The NFL and the Mafia (Part 1 of 12)
The Frontline broadcast
On Monday, January 17, 1983, Frontline, a weekly news‑documentary series, premiered on the Public Broadcasting System, featuring a program entitled, “An Unauthorized History of the NFL.” Jessica Savitch, an NBC News correspondent on loan to PBS, narrated the one‑hour show, which criticized the close association between the worlds of profess…
