From 1983 to 1990 he worked at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, filing investigative reports and covering the Atlanta Braves (1983-85), Atlanta Falcons (1985-86) and the NFL (1987-89). In 1987, he was given the George Polk Award for his reporting.
Author of the 1991 book Playing for Keeps: How One Man Kept the Mob from Sinking Its Hooks into Pro Football.
In 2016 he received the Pro Football Writers of America's Dick McCann Award.
Began his journalism career at the South Bay (California) Daily Breeze in 1969.