Boston College Gambling Scheme | The Final Score | 3
American Scandal
Audible
4.5 • 19.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2020
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
The FBI investigates the ties between Boston College basketball players and Jimmy Burke’s crime ring. As the point-shaving trial gets underway, the athletes discover there’s a larger game being played—and they’re the pawns.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to American Scandal add-free on Amazon music, download the app today. |
| 0:19.0 | It's the morning of September 8, 1980. |
| 0:22.0 | Inside a small house on the outskirts of Pittsburgh, Rick Coon lies stretched out on a bed. |
| 0:27.0 | It's his childhood bed and there's a poster or a fairer faucet hanging on the wall. |
| 0:32.0 | The bedside clock reads 6.30 a.m., but Coon is already awake. |
| 0:36.0 | He woke up early full of nerves and couldn't fall back asleep. |
| 0:40.0 | Today's a big day for him. |
| 0:42.0 | Later this morning, Coon's going to propose to his girlfriend, Barbara Reed, invite her to go ring shopping. |
| 0:47.0 | He's anxious for the day to start. He's already gotten dressed. |
| 0:51.0 | A former basketball player at Boston College, Coon put on his lucky gold necklace and his favorite Hawaiian shirt. |
| 0:58.0 | Then he lay back down on the bed. |
| 1:00.0 | He takes a deep breath, imagining how the day is going to play out. |
| 1:04.0 | Right then he hears a knock on the door. |
| 1:06.0 | He sits up. Coon's father pokes his head in the room and says there are two men in the living room wearing suits and they want a word with Rick. |
| 1:14.0 | Coon stares at his dad, dumbfounded. |
| 1:16.0 | Who wants a word at 6.30 in the morning? |
| 1:19.0 | He gets up and follows his dad down the hall. |
| 1:23.0 | When he reaches the living room, sure enough he finds the men. |
| 1:26.0 | They both have short cropped hair and stern looks on their faces and they're wearing nearly identical brown suits. |
| 1:32.0 | Coon's father hovers nearby. |
| 1:34.0 | One of the men turns and greets Coon. |
| 1:36.0 | Good morning, Mr. Coon. I'm a special agent James Byron. |
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