03.10.2014 · The Boston College point-shaving scandal was a sensational story that went as viral as it could in the early 1980s. It had all the sexy storylines: the mob, a rat, gambling and athletes on the take.
The 1978–79 Boston College basketball point shaving scandal involved a scheme in which members of the American Mafia recruited and bribed several Boston College Eagles men's basketball players to ensure the team would not win by the required margin (not cover the point spread),
Yet they all admitted taking money from mobsters to fix college basketball games. Nearly 40 years after the Boston College point-shaving scandal shocked the ...
Boston College's basketball team ended their 1978–79 season with a 22–9 record. It is unclear how much money the players involved in the point-shaving scheme ...
The 1978–79 Boston College basketball point shaving scandal involved a scheme in which members of the American Mafia recruited and bribed several Boston ...
The 1978-79 Boston College basketball point shaving scandal involved a scheme in which underworld figures recruited and bribed some Boston College Eagles men's basketball players to ensure the team would not win by the required margin (not cover the point spread), allowing the gamblers in the know to place wagers against that team and win.
The FBI investigates the ties between Boston College basketball players and Jimmy Burke's crime ring. As the point-shaving trial gets underway, the athletes ...
18.11.1996 · at least one other student bookie erupted into a full-blown scandal in the days before last Saturday's 48-21 home loss to Notre Dame as 13 …
01.10.2014 · All because, he says, of those “five crinkled $100 bills“ dropped at his feet one day in the locker room. On October 7, ESPN will air the latest installment of …
24.11.1981 · November 24, 1981 A federal jury in Brooklyn yesterday convicted former Boston College basketball player Rick Kuhn and four codefendants of conspiring to manipulate the scores of Boston College...
Yet they all admitted taking money from mobsters to fix college basketball games. Nearly 40 years after the Boston College point-shaving scandal shocked the sports world and introduced America to Henry Hill, the wiseguy immortalized in the movie “Goodfellas,” many questions remain unanswered.
01.11.2021 · Even after decades of the Boston College point shaving scandal, people are still interested in this story. This is the reason why David Porter, an award-winning journalist, wrote a book dedicated to this scandal called Fixed: How …