RAT IN A TRAP

Mark Rossetti: New England Mob boss who played from both sides of the deck

Mob Capo Mark Rossetti gets 12 years and is further revealed as an upper eschelon player in New England Cosa Nostra whose "controversial relationship with the FBI" one suspects may see him either freed or dead inside twelve.  The case also saw Rossetti associate Joseph Giallanella recieve two years for loan sharking and related charges. No doubt these guys are serious players who we will one day read about.
Ever vigilant Friends of Ours blog compiles a pretty good dossier on Rossetti and the FBI

More from the Boston Herald

Here's a Fox 25 podcast on Rossetti the rat


From Hollywood Goodfella


Here's some conversation on the topic from the ever colourful Gangster BB forum


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IRISH MICKY WARD

The slugger's slugger

Here he is, a random tribute, the "Irish" hand grenade, one of my favourite fighters of all time. There is not too much to say about Micky Ward. He lost a bunch of times and it has no bearing at all on his legendary status in the fight game. It wasn't really about the titles, it was about having a heart and balls the size of a mammoth, a green mammoth. The best thing is to watch full fights vs Emanuel Augustus, vs Alfonso Sanchez, vs Shea Neary, but most of all the famous trilogy against Arturo "Thunder" Gatti. Here are some highlights from that sublime concerto of slugging in three movements:

for a more interesting back story to Ward's career, his brother Dicky Eklund is one hell of a character too. He ran the streets in Lowell, Mass looking to score after having taken Sugar Ray Leonard the distance in  1978. Watch fantastc HBO documentary "High on Crack Street, Lost Lives in Lowell" then watch the Mark Whalberg biopic "The Fighter"

Got the time. Here is the full HBO doco

WILL WHITEY WALK?

Bulger squirms ... but who will have the last laugh?

Who would bet against Boston mob legend Whitey Bulger pulling off one last coup in his crazy charmed  life? I know he's one bad Irish SoB but I can't help hoping that he has the last laugh