Rocco says Sweeney told him he missed it to avoid a pair of cement shoes. 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. None of them know that this is only the beginning, as Henry Hill would talk to the FBI launching a massive investigation that would lead to the arrest of famous mobster Jimmy Burke. The 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. 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. Ernie Cobb is also introduced, a senior, team captain, and Boston Colleges top scorer. The characters and events were later immortalized by the actors Ray Liotta and Robert DeNiro in the classic film, Goodfellas. Although Cobb maintains that he received money from Rocco, he claims it was just for winning the game even though Rocco claims he knew for sure. SELECT OPTIONS SAVE TO CART DETAILS Restrictions: No commercial uses without permission. I was relishing that moment. Barbara Reed, 25, Kuhn's former girlfriend who was living with him at the time, testified that Kuhn uncharacteristically began buying her presents -- a stereo set, a television set and jewelry -- during the winter of 1978-79. Murder by Contract orThe Logical Lethality of The American Dream. 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]. Contact Me. But my high school coach got his friends to take my case, pro bono. Rocco Perla was sentenced to four years' imprisonment. Mazzei and the Perlas were particularly hopeful that Hill would enlist the support of his associate, James Burke, to finance the payments to the players and to set up a network of bookmakers who were in on the scheme. . 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He was determined to prove that he could do the work, which would enable him to further chase his athletic dreams. I had everything I could have possibly asked for. Sweeney hears Tony explain that this is the grand finale, Tony claims he never threatened him. Rick Kuhn, James Burke, Rocco and Anthony Perla, and Paul Mazzei now face up to thirty years in prison possibly to twenty Id led the pro league in scoring over there and signed a very nice contract. Literature. We get home, I open it up, and theres $1,000 in there.. 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. You gotta tell me the truth, because I gotta know how to go on this?. Sweeney has won several FIMBA tournaments as a player in the 50-plus division. I said, If this dude has cash like that to burn and wants to give me $1,000 because I told him wed destroy Stonehill, sure, Ill take it. Maybe he was trying to cultivate a relationship with me and soften me up for something down the road. 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. Mizzou understands that Hill was doing what he had to do to survive. 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. His lifes dream of making it to the NBA, which was where he belonged, was taken away from him. But what was I going to do, take it to court?It was here that they began telling Perla we would have to have Cobb. But for many, there is a fierce bitterness that still lingers to this day. Kuhn was thus expected to keep the score below the six- to seven-point margin. BOSTON - NOVEMBER 17: Rick Kuhn (#35) during Boston College men's basketball's 1978-1979 season. Mazzeis connection to Kuhn was through fellow gangsters Rocco and Tony Pearla. Henry Hill avoided going to prison, and he went off into the sunset of the governments Witness Protection Program, said Alswanger. 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 They mentioned the $1,000 that Rocco Perla gave my girlfriend and I told them the truth. Even after being informed of the investigation, he said he noticed nothing unusual after reviewing films of the games. I called my buddy Frank Melzer, who was an attorney, said Alswanger. After Cobb was not charged, he thought he was finally past the sordid affair. I was like, Yeah, whatever. Sure enough, a few weeks later, he hands my girlfriend an envelope. Holy Cross wins by two causing the mobsters to lose hundreds of thousands. And now, here I was on that same floor, pumped sky high, giving my defender buckets! Rick Kuhn during Boston College men's basketball's 1977-1978 season. This is when the documentary transitions to the Pittsburgh mobsters and how they meet. For over 30 years, hes been living in Clearwater, Florida, married to his college sweetheart. 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. Ernie Cobb played professional basketball in Israel for 17 years, where he learned to speak fluent Hebrew. 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. Burke, through Hill, would front the money to pay the players, forwarding the money through Mazzei and the Perla brothers. Kuhn and two money men were 2015, www.recorder.com/Archives/2015/01/spt-KeepingScore-GR-012415. When I think about my journey, it brings tears to my eyes. The mobsters are done fixing games with the Boston College players and call them babies for barely getting the job done. We get footage of the games and the scheme continued, but no one knew just how much the fixers made. Rick Kuhn, 10 years, Rocco Perla (fixer) four years and a $30,000 fine. "He said he had a betting thing set up in a way to make money during the season so that we could be taken care of," said Reed, now a nurse in Syracuse, N.Y. Reed also testified that Kuhn threatened to kill her if she ever told of the scheme. (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. 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. 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.. Said Hill, "He wanted me to fly up to Boston. Playing for the Mob: The Story of College Kids Breaking Bad FRANK OBRIEN/GLOBE STAFF/FILE 1978 Sweeney, Cobb, and It wasnt until I actually saw him play that I realized how special he was as an offensive talent. 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. The five men could each receive a maximum sentence of 30 years in jail and $45,000 in fines. But I know that its not really in vain, because I know the truth.. At the close of the two-week trial, Alswanger was the last character witness who took the stand in Cobbs behalf. 