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Goodfellas Never Told You About the College Point-Shaving Scandal

Everyone knows the Lufthansa heist. Everyone knows the murders. But nobody talks about the crime that humiliated Jimmy Burke and Henry Hill—the one Martin Scorsese left out of Goodfellas. This is the true story of how the mob tried to fix college basketball and failed spectacularly. What You'll Discover: • How Henry Hill and Jimmy Burke orchestrated a point-shaving scheme with Boston College basketball players during the 1978-79 season • The moment Jimmy "The Gent" Burke literally kicked his TV screen in after losing $50,000 on a fixed game that went wrong • Rick Kuhn's recruitment of his teammate and best friend into a Lucchese family gambling operation • Why prosecutor Edward McDonald—a BC graduate who played basketball there—took the case personally • The February 10, 1979 Holy Cross game that destroyed the entire conspiracy and cost the mob a fortune • How Ernie Cobb was acquitted, Jim Sweeney avoided charges, but Rick Kuhn served 28 months in federal prison • The FBI interrogation that unraveled when agents accidentally mentioned Hill's Boston trips during the Lufthansa investigation • Why the NBA permanently banned all three players despite two never being convicted • Paul Vario and Jimmy Burke's approval process through the Lucchese crime family hierarchy This wasn't petty gambling. This was organized crime infiltrating college sports with mob money, threats, and the same crew that pulled off America's biggest cash robbery. But unlike the Lufthansa heist, this scheme collapsed because you can't control human pride—not even with the Mafia behind you. Forty-five years later, the players are still fighting their reputations. Rick Kuhn died in 2024 carrying the scandal to his grave. Jim Sweeney maintains he was coerced. Ernie Cobb coaches high school basketball, legally innocent but forever tainted. And the playbook they used? It's still being run today in modern point-shaving scandals. From airport hotel meetings to courtroom drama, from cocaine handshakes to witness protection, this is the complete story of the crime Goodfellas only mentioned once—right before Morrie got whacked. SOURCES: ESPN 30 for 30: "Playing for the Mob" documentary U.S. v. Burke, 700 F.2d 70 (2nd Circuit Court, 1983) New York Times trial coverage (1981-1984) The Mob Museum investigative reports Hashtags: #MafiaHistory #TrueCrime #OrganizedCrime #Goodfellas #HenryHill #JimmyBurke #BostonCollege #PointShaving #LuccheseFamily #CollegeBasketball #SportsScandal #MobStories #TrueCrimeDocumentary #1970sCrime #BasketballHistory