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. I thought he might have been a student, because he was young and I saw him hanging around Rick Kuhn all the time. 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. 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. 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. 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. It creates suspense as Hill is a mess on the stand and can barely speak under the pressure of snitching on his friends. 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. Follow this author to stay notified about their latest stories. 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. 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. 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. ESPN's latest 30 for 30 film tackles the Boston College basketball point-shaving scandal. Whenever the Boston College scandal comes up, he tends to remind people that theres always more than one side to a story, and leave it at that. He graduated on time with a degree in sociology. 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. @ChristSchool. This is important because it shows how it was a poorly run operation. Bowies reputation was immediately sullied and he subsequently lost his job playing pro ball in Europe when the story broke. For Cobb, the result was far worse. 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 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 like, You gotta be kidding me! Jim Sweeney and Rick Kuhns names werent mentioned anywhere. My moment had arrived. 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. We get footage of the games and the scheme continued, but no one knew just how much the fixers made. 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. The players as well as the mobsters believe that this failed fix would be their last, the players graduate and the mobsters move on. They were just doing their jobs. He said he would have done that if the sides were reversed. 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. Music. Cobb was acquitted of any wrongdoing, despite Kuhn giving Cobb's girlfriend an allegedly unsolicited envelope with $1,000. Lawyers for the defendants said they will appeal the verdict. Cobb scores 8 points in the last minute of the game only to be blocked in the last seconds of the game. View Rick Kuhns profile on LinkedIn, the worlds largest professional community. 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. At one point, he said accepted $500 from Kuhn, but only to give the illusion of cooperating in the scheme. Kuhn grew up to be 6-foot-8, and signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds right after finishing high school. BC basketball players Rick Kuhn, Joe Streater and Jim Sweeney were persuaded to fix nine Eagles games during the season. 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. Testifying for the defense, Boston College basketball Coach Tom Davis said at no point during the 1978-79 season did he notice any of his players giving anything less than a 100 percent effort. Boston College was favored by twelve to thirteen points, but won the game by only a three-point margin, 8683. Kuhn would be responsible for ensuring, by his play on the court, that Boston College fell short of the point spread. 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? Hill turned state's evidence in exchange for avoiding prison and possible execution by Burke and the Lucchese family. But Cobb denied receiving any money and he was not indicted. 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. won by only two points and I had a lot of losing money down on this game. 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. Apparently, someone called into the online editor the second to inform them of the "miss." The five men could each receive a maximum sentence of 30 years in jail and $45,000 in fines. 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. Rick Kuhn, 55, passed away peacefully on September 12, 2022, in his home in West Fargo, ND, surrounded by his family. The Boys of Dunbar, A Story of Love, Hope and Basketball. 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. 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. The scheme thus ended on an unsuccessful note. The 80-minute documentary tells how BC forward Rick Kuhn conspired with two of his hoodlum friends from Pittsburgh to bet against the Eagles. My family has suffered. We see it all come out and the mobsters being held accountable. 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. 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. 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. Hill casually brings up and admits to fixing basketball games at Boston College. Henry Hill avoided going to prison, and he went off into the sunset of the governments Witness Protection Program, said Alswanger. 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. Mazzeis connection to Kuhn was through fellow gangsters Rocco and Tony Pearla. But its the points that Cobb and teammate Michael Bowie didnt score during the 1978-1979 season which has spawned a federal investigation. Burke instructed Hill to warn the players to keep to their end of the deal because "you can't play basketball with broken hands.". Mazzei and Tony Perla were sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. 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. 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. Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Netflix wants to hire a flight attendant for one of its private jets, and says pay can reach $385,000, according to a job listing on the streaming service's website. Loughery told me that I had the ability to play in the NBA. But he did take money. The audience gets one on one interviews with each person to see the scandal from their perspective. Hill was listed as a co-conspirator, but was not named as a defendant. The Perla brothers mobilized a betting syndicate to maximize their potential gain from the scheme. If you missed Part I, you can read it here. Sweeney knows hell probably never completely escape the association to the scandal, something he learned to live with years ago. 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. He stopped in my office with his bike with the flat tire and borrowed $20 to get it fixed and to get home. 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. 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. 