In organized sports, point shaving is a type of match fixing where the perpetrators try to change the final score of a game without changing who wins...
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The 1978–79 Boston College basketball point-shaving scandal involved a scheme in which members of the American Mafia recruited and bribed several Boston...
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The CCNY point-shaving scandal of 1951 was a college basketball point-shaving gambling scandal that officially involved seven American colleges and universities...
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related to his involvement in the 1978–79 Boston College basketball point-shaving scandal, and sentenced to 12 years in prison. While in prison, he was...
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List of people banned or suspended by the NBA (section Permanently banned via the CCNY point-shaving scandal)
made by the commissioner. If the incident is serious enough, such as point shaving or substance abuse, players can be permanently banned from playing,...
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freshman year at Iowa, he was a victim of the hysteria surrounding a point-shaving scandal that had started in New York City. Hawkins' name surfaced in...
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two Pittsburgh gamblers set up the 1978–79 Boston College basketball point-shaving scheme by convincing Boston College center Rick Kuhn to participate...
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Adolph Rupp (section 1951 point shaving scandal)
Kentucky employees. Rupp was the head coach at Kentucky during the point shaving scandal of 1951. On October 20, 1951, former Kentucky players Alex Groza...
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Ed Roman (section Point shaving scandal)
Tournament (NIT) in the same year. He was also a central figure in the point shaving scandal that came to light in the aftermath of that season. Roman, a...
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student turned campus bookmaker who was jailed for masterminding a point shaving scandal at Arizona State University. In 1998, Silman pleaded guilty...
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1961 NCAA University Division men's basketball gambling scandal (redirect from 1961 point-shaving scandal)
this case more infamous in terms of results and impact than the CCNY point-shaving scandal from a decade prior. However, it's slated that hundreds more...
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Ralph Beard (section CCNY point shaving scandal)
Association prior to being barred for life for his participation in the 1951 point shaving scandal. Beard was born in Hardinsburg, Kentucky. Beard grew up in Louisville...
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Dale Barnstable (section CCNY point shaving scandal)
for life from the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1951 for point shaving during his college career at the University of Kentucky. Barnstable...
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Judaism prohibits shaving with a razor on the basis of a rabbinic interpretation of Leviticus 19:27, which states, "Ye shall not round the corners of...
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Stevin Smith (category Point guards)
player, who is also known for his involvement in the 1994 Arizona State point-shaving scandal. Smith was born in Dallas, Texas, the only son of Eunice Smith...
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McDonald prosecuted a case involving the 1978–79 Boston College basketball point-shaving scandal for the Justice Department in 1981. As a prosecutor, McDonald...
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Head shaving is a form of body modification which involves shaving the hair from a person's head. People throughout history have shaved all or part of...
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Ed Warner (basketball) (section Point shaving scandal)
Tournament (NIT) in the same year. He was also a central figure in the point shaving scandal that came to light in the aftermath of that season. Warner came...
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well-known for taking on very controversial (at the time) topics, including point shaving, political corruption, personal seat license fees, relocation of professional...
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2005 GMAC Bowl (section Point shaving)
27, 2015. "University of Toledo football player charged in point-shaving scheme". "Ex-Rocket admits to point shaving". USA Today summary ESPN summary...
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factor in cases where this has been alleged. Match fixing includes point shaving and spot-fixing, which center on smaller events within a match that...
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Max Kase (section 1951 point shaving scandals)
exposing corruption in men's college basketball, primarily the CCNY Point Shaving Scandal. Kase was born in July 1897. His German-speaking parents, Solomon...
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affecting the integrity of sports events through various acts including point shaving (players affecting the score by missing shots), spot-fixing (a player...
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the multi-million dollar Arizona State University men's basketball point shaving scandal in 1993–1994, which led to several prison sentences, including...
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prosecutors attested the fumble was intentional for the purposes of point-shaving. 2015: On May 6, a federal grand jury in Detroit indicted six former...
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convicts disrespect Crewe because he was dismissed from the NFL for point shaving. The warden, Rudolph Hazen, is a football fanatic who manages a semi-pro...
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final scores so to keep the point spread under the bookmakers' odds. But the plan veered off course. One of the point shaving scheme cohorts, Paul Mazzei...
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Lupertazzi dies, Bobby mentions that he had heard Carmine invented point shaving. To this, Uncle Junior nostalgically recalls, "CCNY versus Kentucky...
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dropped down to the NCAA College Division in the 1963–64 season. The CCNY point shaving scandal of 1950–51 had hit the program hard, and they had 12 sub-par...
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six years following the involvement of its men's basketball team in a point shaving scandal, and in the 1980s, when two other Division I men's basketball...
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