In 1962, the United States Department of Justice opened an investigation into the American Zionist Council, the parent organization of what would become the American Israel Public Affairs Committee known as Apac. The investigation was authorized by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, brother of President John F. Kennedy. The purpose of the investigation was…
February 12th, 1991, Catskill, New York. In Mike Tyson’s training camp, a hard-working young man had already been socially buried as too small for the girl he loved. And before the week was over, Mike was going to walk into a family restaurant and make her father face what real worth looked like. Dany worked…
You know, House Party is one of my favorite movies of all time and there were a lot of people in that movie that really made an impact and stole the show. I mean, Kid and Play did their thing. The late great comedian Robin Harris freestyle all his lines in the movie. He…
March 1995, Indiana Youth Center. The world had already buried Mike Tyson in prison, called him finished, called him a monster, called him everything except a man. And then Muhammad Ali walked in. By then, Mike had been stripped down to almost nothing. No belts, no ring walks, no cameras waiting outside, no crowd roaring…
Before the burial dirt had even settled, three well-dressed men were already speaking to a black widow like her husband’s death had become a bill problem. And Mike Tyson was standing close enough to hear every word. Mike came to the funeral because he respected the dead man. Calvane Reed wasn’t famous. He wasn’t rich,…
He was the king of Hollywood, famous for a devilish grin that charmed the world. But that smile was a masterpiece of deception, hiding a mouth full of dentures, a terrified boy from Ohio, and a heart shattered by a plane crash. He abandoned a secret daughter to save his crown, and joined…
March 18th, 1989, Las Vegas, Nevada. In a private casino lounge built for rich men to feel untouchable, one drunk owner was about to publicly humiliate a black legend in front of the whole room, not knowing Mike Tyson was close enough to hear every word. Mike Tyson was there after a long night. big…
When you talk about the greatest electric guitar players to ever walk the earth, a few names immediately command the room’s respect. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and B.B. King are often the first to come to mind. But if there is one man who took the torch of the electric blues, poured gasoline…
When Muhammad Ali walked on to the Dean Martin show on October 15th, 1969, nobody expected what was about to happen, especially not Elvis Presley, who was sitting on the couch preparing for his musical performance. What happened in the next 10 minutes became one of the most hilarious and talked about moments in…
A belligerent drunk interrupted Elvis’s concert, yelling insults and demanding he prove he’s a real man. Instead of having security remove him, Elvis did something that left the entire arena speechless. It was November 14th, 1976 at the Las Vegas Hilton, and Elvis was in the middle of one of his most energetic performances…
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