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John Nardi (January 21, 1916 − May 17, 1977) was an influential associate of the Cleveland crime family who was involved in labor racketeering in Cleveland, Ohio. At the end of his criminal career, Nardi turned against his crime family in a bloody gang war.
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. Years active: c. 1920–present: Territory: Primarily Greater Cleveland, with additional territory throughout Ohio, Northern Kentucky, Western Pennsylvania and Western New York, as well as South Florida and Las Vegas, Nevada [1] Ethnicity: Italians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates: Membership (est.)
From wiseguys to wise men: the gangster and Italian American masculinities (2006) online; Hortis, C. Alexander. The mob and the city : the hidden history of how the mafia captured New York (2014) online; Reuter, Peter (Summer (Northern Hemisphere) 1995). "The Decline of the American Mafia" (Archive, Info page, Archive). National Affairs. No ...
The Rebels were an inaugural franchise in the BAA's first season. In their only season, the team went 30–30, finishing 3rd in the Western Division and losing in the first round of the playoffs, two games to one to the New York Knickerbockers, in its only season before going out of business on June 9, 1947.
Frank Milano (born Ciccio Milano; Italian pronunciation: [ˈtʃittʃo miˈlaːno]; February 27, 1891 – September 15, 1970) was a Calabrian emigrant to the United States who was boss of the Cleveland crime family in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1930 to 1935.
The term "Ohio Gang", while used as an epithet by some during the decade of the 1920s and subsequently, was embraced by others. In his 1932 memoir Harry Daugherty unabashedly declared: "...I was a true son of Ohio, the battle ground of the Nation. I frankly confess to a leadership in the so-called 'Ohio Gang' for about forty years.
The 1961 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1961 NCAA University Division basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1960-61 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The game was played on March 25, 1961, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.
The core of the United States national basketball team that participated at the 1978 FIBA World Championship was composed by players from Athletes in Action. [2] Athletes in Action has also participated at the William Jones Cup, an international basketball tournament held in Taiwan which featured both national teams and club sides.