburgh who knew a player on the Boston College team and that there was a possibility for a betting scheme in which they could make thousands of dollars. It was one of the most tremendous feelings Id ever experienced.. The other two kids made whatever choices they made, but look what was done to Ernie. It was a sweet victory for prosecutors against Burke, for whom they failed to even build a charge against for his biggest crime, the famous $6 million Lufthansa heist. When he finished with his testimony, he made a beeline straight for the restroom. 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. Id led the pro league in scoring over there and signed a very nice contract. I just thank God there is justice.. The audience gets one on one interviews with each person to see the scandal from their perspective. Web197879 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team. Of course, of course I was upset, but what could I do? Purdum, David. I was having a lot of success, we were turning around the fortunes of the program and I was getting a lot of press in the Boston Globe and area newspapers. On June 23rd, 1983, more than four years after hed played his final game at Boston College, Ernie Cobb was indicted and charged with taking cash bribes to alter the outcomes of games against Harvard, Rhode Island and Fordham. The Eagles managed to lose by 22 points, 10381, with the syndicate winning its bet. Hill casually brings up and admits to fixing basketball games at Boston College. 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. 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 197879 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team represented Boston College during the 197879 NCAA men's She helped tutor me, and encouraged me through some rough spots. Those later betters on St. John's lost money because they laid more than the eventual nine point margin of victory. As a backup center with limited effect on a games outcome, he won over the mobsters by bringing Ernie Cobb, the teams leading scorer, and Sweeney, the point guard who controlled the ball for much of the game, into the fold. SELECT OPTIONS SAVE TO CART DETAILS Restrictions: No commercial uses without permission. 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. For Cobb, the result was far worse. It is quite a ride, so please, enjoy it. 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! I was focused in the moment. 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. Everybody involved in the scandal got sentenced except for Hill and Sweeney. Boeing's fuel-efficient aircraft design wins $425 million award from NASA. Other notable players selected in that draft included Sidney Moncrief, Bill Laimbeer, Bill Cartwright, Mark Eaton and Jim Paxson. 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. He just kept swishing them in, 30 or 35 points, I dont remember., Hill went on to say, And they (Kuhn and Sweeney) were still saying, We got to have Cobb. I realized that and so I passed the word through Tony (Perla), At all costs, talk to him. Next thing I heard Cobb was all set, but it was going to take another $2,500 for his share. But, as Sweeney points out, the government didnt need to prove that point shaving actually happened, just that a conspiracy to shave them had. Rocco says Sweeney told him he missed it to avoid a pair of cement shoes. 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. 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. U.S. District Judge Henry Bramwell set sentencing for Jan. 8. She knew the terrain in terms of what I needed to be doing, said Cobb. My moment had arrived. 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. A few blocks from Boston College, the place that held so much meaning to him, where hed worked so hard to create his lifes purpose, the symbolism was inescapable when he found that he had a flat tire. 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. Although Cobb and Sweeney received money and were a part of the scandal, the FBI did not prosecute them in the first round and were primarily focused on getting the mobsters. The FBI agent is shocked and doesnt believe him, but begins to ask questions. Said Hill, "He wanted me to fly up to Boston. For the conspiracy to work, the men knew they would need the cooperation of other players on the team, according to the testimony of Henry Hill, a convicted felon and the key prosecution witness. The fixing begins to wear into Sweeney, who confides in his roommates but never seeks out the proper authority. 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. 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. 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. The scheme continued to work successfully in the December 23 game against UCLA. "Boston College's tradition in athletics rests upon the accomplishments of many thousands of men and women. Kuhn's sentence was the heaviest ever imposed on a college player convicted of point shaving. I was back at home, visiting for the summer and about to return to Israel, Cobb said. When he returned to the United States, he moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where he became a Special Education teacher and high school basketball coach. Rocco Perla was sentenced to four years' imprisonment. 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. But its the points that Cobb and teammate Michael Bowie didnt score during the 1978-1979 season which has spawned a federal investigation. I think you could poll a lot of people in the business and the Boston College scandal is off their radar. Dubbed Playing for the Mob, it documents the twists and turns that brought Sweeney and two other BC players into the throes of New York mobster Henry Hill, whose name later became famous when he was portrayed by Ray Liotta in the 1990 hit movie Goodfellas. I was like, Yeah, whatever. Sure enough, a few weeks later, he hands my girlfriend an envelope. 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. He talks about how he wanted to be an NBA player. 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. BOSTON - NOVEMBER 17: Rick Kuhn (#35) during Boston College men's basketball's 1978-1979 season. We get footage of the games and the scheme continued, but no one knew just how much the fixers made. The next step in the saga is how these players get connected to the mob. won by only two points and I had a lot of losing money down on this game. All of those guys walkedin his footsteps., He was the African-American guard in the modern era of B.C. Being at Boston College, when I first got there, was so amazing, said Cobb. Kuhn told people at Boston College later After perhaps his greatest moment during the preseason, when he had that outstanding game against the Celtics right before the regular season tipped off, Cobb was relaxing in his hotel room when he heard a knock at the door. Staff. I was this poor kid with no financial resources, going on trial with a member of the mob. The problem was Cobb. Des., University of Florida; MArch, Harvard GSD Professional interests: My passion lies in all things design but specifically in higher education, cultural and civic projects. 