Christian Red

2 weeks ago | christianred.substack.com | Christian Red

Gateway Shopping Center, suburban Philadelphia, 1976. Movie theater options are: “The Bad News Bears,” “Midway,” “Logan’s Run,” and “The Omen.”(More) Stories with Street CRed is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

4 weeks ago | deadlinedetroit.com | Christian Red

This column first appeared on the substack for Christian Red. It is being republished with permission. His story includes details about now retired Michigan FBI agents Greg Stejskal and Bill Randall who led the steroid probe in baseball. By Christian Red “You guys are doing great work,” said the person at the other end of the phone call.

1 month ago | christianred.substack.com | Christian Red

(A screen shot of the March 17, 2005 congressional hearing that featured testimony from former slugger José “Canseco,” whose last name was misspelled on screen)“You guys are doing great work,” said the person at the other end of the phone call. (More) Stories with Street CRed is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

1 month ago | forbes.com | Clare O'Connor |Jackie Gutierrez |Christian Red |Keith Flamer

The son of a grocer, Ron Burkle started working at the market at age 13. He formed investment firm Yucaipa in 1986 and bagged big returns buying and selling supermarket chains Fred Meyer, Jurgensen's, Ralphs and others. Burkle primarily invests in private companies that support the food trade, in areas like logistics, cold storage and food safety. He has invested in tech firms including Airbnb, Uber and Foursquare, failed movie production firm Relativity Media, and the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins.

1 month ago | christianred.substack.com | Christian Red

The red No. 23 jersey was a blur on the television screen at my Hamilton College classmate’s home. A bunch of us had crammed into a car to drive off campus and watch a Knicks-Bulls tilt, and tip back a few cans of Matt, the cheap local beer from nearby Utica. But even with the tiny screen and grainy cable connection in upstate New York – decades before streaming services and flat screens – Michael Jordan had us glued.