Fixed: How Goodfellas Bought Boston College Basketball

Henry Hill is arrested on Long Island for a variety of mob-related crimes. During his interrogation by the FBI, he almost casually mentions that he fixed games with some BC basketball players. One by one, the players are questioned by the FBI and loyalties are tested.

Henry Hill meets JIm Sweeney and Rick Kuhn at the Logan Airport Hilton in the fall of 1978. The scheme is discussed and money does change hands, but who's really in and who's not. As the season progresses, that question becomes harder and harder to answer. But then, Ernie Cobb receives a death threat before a key game.

In the summer of 1978, while the Boston College players prepare for the upcoming season, the connection with the NY mobsters is formed in Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary when Henry Hill meets convicted drug dealer Paul Mazzei. Mazzei introduces Hill to the Perla Brothers and their pal, Boston College center, Rick Kuhn, but the mobsters need Kuhn to recruit his teammates for the scheme to work.

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 boy Ernie Cobb, the NBA hopeful Rick Kuhn, the man with the connections And the mobsters: Henry Hill, no introduction needed Jimmy “The Gent” Burke, stone cold killer And find out just what point shaving is.

Henry Hill, Boston College Basketball players, and a point shaving scandal during the 1978-79 season.