Interference (90 page)

Sincere gratitude is further expressed to
Regardie's
magazine and its publisher Bill Regardie, editor in chief Brian Kelly, and managing editor Bob Vassilak, who played important roles in the publication of my February 1988 cover story, “The NFL and the Mob: Pro Football's Dirty Secret.”

And my additional thanks are extended to the members of my family, as well as Cindy Abrams, Merilou Baker, Ed Becker, Leonard Bertsch, Dick and Linda Billings, John Boslough, Peter Bourne, Howard Bray, Gervais Brekke, John Burns, Cristine Candela, Mark Carson, Buddy and Guta Carter, Judy and Tor Carlsson, Gene Cesar, Isolde Chapin, Mae Churchill, Kay Constantine, Chuck Conconi, Donn Cory, David Cross, Bob and Kaye Davis, Nancy Davis, Tim Davis, Michael deBlois, Chuck DeCaro, Vivian DeWitt, David and Penny Dial, John Dinges, Trina Duncan, Michael Ewing, Debbie Farris, Lou Farris, Rachel Fershko, Bob Fink, Arthur Fox, Gordon Freedman, John Friedman, Mike Gale, Ted and Françoise Gianoutsos, Jeff Goldberg, Angie Graves, Frank Greco, Jim Gross, Anne Grower, Robin Beasley Herbst, Bob Hirasuna, Jim Hougan, Pam Johnson, Walter and Helen Johnston, Lance Karkruff, Myrna Khalid, Mary King, Larry Kramer, Frank Kuznik, Chris Lancianese, Todd Lane, Bob Lawrence, Paul Levy, Neil and Susan Livingstone, Bob Loomis, Myra MacPherson, Matt Mahurin, Bob and Jan Manning, Don and Kathy Marteny, Tom Matuk, Lisa McCormick, Phil Melanson, Janet Michaud, Ethelbert and Denise Miller, Kristy Miller,
Luree Miller, Marsha Moldea, Mary Moldea, Larry Momchilov, Harry Moore, Rich Munsey, Don Murdock, Pam and Joe Nargie, Gary and Helen Nesbitt, Jo Nicholson, Noodles, Don North, Katie Oana, Jean O'Neil, Tom and Stephanie O'Neill, Ken Paff, David Pecchia, Mark and Nina Perry, Mike Pilgrim, Dan Porter, Susan Raehn, Peter Range, Barbara Raskin, Jere Real, Bob Reiss, Jim Retter, Vic Reynemer, Joan Rice, Rigo, Nick Roetzel, Stu Rose, Bryan Ross, Wayne Rosso, Tricia Rubacky, Richard Rymlin, Judith Saks, David Scheim, Curtis Seltzer, Frank Selzer, Jeff Stein, Greg Stone, Charles Sutherland, Joel and Margery Swerdlow, Jim Switzer, Marge Tabankin, Bill and Belle Thomas, Rhys Thomas, Jonathan and Margie Toth, Shelly Tromberg, Dawn Trouard, Judith and Les Turner, Merilou Vierheller, Jeff Wachtel, Jimmy Warner, Garland Weber, Herbert Wechsler, Danny Wexler, Herb White, Peter and Rebecca Whitmore, Marjorie Williams, Lee Wilson, Dick and Jean Wolford, Richard Wright, Cathy Wyler, Abe Zaidan, Bob Zangrando, and Anne Zill.

Also, in memory of my father, Mary Chima, Sue Davies, Jean Kisbac, Joe and Betty Madigan, Egberto Miller, Sam Pistrui, Earl Popa, Eli Utan, and George Vocar.

Finally, I would like to thank attorney Ronald Goldfarb of Washington, D.C.; Mel Berger of the William Morris Agency; my booking agents Bob Katz, Jodi Solomon, Karin Hauch, and Ellie Deegan, of K & S Speakers in Cambridge, Massachusetts; my personal attorneys, George L. Farris of Akron, Ohio, and John Sikorski of Northampton, Massachusetts; Janet Donovan of Creative Enterprises; my writing coach, Mrs. Nancy Nolte of Boulder, Colorado; William Morrow's Lori Ames, Thomas A. Bisdale, and Bob Shuman; and my patient editor at Morrow, Lisa Drew, who believed in and fought for this project from the outset.

About the Author

Dan E. Moldea, aspecialist on organized-crime investigations since 1974, bestselling author, and independent journalist, has published eight nonfiction books:
The Hoffa Wars: Teamsters, Rebels, Politicians and the Mob
(1978);
The Hunting of Cain: A True Story of Money, Greed and Fratricide
(1983);
Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA, and the Mob
(1986);
Interference: How Organized Crime Influences Professional Football
(1989);
The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy: An Investigation of Motive, Means, and Opportunity
(1995);
Evidence Dismissed: The Inside Story of the Police Investigation of O.J. Simpson
(with Tom Lange and Philip Vannatter, 1997);
A Washington Tragedy: How the Death of Vincent Foster Ignited a Political Firestorm
(1998); and
Confessions of a Guerrilla Writer: Adventures in the Jungles of Crime, Politics, and Journalism
(2013). He is currently at work on his ninth true-crime book.

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Copyright © 1989 by Dan E. Moldea

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