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 conspiracy unraveled in 1980 after Hill was arrested by New York State authorities on drug trafficking charges and was subsequently implicated in the Lufthansa heist, which occurred while the point-shaving scheme was underway. I didnt think anything of it. 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 I was forthright and honest with them. Theres never been any mob money riding on the outcomes, as far as anyone knows. Everything Id worked so hard for was coming to fruition.. It was national news that brought Cobb, Sweeney, and Kuhn under massive headlines. Columbia University names Nemat Shafik as first woman president. He was hopeful that hed have another chance to make it in the NBA. Sweeney hears Tony explain that this is the grand finale, Tony claims he never threatened him. 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. 30 Years After His Exoneration, Former BC Hoops Star Ernie Cobb Is Still Fighting to Clear His Name Pt. Director Joe Lavine goes on to feature many references and clips of the movie. Cobb's trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 31 before Judge Leonard Wexler. Kuhn would be responsible for ensuring, by his play on the court, that Boston College fell short of the point spread. The Perla brothers were small-time gamblers who saw the upcoming 197879 Boston College Eagles basketball season as a perfect opportunity to earn a lot of money. Sweeney says that he and Maura have almost recouped their costs in launching the character. Alswanger, my high school coach inspired me to rise above my circumstances, he continued. 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. 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. Mazzei and Tony Perla were sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. 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. Hes innocent., When they indicted me, they wanted Peter Vario, the mobster, so they tried us together, said Cobb. But conspiring to fix college basketball games got him 20 years. The film goes on to show how nobody really made a lot of money from the fix. He wasnt a trial lawyer, so he brought in his colleague, David Golub. 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 former friends work hard to cast blame and the true conversations that went on between the mobsters and players will never be discovered. Out of everything that happened, thats one thing that hurts me tremendously, Cobb said. Thats the real strength of his story, that you pick yourself up and make something of yourself.. Lawyers for the defendants said they will appeal the verdict. This scandal did not end with the regular basketball season, it continued to affect and alter these players and gangsters lives for years after. They need to get another player to help fix games. I loved it in Israel, the fans loved me and the people were so beautiful. They contacted a local friend, Paul Mazzei, who was known to have influence within major New York gambling circles. Holy Cross wins by two causing the mobsters to lose hundreds of thousands. 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. . My girlfriend and I bought a new stereo, television and some furniture. Or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to real news you can count on. It would fit with ESPN, which reports sports but also has an underlying self-deprecating humor, is basically his pitch. 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. I saw Ernie score 28 points against the Celtics in one of the final pre-season games when he was with the Nets, said Alswanger, Cobbs former high school coach. Several college coaches, contacted at the time that news of the investigation broke, said point shaving -- when the favored team tries to win by less than the point spread -- in basketball is almost impossible to detect and that there is no way of telling how much, if any, point shaving goes undetected. The point-shaving allegations surfaced during an unrelated investigation into the 1978 theft of $5.8 million from the Lufthansa cargo terminal at New Yorks Kennedy Airport. 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. Cobb was drafted by the Utah Jazz in the 6th Round and cut during training camp. 197879 Boston College basketball point-shaving scandal. Ernie Cobb played professional basketball in Israel for 17 years, where he learned to speak fluent Hebrew. They treated me great. Fake cannabis billionaire pleads guilty to securities fraud. I dont know if the losses can ever be made upnot the losses me and my family and friends have suffered. His testimony continued terribly, he was a nervous wreck, he was rambling about unnecessary information and he couldnt even look in Burkes direction. I cooperated willingly, and Im glad I did, Sweeney says. Rocco Perla and Kuhn were high-school classmates. It is unclear how much money the players involved in the point-shaving scheme were paid. You realize that you cant play if you dont do this. 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. 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. In the time of COVID-19, sports fans everywhere are trying to find ways to pass the time. Sweeney was not charged. 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. I feel like if I can change one life, like he changed mine, man, it makes everything Ive been through worthwhile., Copyright 2009-2021, All Rights Reserved | The Shadow League. The intense music, clues in the audience that this is where it all comes out. I walk in the bathroom, and who was in there but Peter Vario, the big-time mobster that was on trial with Ernie, said Alswanger. The distinguished paper later retracted the story. 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. After discussing their strategy with Kuhn and Sweeney, it was agreed that an upcoming game against Providence would be an appropriate test for their scheme. The Perla brothers mobilized a betting syndicate to maximize their potential gain from the scheme. The player was Kuhn, a reserve forward on the team. Suspenseful music plays and the trial begins. ESPN's latest 30 for 30 film tackles the Boston College basketball point-shaving scandal. Supreme Court mulls questions about students' accessibility rights. The police have Henry Hill as an informant in hopes that he will have information on his boss, Jimmy Burke and other mobsters involved in the Lufthansa robbery, where five million dollars was stolen in the heist. My family has suffered. At that point, I was looking forward to a trial, said Cobb. When one of his links leads to a purchase of, say, a LeBron James Fathead, he gets a 15% commission. 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. 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