Don Rogers' life transcended football. His death spawned Congressional hearings that changed our nation's drug laws, doubled the nation's prison population almost overnight, and led to drug testing, not only in sports, but in the workplace. His death changed how professional sports leagues and colleges deal with agents, and even reached all the way to the Colombo Crime Family and the mob.

About Author Sean Harvey

Sean Harvey is a freelance writer and editor who battled Sacramento legends and future NFL stars Don and Reggie Rogers on the courts and fields of their rival high schools, before going on to coach their sister, Jackie, in summer basketball tournaments around Sacramento. Later, while Don and Reggie became college stars elsewhere on the West Coast, Harvey became a two-year varsity letterman wide receiver at San Jose State University. He spent five years working in New York, primarily as a manager for Authors and Artists Group, a Manhattan-based literary agency. Harvey resides in Berkeley, CA.