- From 1983 to 1990 he worked at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, filing investigative reports and covering the Atlanta Braves (1983-85), Atlanta Falcons (1985-86) and the NFL (1987-89). In 1987, he was given the George Polk Award for his reporting.
- Author of the 1991 book Playing for Keeps: How One Man Kept the Mob from Sinking Its Hooks into Pro Football.
- In 2016 he received the Pro Football Writers of America's Dick McCann Award.
- Began his journalism career at the South Bay (California) Daily Breeze in 1969.
- Received 18 awards in journalism.
- Served two years in the United States Army during the last years of the Vietnam War.
- Graduated from El Camino College.
- In 1978 he won the National Headliner Award for Investigative Reporting in all categories.
- Graduated from North Torrance High School in Torrance, California.
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