Kansas City Royals History: Three Jailed for Cocaine - Call To …
Nov 17, 2016 · The 1983 drug scandal, where three members of the Kansas City Royals and Jerry Martin‘s former Oakland A’s teammate, Vida Blue, were sentenced to prison was just the tip of the iceberg. It was on this day in 1983 when we began to have a sense of how much cocaine had infiltrated the game.
Drug Dealer Names 13 Players as Cocaine Users - Los Angeles Times
Aug 21, 1985 · A convicted drug dealer has identified 13 American League players, including four Kansas City Royals who have been imprisoned, as cocaine users, according to a published report.
Kansas City Royals History: Three Jailed for Cocaine
Jun 30, 2017 · On this day in 1983, three members of the Kansas City Royals: Willie Wilson, Willie Aikens, and Jerry Martin, were sentenced to three months in jail for attempting to cocaine.
Three Royals players sentenced on cocaine charges 'messed up …
Nov 17, 1983 · Wilson was charged with placing a telephone call to a Johnson County, Kan., home to attempt to possess cocaine. 'That's exactly what he did, nothing worse than that,' Russell said. Both Wilson...
'Every Game, I Used Drugs': The Story Of Willie Mays Aikens
May 2, 2012 · Amy K. Nelson tells the story of former K.C. first baseman Willie Mays Aikens, who mixed cocaine with baseball and eventually landed in jail. He is now clean, working for the Royals again,...
A businessman and six other people pleaded not guilty... - UPI
Nov 18, 1983 · Mark Liebl -- one of the principal targets of the drug investigation - pleaded not guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to two counts of conspiring to distribute cocaine, a charge of...
Information from a cocaine probe involving members of the... - UPI
Aug 10, 1983 · TOPEKA, Kan. -- Information from a cocaine probe involving members of the Kansas City Royals, including recently released pitcher Vida Blue, will be presented to a grand jury within 60 days, a...
November 17, 1983: Wilson, Aikens, & Martin Jailed for Drug …
Nov 17, 2024 · From nationalpastime.com: November 17, 1983 Willie Wilson, Willie Aikens, and Jerry Martin become the first active players sent to prison for drug violations. The judge hands down three-month...
Former Royal Aikens Tells His Story - The New York Times
May 5, 2012 · Convicted in 1994 on four counts of crack cocaine distribution and one count of using of a firearm during drug trafficking, Aikens, a World Series star for the Kansas City Royals, said May 5,...
12 Indicted In Drug Case - The New York Times
Oct 19, 1983 · A Federal grand jury indicted 12 people today as a result of an investigation in which four current and former members of the Kansas City Royals had pleaded guilty of possession or attempted...