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. He was determined to prove that he could do the work, which would enable him to further chase his athletic dreams. They had Kuhn approach Ernie Cobb, the leading scorer on the team, but it has never been proven if Cobb agreed to cooperate. Hes also jumping on the scandals latest publicity wave to tout Mike, the SpongeBob-like sports cartoon character whose online life includes links to the NFL Shop, NBA Store and other merchandise outlets. At trial in 1981, the government's case consisted primarily of the testimony of Hill and three other witnesses: Sweeney and Joseph Beaulieu, both Boston College players, and Barbara Reed, a 23-year-old nurse who lived with Kuhn during the 197879 Eagles season. Said Hill, "He wanted me to fly up to Boston. Rocco Perla was sentenced to four years' imprisonment. Mizzou understands that Hill was doing what he had to do to survive. 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. In the time of COVID-19, sports fans everywhere are trying to find ways to pass the time. 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. Tell me what you did and what you didnt do. 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. won the gangsters some serious money by falling short of the spread. 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. The court papers said Kuhn of Swissvale, Pa., has agreed to testify against former teammate Ernie Cobb, 27, a basketball player from Stamford, Conn. 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The intense music, clues in the audience that this is where it all comes out. Rick was born on October 14, 1966, in Jamestown, ND, to Timothy Kuhn and Marretta (Deede) Kuhn. For added effect, ESPN landed Liotta, whose character served as a narrator in Goodfellas, to narrate its film. I dont know if the losses can ever be made upnot the losses me and my family and friends have suffered. ESPNs 30-for-30 sports documentary series is many of our last hopes at seeing historic events from our favorite sports. I cooperated willingly, and Im glad I did, Sweeney says. I admitted to receiving that money, and spending it. I was nervous because I didnt know what was going to happen. It was one of the most tremendous feelings Id ever experienced.. But I never agreed to fix any games or shave any points. With the focus limited to the specific players involved, BCs basketball program didnt suffer at all. Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. But conspiring to fix college basketball games got him 20 years. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. 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.. All of those guys walkedin his footsteps., He was the African-American guard in the modern era of B.C. They could have probably gotten away with the fix if they handled certain things better. 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. The very next day, the Nets cut me., When the F.B.I. I understand that they want to disassociate themselves from the scandal. The scheme was conceived by Rocco Perla and his brother Anthony in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the summer of 1978. 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 . Film. Jim Sweeney admits that Kuhn gave him cash. Even after being informed of the investigation, he said he noticed nothing unusual after reviewing films of the games. I think you could poll a lot of people in the business and the Boston College scandal is off their radar. Web197879 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team. 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. 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 197879 Eagles team. Jimmy said he was finished. 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. The government presented telephone records showing evidence of extensive communications between the conspirators during the 197879 season and records provided by Western Union and various hotels which further corroborated government testimony. will air the latest installment of its acclaimed 30 For 30 series with a look back at the infamous Boston College basketball point shaving scandal from the 1978-79 season. Staff. The December 16 game against Harvard was chosen as the second test for the scheme. 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. 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. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. All Kuhn had to do was ensure that the Eagles fell short of the point spread in the games that they bet on. Ernie Cobb played professional basketball in Israel for 17 years, where he learned to speak fluent Hebrew. 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. I never lied about that. 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. Kuhn explains to Sweeney that they are both going to get killed after not successfully fixing a game against Providence. Purdum, David. Sometimes, B.C. 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. 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. Rick Kuhn, 10 years, Rocco Perla (fixer) four years and a $30,000 fine. 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. 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The former friends work hard to cast blame and the true conversations that went on between the mobsters and players will never be discovered. Today, Cobbs relationship with Boston College remains strained. 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. I dont know if they recognize it, but B.C. Netflix hiring flight attendant for private jet with compensation up to $385,000. Hes a good person. 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. The jury of eight women and four men reached its verdict after three days of deliberations and a trial that lasted five weeks. Columbia University names Nemat Shafik as first woman president. After Cobb was not charged, he thought he was finally past the sordid affair. I just had to be alone, Cobb told the reporters afterwards. With Sweeney making it out with no sentence, the mystery still remains of how involved he really was. We were all so excited for him. 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. Suspecting that some bookmakers might be getting wise to the scheme, the conspirators temporarily revised their strategy after the UCLA game. By my junior year, it was show-time, said Cobb. Everything Id worked so hard for was coming to fruition.. Cobb was drafted by the Utah Jazz in the 6th Round and cut during training camp. 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