LiLharvard
02-19-2015, 04:38 AM
Full Read:
http://www.si.com/nba/point-forward/2013/09/15/new-york-knicks-gambling-scandal-drugs-cocaine-1980s#
According to a new book, FBI documents reveal that multiple members of the Knicks during the 1980s were implicated in an alleged point-shaving and game-fixing scandal that involved a drug dealer.
Brian Tuohy's Larceny Games: Sports Gambling, Game Fixing and the FBI, released earlier this month by Federal House, references FBI files concerning the investigation and concludes that the bureau "seemed to possess very credible information that three members of the New York Knicks were shaving points as a favor to their cocaine supplier."
An FBI informant told the bureau, Tuohy writes, that the drug dealer increased the size of his wagering from $300 per game to $10,000 per game during March 1982 and that a vast majority of his bets during that time frame were successful. The unnamed dealer, identified as "one of the largest dealers on the East Coast," was allegedly receiving "inside player information not known to the general public" from unnamed members of the Knicks. At least once, the dealer was informed ahead of time that a player was not going to play in a particular game. Here's an excerpt from the FBI file reprinted by Tuohy.
The Knicks lost to the Bullets 113-109 on Feb. 28, 1982 and lost to the Spurs 114-91 on Mar. 16, 1982.
What's more, as the 1981-82 season continued, Tuohy writes that the FBI informant alleged that members of the Knicks were actually betting against themselves
Good Read here.
http://www.si.com/nba/point-forward/2013/09/15/new-york-knicks-gambling-scandal-drugs-cocaine-1980s#
According to a new book, FBI documents reveal that multiple members of the Knicks during the 1980s were implicated in an alleged point-shaving and game-fixing scandal that involved a drug dealer.
Brian Tuohy's Larceny Games: Sports Gambling, Game Fixing and the FBI, released earlier this month by Federal House, references FBI files concerning the investigation and concludes that the bureau "seemed to possess very credible information that three members of the New York Knicks were shaving points as a favor to their cocaine supplier."
An FBI informant told the bureau, Tuohy writes, that the drug dealer increased the size of his wagering from $300 per game to $10,000 per game during March 1982 and that a vast majority of his bets during that time frame were successful. The unnamed dealer, identified as "one of the largest dealers on the East Coast," was allegedly receiving "inside player information not known to the general public" from unnamed members of the Knicks. At least once, the dealer was informed ahead of time that a player was not going to play in a particular game. Here's an excerpt from the FBI file reprinted by Tuohy.
The Knicks lost to the Bullets 113-109 on Feb. 28, 1982 and lost to the Spurs 114-91 on Mar. 16, 1982.
What's more, as the 1981-82 season continued, Tuohy writes that the FBI informant alleged that members of the Knicks were actually betting against themselves
Good Read here.