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It's December 18, 1978. Ernie Cobb sits on the couch in his living room and drapes one of his long, muscular arms around his girlfriend.

She says something, but he doesn't quite hear it because at the moment Cobb's brown eyes are fixed on the TV screen in front of them.

A news reporter is standing at JFK Airport in New York City. It was here just last week that a spectacular robbery took place.

Masked gunmen stormed the cargo building for Loft-Honza Airlines and they made off with a massive amount of unmarked cash.

Today, the news reporter has the latest update. It appears the thieves stole total of $5 million.

Cobb lets out a low whistle, $5 million. Cobb's an unpaid basketball player for the Boston College Eagles. He can hardly imagine money that big.

Cobb shifts his arm. He can tell that his girlfriend, LeVern Mosley, isn't paying attention to the newscaster, but it seems that she's also thinking about money.

Her eyes are locked on a thick envelope that's resting on the coffee table.

The envelope and its contents are from Rocco Perla. Cobb only met Perla once and that was eight days ago when he came to Cobb's apartment.

After the two spent some time talking basketball, Perla brought up another subject, gambling and changing the final scores of the Eagles games through point-shaming.

The two hadn't seen each other since, but two days ago Perla reappeared. He approached Cobb's girlfriend, LeVern, after the Eagles barely squeaked out a win against Harvard.

Perla handed her an envelope and said it was something for Cobb. When Cobb finally opened it, his jaw dropped. Inside was $1,000 in cash.

Cobb looks over it mostly and sees she's glaring at him. He leans forward and turns off the TV.

LeVern, do I have to say it again? This money isn't dirty, okay? When that man came here with Rick Coon, you said he asked you to cheat.

Now he hands me an envelope full of bills and says give this to Ernie for a job well done. What am I supposed to think?

Honey, I told you what I said to him last night. I don't miss shots. When the ball is in my hands, the next stop is the net every time.

Then what did you do to earn this kind of cash? I didn't do anything. I just said to bet big on the Harvard game and we won. I guess they're showing me some appreciation or something.

No, there's something else going on. Are you cheating the games? Be honest with me. Cobb frowns and leans back. I am being honest and I don't want to argue. Plus it's not that much money.

You want to talk about cheating? Look at those boys on the TV. They took $5 million. Ernie, I don't care if it's $20. You need to give that money back. Rick and his friends are criminals. No, no, they're not. Rick's on my team.

Mosley fixes him with a stare. Ernie, none of those people are on your team.

Mosley then stands and walks out of the room. Cobb shakes his head. He doesn't understand the problem. They needed money. Now they have some. What's wrong with that?

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