Ribbing & Running In A Fast Crowd: Detroit Eatery Closes Down, Had Pistons, Mob As Devotees
August 21, 2019 — The Bad Boys hung there after games, toasting their championship success among adoring fans. Another group...
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Detroit Mob Figure Got Ron LeFlore Into MLB From Behind Prison Walls, Now That’s Power
August 18, 2019 — Retired Major League Baseball player Ron LeFlore credits his rags-to-riches journey from the inside of a...
O.J. Simpson & Drugs: The Juice Was Loose In ‘70s, Investigated For Dope Dealing As An NFL Player
Before he probably butchered his wife. Before the “Chase.” Before the decade in prison he did for an armed robbery...
Murder Of Detroit Stick-Up Kid Loosely Linked To 1990s Kronk Gym Narcotics Probe
The 1989 gangland revenge slaying of Sherman (The Shank) Christian was tangentially tied to the so-called Kronk boxing drug case...
Detroit’s Famous Kronk Gym Destroyed By Fire, ’94 Drug Case Part Of Storied Training Ground’s Legacy
The fabled Kronk Boxing Gym, once home to dozens of world champion prize fighters and the "King of Kronk" himself, legendary...
