from Keith Gave at the Detroit Free Press,
This excerpt of the new book, released March 20, is the third installment in a five-part series leading up to the Freep Film Festival, which opens with the world premiere of the "Russian Five" documentary on April 11 at Fillmore Detroit.
Jim Devellano reached down on either side of his chair and grabbed two heavy duffel bags, tossing them onto the desk that separated him from his visitors — an anxious young Russian hockey player and an interpreter commissioned by the club.