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CCNY point-shaving scandal. The CCNY point-shaving scandal of 1951 was a college basketball point-shaving gambling scandal that officially involved seven American colleges and universities in all, with four of these schools being in the New York metropolitan area, two of them occurring in the Midwest, and one of them being in the South. [1]
Running time. 60 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal is a 1998 American documentary film about the City College of New York basketball point-shaving scandal. It was produced by George Roy and Steven Hilliard Stern. It was made for HBO.
The scandal involved CCNY and six other schools, including three others in the New York Metropolitan Area: New York University, Long Island University (LIU) and Manhattan College, spreading to Bradley University, the University of Kentucky and the University of Toledo, involving 33 players in all, as well as organized crime.
Molinas was a five-time All-EPBL First Team selection (1955–1958, 1960) and two-time Second Team selection (1959, 1961). [10] He served as a player-coach for the Hawks during the 1960–61 season. [11] After his playing career was nearing its end, he entered the Brooklyn Law School, graduating with a law degree.
During the 1960–61 NCAA University Division men's basketball season, a major gambling scandal involving a former NBA All-Star basketball player and many members of organized crime syndicates broke through which had ultimately been years in the making. The scandal involved 37 arrests of students from 22 different colleges, [1][2] as well as at ...
CUNY couldn’t drain this swamp. The John Jay College of Criminal Justice professor who was implicated in an alleged drug-dealing, student-sex scandal that rocked the taxpayer-financed City ...
The City College stampede was a crowd crush event on December 28, 1991, in the City College of New York gymnasium during a charity basketball game headlined by hip hop celebrities Puff Daddy and Heavy D. Nearly 5,000 people tried to pack into the gymnasium, which could fit 2,730 people. [1] Outside, people broke through at least one glass door ...
While several CCNY players, including Ed Warner and Ed Roman were arrested, the investigation cleared Holman of any wrongdoing. Main article: CCNY point-shaving scandal The scandal eventually led CCNY to de-emphasize athletics (CCNY eventually dropped down to the NCAA Division III in the 1963–64 season) and suspend Holman after the 1951–52 ...