Introducing...Hemingways's Picasso

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Sep 13, 20213:21Society & Culture

Steve Kough lived many lives. He was an NFL journeyman, a male model, and one of the most well-connected smugglers in 1980’s Miami, the “Drug Capital of the World." Kough collected many souvenirs from his adventures, but...

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