Mobbed-up soccer hooligans create chaos in southern Europe
This summer, all eyes are on North America as Canada, Mexico, and the United States host the 2026 World Cup. The “beautiful game,” as soccer (or football) is sometimes called, tends to bring people together who otherwise would never cross paths. For instance, citizens of Lawrence, Kansas, welcomed the Algerian national team to set up their home base in the University of Kansas town during the global tournament. But the sport has a dark side, too. Though most fans only want to cheer for their team and enjoy the game, a small subset takes their diehard support a little too seriously, ...
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Alison Martino recalls her father’s Las Vegas
When singer Al Martino was a showroom headliner performing on the Las Vegas Strip years ago, the mobsters who ran…
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New film ‘The Alto Knights’ named for one of Mob’s many social clubs
The Alto Knights, the film written by Nicholas Pileggi and directed by Barry Levinson, is named for a once-prominent Manhattan social…
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New movie ‘The Alto Knights’ revives bitter feud between major mobsters
The newest Mob movie written by journalist and screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi, The Alto Knights, is his third major script focused…
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The bosses of the Mafia Commission were indicted 40 years ago
New York, like other major cities across the United States, faced waves of crime during the 1970s and ’80s. What…
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The top 5 organized crime video games
In the 1980s, video arcades loaded with coin-operated gaming cabinets were a common shopping mall destination for people with quarters…
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Legendary New York tabloid’s heyday included focus on Mafia stories
Beginning in the 1970s, the New York Post’s coverage of the Mob typified tabloid journalism during organized crime’s heyday in…
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‘Scarface’ achieves cult status with Al Pacino in starring role
When Scarface premiered in 1983, starring Al Pacino as a Cuban drug trafficker in South Florida, the movie was regarded…
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