LOVERRO: Mafioso tells author his crime boss leaned on Unitas, Ali

A new book includes an allegation that crime boss Russell Bufalino knew Johnny Unitas and Muhammad Ali well enough to ask the iconic sports figures for favors -- requests that neither man, apparently, could refuse.

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