Or... the CEO twins are big pharma guys and the drug store owner is filling oxy prescriptions with very little documentation and the ex-MLBer is hooked, and the sportscaster is trying to break into real journalism by blowing the whole thing wide open...
And their kids play ball together.
maybe the reporter got a rent-controlled apartment and the CEO twins are resorting to a frugal lifestyle after overspending for too long and the local drugstore owner is actually a landlord too and also the mlb player wanted to be close to his buddies