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. Cobb scores 8 points in the last minute of the game only to be blocked in the last seconds of the game. Rocco and Tony Perla were giving money to Rick Kuhn. Interim Application of Copyright and Trademark Registration in Cochin. I was reading about the Boston College point-shaving scandal of the late 70s and I was wondering whatever became of Rick Kuhn in his later life. Theyd taken my passport and I had to stay here and face these charges, said Cobb. They left, and that was that. Sweeney, starter and team captain, intentionally fouls himself out of the game. Zimmerman also asked the court to consider Kuhn's 'crime-free background' and his cooperation with federal authorities in the Cobb case. Netflix hiring flight attendant for private jet with compensation up to $385,000. The FBI finds all the players and begins asking questions. 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 Hill and Burke were brought into the scheme, after receiving approval from Lucchese family capo Paul Vario. The scheme was hit or miss early on. Twice, in 1951 and 1961, the sport was rocked by scandal. A grand jury indicted Burke, Mazzei, Kuhn, and the Perla brothers. The Boys of Dunbar, A Story of Love, Hope and Basketball. 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. 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.. Paul Mazzei explains that there is no time to change your mind in their business. I had a relentless type of game.. Purdum, David. They showed me these pictures of these mafia guys and were asking me, Do you know him? Out of everything that happened, thats one thing that hurts me tremendously, Cobb said. My girlfriend and I bought a new stereo, television and some furniture. We were looking good as a team and my goal was to be the best player I could possibly be. It was all so positive.. The Nets coaches were telling me, Coach, hes gonna be a great pro., I had a great camp with the Nets and was poised to make the team, said Cobb. For all I know, he told them I was in, that it would cost an extra $2,500 per game and he was trying to hustle the gangsters while pocketing the extra money. I dont know if they recognize it, but B.C. 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 that kept him in Hills clutches. . Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A man who posed as a cannabis billionaire plead guilty Wednesday to securities fraud for lying to investors about his wealth, education and business. So I didnt even go on trial with Kuhn and the mobsters that put the whole thing in motion.. Hill stated that, at the time, he and Burke were watching the game on television at Burke's home in Queens, and Burke put his foot through the television in anger at having lost $50,000 ($186,700 today). 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. 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. He hugged his tearful mother before walking out into the hallway for a few moments. Jimmy said he was finished. Apparently, someone called into the online editor the second to inform them of the "miss." While Jim Sweeney is also introduced, hes the other captain from a better upbringing: the poster child for BC. I told him, I think were gonna blow them out, we look really good. View Rick Kuhns profile on LinkedIn, the worlds largest professional community. The scheme thus ended on an unsuccessful note. They couldnt stop him. Seven schools and more than 30 players were implicated in the 1951 probe; more than 20 schools were involved in the 1961 incidents. 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. 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. 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. Fourteen hours later, I arrived in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.. Boston College was favored by twelve to thirteen points, but won the game by only a three-point margin, 8683. You realize that you cant play if you dont do this. @ChristSchool. Suspecting that some bookmakers might be getting wise to the scheme, the conspirators temporarily revised their strategy after the UCLA game. Sweeney says that he and Maura have almost recouped their costs in launching the character. But Im so proud of him because he picked his life back up and made the best of it. He killed people. 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. I feel it.. Mazzei in turn contacted Henry Hill, a Lucchese crime family associate from New York who had befriended Mazzei while both men were serving sentences in a federal prison. But its one of the most famous in sports history, to which Sweeneys name will be forever linked. talked to the Nets, their head coach Kevin Loughery called him in and said, You know why I have to let you go, said Alswanger. I understand that they want to disassociate themselves from the scandal. The player was Kuhn, a reserve forward on the team. She helped tutor me, and encouraged me through some rough spots. Boston College's basketball team ended their 197879 season with a 229 record. The scheme was conceived by Rocco Perla and his brother Anthony in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the summer of 1978. I didnt know what that was all about. 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. 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. Same here, and yet when they did their list of greatest sports scandals a few weeks back (when Miami broke) they didn't have it on there the first day. Perla and Kuhn had gone to high school together and were good friends. Rick was born on October 14, 1966, in Jamestown, ND, to Timothy Kuhn and Marretta (Deede) Kuhn. 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, quoting an unnamed source in New York, said the three games in which point-shaving was alleged were a Feb.3 game against Fordham, a Feb. 6 game against St. Johns and a March 1 game in the ECAC Regional Playoffs against Connecticut. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. Were you shaving points for the mob?. Rick Kuhn, the former Boston College basketball player who was convicted last November, and sentenced last February for his involvement in the point shaving He gave me every opportunity to tell my story, says Sweeney of Lavine. Thats the real strength of his story, that you pick yourself up and make something of yourself.. 