Episode 1: Mobsters & Players
Released Monday, 26th March 2018
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Episode 1: Mobsters & Players
Episode 1: Mobsters & Players
Monday, 26th March 2018
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Three players from the Boston College Basketball Team accept cash from gangsters to shave points during the 1978-79 season. In this episode, get to know the players:Jim Sweeney, the golden boyErnie Cobb, the NBA hopefulRick Kuhn, the man with the connectionsAnd the mobsters:Henry Hill, no introduction neededJimmy “The Gent” Burke, stone cold killerAnd find out just what point shaving is.
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Fixed: How Goodfellas Bought Boston College Basketball
One player went to prison. One was acquitted by a jury. One walked away scot-free. 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.Using never-before-heard audio recordings, we’ll untangle what really happened in Boston in the winter of 1978-79.Was there a fix? You decide.Join Podchaser to...
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