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| | Dixon has chance to cement place as Maryland's greatest |
 | | The memory of Len Bias forever floats in the rafters, a basketball god symbolizing the triumph and tragedy of Maryland basketball. | | | Len Bias turned his triumph into tragedy, but Juan Dixon did the hardest thing of all. | | | ATLANTA — Juan Dixon was creeping closer to the University of Maryland's scoring record, the 2,149 points belonging to the late Len Bias. |
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http://www.bouldernews.com/sports/marchmania/a331772a.html
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| | Drug WarRant |
| | The result of such reporting is extremely destructive to society (see Len Bias, or crack cocaine), and it's done strictly for ratings. | | | On June 19, 1986, Maryland University basketball star Len Bias died from an overdose of cocaine. | | | "All anybody in Boston is talking about is Len Bias. |
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http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/2006/03/22.html
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| | Courier Electronic Edition: Sept. , 1996 |
| | Len Bias' Mother To Speak At UF The University of Findlay will host an appearance Wednesday by Lonise Bias, mother of the late Len Bias, the University of Maryland basketball player whose drug-related death came just two days after his selection by the Boston Celtics in the 1986 NBA draft. | | | The University of Findlay will host an appearance Wednesday by Lonise Bias, mother of the late Len Bias, the University of Maryland basketball player whose drug-related death came just two days after his selection by the Boston Celtics in the 1986 NBA draft. | | | Bias received an honorary doctor of education degree in 1990 from Anna Maria College, Paxton, Mass. |
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http://www.thecourier.com/issues/1996/Sep/092196.htm
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| | Dixon has chance to cement place as Maryland's greatest |
| | The memory of Len Bias forever floats in the rafters, a basketball god symbolizing the triumph and tragedy of Maryland basketball. | | | Len Bias turned his triumph into tragedy, but Juan Dixon did the hardest thing of all. | | | ATLANTA — Juan Dixon was creeping closer to the University of Maryland's scoring record, the 2,149 points belonging to the late Len Bias. |
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http://www.bouldernews.com/sports/marchmania/a331772a.html
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| | ESPN.com - Page2 - Blues for Lenny and Cal |
| | Len Bias went to Northwestern High in the shadow of the Maryland campus, Hyattsville and College Park. | | | Michael Jordan did all the things he did without peer because Len Bias died two days after he was made the No. 2 pick in the NBA draft by the Boston Celtics, a pick that made Larry Bird happy. | | | But there was no bald eagle, no gaunt figure in the ear of Len Bias, no cage for him to stand around with the veterans of his craft and learn when to spin. |
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http://espn.go.com/page2/s/wiley/010622.html
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| | Remembering Len Bias, 15 years later: 6/19/01 |
| | Lonise Bias, Len's mother, delivered an emotional eulogy at her son's funeral that spun her on a career path as a motivational speaker in the crusade against drugs. | | | On June 17, Len Bias stood alongside NBA Commissioner David Stern on the stage of the Felt Forum in Madison Square Garden holding a Celtics jersey. | | | The question to Len Bias was always the same; so was the answer. |
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http://www.s-t.com/daily/06-01/06-19-01/c01sp091.htm
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| | Bancroft Press - Praise for Fraser Smith and Lenny, Lefty and the Chancellor |
| | This historical account of the events leading to the death of Len Bias and the subsequent responses of those whose lives were permanently changed by the catastrophe furnishes a healing balm. | | | In the Len Bias tragedy, he spots all the ironies. | | | "One fine spring day in 1986, Len Bias from the University of Maryland was first pick of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association draft of collegiate players. |
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http://www.bancroftpress.com/fsmith_praise.html
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| | Courier Electronic Edition: Sept. , 1996 |
| | Len Bias' Mother To Speak At UF The University of Findlay will host an appearance Wednesday by Lonise Bias, mother of the late Len Bias, the University of Maryland basketball player whose drug-related death came just two days after his selection by the Boston Celtics in the 1986 NBA draft. | | | The University of Findlay will host an appearance Wednesday by Lonise Bias, mother of the late Len Bias, the University of Maryland basketball player whose drug-related death came just two days after his selection by the Boston Celtics in the 1986 NBA draft. | | | Most of the other courthouse renovations _ with the possible exception of a planned new westside entrance _ should be substantially complete by the end of November, he said. |
