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Boston College's basketball team ended their 1978–79 season with a 22–9 record. The players involved in the scandal were paid between $500 and $1,000 for each game and were given the chance to double it betting on the games.
1 lut 2023 · Written By Dan Holmes on February 1, 2023 - Last Updated on August 8, 2023. When mobster and government informant Henry Hill gave testimony that detailed his involvement in a point-shaving scheme with players on the Boston College men’s basketball team in the late 1970s, he was asked why he did it. “If you’re not a gambler, you’ll never ...
26 maj 2022 · Forty-four years later, the full truth about the Boston College points-shaving scandal is still unknown. Any recount of the BC points-shaving scandal should come with a free CharlieCard for a story with more twists and turns than the city’s T system. While residents eagerly await March 10 for legalized Massachusetts sports betting, we look ...
Hill claimed he paid Kuhn and Sweeney to shave points in nine games between December 16, 1978, and March 1, 1979. Hill won six games, but didn't begin to win wagers until Boston College's star Ernie Cobb joined the scheme for the last five games. Hill claimed he made between $75,000 to $100,000 in eleven weeks.
24 lis 1981 · By Bart Barnes. November 23, 1981 at 7:00 p.m. EST. A federal jury in Brooklyn yesterday convicted former Boston College basketball player Rick Kuhn and four codefendants of conspiring to ...
3 paź 2014 · What kind of fix is that?" - gambler Paul Mazzei, one of five men convicted in the Boston College point-shaving scandal of 1978-79, in the upcoming 30 for 30 film: "Playing for the Mob" (9 p.m ...
Season 17: Boston College Gambling Scheme. We look at a sports scandal that shocked the nation. It all began when members of the mafia approached basketball players at Boston College. The two sides launched a gambling scheme that would change the outcome of games—and ultimately lead to a criminal investigation.
