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HOW I PUT THE FIX IN
Henry Hill
February 16, 1981
In this exclusive story, informer Henry Hill asserts that he and his associates rigged nine Boston College basketball games in 1978-79 by inducing BC players to shave points
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February 16, 1981

How I Put The Fix In

In this exclusive story, informer Henry Hill asserts that he and his associates rigged nine Boston College basketball games in 1978-79 by inducing BC players to shave points

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BC has said that neither the coach nor any other employees were involved. They're telling the truth. And I should add there were no other players either. But that's only because I didn't need anybody else.

I suppose some narrow-minded people will say I turned on the players, claiming they kept their word but I didn't keep mine. Well, let me tell you there are no good guys in this story. I was being questioned by government people about Lufthansa, and in the chronology of things they asked where I was in the days after that deal and what I was doing. I told them. Blame the feds. But I can assure you that BC was not the main topic of conversation.

Am I telling the truth? I am, 100%, as best as I can remember. And it will come out eventually. There's a lot of documentary evidence. And I believe the kids will tell the truth before this is over. Sweeney will, and the other two are fools if they don't come around. They're all smart enough, especially Sweeney, to see the handwriting on the wall. Funny thing. I sit around now and I think, "Ain't that Sweeney something?" He looks like a litle choirboy, a legitimate kid. So why did he do it? The money, man, the money. That's why we all did it.

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