African-American and Detroit and Drug Gangs and Featured and Midwest and Movies and SportsMay 26, 2015 Detroit Tigers Traded LeFlore In ’79 Partially Due To Ties To Frank Usher Per DEA records, one of the main reasons the Detroit Tigers traded all-star baseball player Ron LeFlore in December 1979 was because of his palling around too much with local gangsters, specifically a man known as “Big Frank Nitti.” After six seasons in a Tigers uniform, LeFlore, a native of the Motor City, fan favorite and aCONTINUE READING
Featured and Mafia and Mafia Insider and SportsOctober 28, 2014 MLB Legend Pete Rose Gambled With The Mob Pete Rose and the Mafia When iconic Major League Baseball star Pete Rose bet on sports, he bet with the mob. Rose, who was hit with a lifetime ban from baseball after it was discovered he wagered on games he was involved in as a manager with the Cincinnati Reds in the late 1980s, placedCONTINUE READING
Featured and Midwest and SportsOctober 16, 2014 Kansas City Royals Drug Probe Accompanied Success in 1980s The Kansas City Royals are in the World Series for the first time in almost three decades. People in KC feel like it’s the 1980s all over again, back when the Royals were perennial contenders for the crown (eventually raising a Series banner in 1985 with the likes of Hall of Famer George Brett andCONTINUE READING