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. Jim Sweeney admits that Kuhn gave him cash. However, Kuhn saw only limited playing time. At that point, I was looking forward to a trial, said Cobb. This offers a students perspective of how they never thought their team could have been fixing teams. U.S. District Judge Henry Bramwell set sentencing for Jan. 8. Columbia University names Nemat Shafik as first woman president. 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. 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. Rick Kuhn, 25, 6'5", 225-pound former high school star at Swissvale Area High southeast of Pittsburgh from 1970 to 1973. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Overall, the real end to the Boston College point-shaving scandal is the trial, the main conflict of the film. My moment had arrived. He was hopeful that hed have another chance to make it in the NBA. (Rick Kuhn, Photo Credit: bostonglobe.com). 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. Kuhn told people at Boston College later All because, he says, of those five crinkled $100 bills dropped at his feet one day in the locker room. BC basketball players Rick Kuhn, Joe Streater and Jim Sweeney were persuaded to fix nine Eagles games during the season. 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. We had a good old time. The audience learns about Boston Colleges rival Holy Cross and its huge significance to the players and the alumni. His testimony continued terribly, he was a nervous wreck, he was rambling about unnecessary information and he couldnt even look in Burkes direction. Tennessee church holding prayer as FAA investigates plane crash that killed 4 members. Whats striking about the point shaving scandal from the perspective of 35 years is how different, i.e. We werent really checking for B.C. He was a murderer and a horrible human being. I just had to be alone, Cobb told the reporters afterwards. Burke was sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment. He wasnt a trial lawyer, so he brought in his colleague, David Golub. The audience gets one on one interviews with each person to see the scandal from their perspective. 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. Those later betters on St. John's lost money because they laid more than the eventual nine point margin of victory. 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. In the time of COVID-19, sports fans everywhere are trying to find ways to pass the time. They need to get another player to help fix games. He graduated from Woodworth Public School in 1985 and earned a bachelors degree from University of Sioux Falls. The next step in the saga is how these players get connected to the mob. Ive had a grand life, is how he puts it. Sweeney purposefully misses a free throw to help the fixers win even though he is the best free-throw shooter in the nation. Loughery told me that I had the ability to play in the NBA. I opened up the door and it was these guys from the F.B.I., said Cobb. Cobb's trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 31 before Judge Leonard Wexler. Other notable players selected in that draft included Sidney Moncrief, Bill Laimbeer, Bill Cartwright, Mark Eaton and Jim Paxson. 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. 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. They could have probably gotten away with the fix if they handled certain things better. I got through it on my own, and I didnt get whacked, is how he sums it up. 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. This is where my focus has been for the last 10 years. 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. 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 Providence game was played on December 6, 1978, and Boston College was favored to win by six to seven points. It is similar to how they captured Al Capone on tax evasion, the smaller of his many crimes that would ultimately put him away. With the focus limited to the specific players involved, BCs basketball program didnt suffer at all. This has gone on for four years. Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A class ring that went missing decades ago has been returned to its owner. The 80-minute documentary tells how BC forward Rick Kuhn conspired with two of his hoodlum friends from Pittsburgh to bet against the Eagles. Bets in this column are given in the format ", Winner is given as either Opp or BC and the margin of victory. 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. 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. There were a lot of rich kids who went to Boston College. Can anyone shed some When he first stepped on the hallowed parquet floor at the legendary Boston Garden, where B.C. 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. 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. 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. (In some of the Boston College games cited, the Eagles were underdogs and lost by more than the point spread.). The phone calls flooded in from his friends and family in Boston and Connecticut, with despaired voices on the other end asking, Did you do this? 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. He told me to keep playing and working hard and that one day I might get another chance., When the story first broke in January of 1981, Cobb was in shock. "It really could be far more serious and more of an annual situation than anyone suspects," said Ralph Miller, basketball coach at Oregon State University. The mobsters Paul Mazzei and Henry Hill met in a nearby jail stayed in touch after serving their time. Richard Kuhn AIA by BSA Staff Name: Richard Kuhn AIA Job title and company: Design director, Perkins+Will Degree(s): B. 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. I was doing well academically and the dream of playing professional basketball was getting closer.. Result is the outcome of the syndicate's bets. Art. 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. I thought he might have been a student, because he was young and I saw him hanging around Rick Kuhn all the time. Lawyers for the defendants said they will appeal the verdict. But conspiring to fix college basketball games got him 20 years. 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