Jack Molinas was once one of basketball's brightest stars — a 6'6" Ivy League prodigy with movie-star charisma and a gambler's soul. From the playgrounds of New York City to an NBA All-Star, he was living live... until the bets caught up with him.

Suspended for wagering on his own team, Molinas reinvented himself as a lawyer — only to become the criminal mastermind behind the 1961 college point-shaving scandal that rocked the sport. After prison, he resurfaced in Los Angeles chasing fame, fortune, and the wrong crowd. In 1975, his story ended like a Hollywood noir — gunned down outside his hillside home.

In this episode, we detial the arc of a man who blurred the line between genius and corruption and brought down dozens of college athletes in the process.

🔗 Want to read more about Molinas? Check out these references:

• https://www.espn.com/classic/s/basketball_scandals_molinas.html

• https://fadeawayworld.net/jack-molinas-the-scandalous-life-of-a-former-nba-player

• https://vault.si.com/vault/2002/02/18/the-bad-old-guy-from-the-good-old-days

• https://la.curbed.com/2011/8/16/10450052/house-where-point-shaverpornographer-jack-molinas-was-killed

• https://time.com/archive/6817576/the-nation-fingering-a-22-cal-killer/

• https://fordhamsportslawforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/How-the-Morals-Clause-in-Jack-Molinas-Contract-Saved-the-National-Basketball-Association-in-1954.pdf