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Leonard Kevin Bias (November 18, 1963 – June 19, 1986) was an American college basketball player for the Maryland Terrapins. In the last of his four years playing for Maryland, he was named a consensus first-team All-American.
Jun 21, 2023 · Len Bias turned from feel-good story to cautionary tale in the space of two fateful days in 1986. The young basketball player's death set in train two imponderable questions that sparked ...
Jun 6, 2023 · Len Bias was a college basketball star who died of cocaine overdose in 1986, two days after being drafted by the Boston Celtics. His death became a symbol of the dangers of crack cocaine and fueled harsh anti-drug and anti-crime legislation that disproportionately affected Black Americans.
Jun 26, 2020 · Len Bias was a star college basketball player who died of cocaine overdose in 1986, two days after being drafted by the Celtics. He could have been a Hall of Fame player and a challenger to Michael Jordan, according to Jay Bilas.
Jun 15, 2016 · Len Bias and his legacy (were) just basketball, and a lot of people don't know the impact his death caused — in so many peoples' lives around him and (those of) people who didn't know him or...
Jun 19, 2016 · Bias, who had shown so much promise at Maryland, was targeted for years by Red Auerbach as the Next Great Celtics player, the one who would take the franchise past the Larry Bird era. Instead, he...
Jun 19, 2019 · It is my Len Bias hat, and 33 years ago today, it transformed from a symbol of hope and possibility into a talisman of unspeakable sadness and tragedy. len_bias_hat.jpg For Celtics fans of a certain age, the image is seared into our memories, because it turns out it's all we would get.