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http://www.thecourier.com/issues/1996/Sep/092196.htm
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| | AllSports (tm) Rememberances of the Len Bias tragedy, 15 years later. |
| | Driessel, who led Maryland into the tournament for years, and who coached such great players as Len Elmore, Buck Williams and Albert King, was fired in the days following the Bias tragedy. | | | Just ask anyone who plays sports and stays away from the evils of drugs because of the lesson Len Bias taught us. | | | After all, he didn't give Bias the drugs to take, and he sure as hell didn't tell Bias, who days earlier was the third selection overall in the NBA draft by the Boston Celtics, it was all right to take cocaine. |
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http://www.allsports.com/cgi-bin/showstory.cgi?story_id=14062
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| | CelticsBlog.com - A Boston Celtics Blog » Blog Archive » Remembering Len |
| | Watching that video, what strikes me most is not how well Len Bias could play, it’s the smile on his face at draft day, and his joy at being drafted by an NBA team. | | | When Len Bias died, I was single and living in a house with a good friend. | | | I don’t know what Len Bias’ socioeconomic background was; I don’t know if he grew up in the ghetto or in the Swiss Alps. |
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http://celticsblog.net/blog/?p=1495
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| | Metro Pulse/Sports/Of Hostesses and Hospitality |
| | As was the case after the Len Bias tragedy, the time has come for some serious self-examination in college sports, only now focusing on the use of sex—and therefore the objectification of women—as a recruiting tool, especially in football. | | | Just as the death of Len Bias prompted a sea change in our attitude towards drug use in sports, let’s hope that this latest avalanche of negative press will shame the NCAA into measures that will make the ugly business of Boulder a thing of the past. | | | In June of 1986, the world of college athletics was knocked off its axis of complacency by the sudden death of 22-year-old University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias. |
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http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2004/1409/t_sports.html
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| | Mass News: Holyoke man first Bay Stater convicted under Len Bias Drug Law |
| | The "Len Bias Law" imposes a mandatory life sentence on drug dealers whose sales result in death. | | | (AP) A Holyoke man is the first Massachusetts person to be convicted under a federal drug-dealing law named for basketball star Len Bias, who died after he was drafted by the Boston Celtics. | | | Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Newhouse, who said Soler's is the first conviction of anyone statewide on charges arising from the "Len Bias Law," said Soler will be sentenced Sept. 20. |
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http://www.seacoastonline.com/2000news/7_4_sb1.htm
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| | Washington Post Archives: Article |
| | Tribble was charged with supplying the cocaine that killed the couple's son, University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias, whose death spotlighted a familiar American tragedy: a young life ended by drugs. | | | Just as Lonise Bias took up the anti-drug cause and became a widely traveled lecturer after Len's death, her husband has become an outspoken advocate of gun control in the wake of Jay's slaying. | | | Jay Bias, 20, a former high school basketball standout, was shot in midafternoon in the parking lot of Prince George's Plaza in Hyattsville. |
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http://www.lstamm.com/articles/042291.htm
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| | Heritage Sports Collectibles to Offer Historic Len Bias Collection |
| | Other pieces in the Len Bias Collection include his game worn shoes as a member of the University of Maryland Terrapins, and Celtic green Chuck Taylor sneakers given as a gift to Bias by Hall of Famer Larry Bird. | | | The Boston Celtics clearly had high hopes for this skilled power forward, presenting Bias with a jersey and cap at the NBA draft, which can be seen with Len in the hundreds of photographs flooding the newspapers following his death. | | | Bias, whose dominance of NCAA basketball earned him the honor of becoming the second overall pick in the 1986 NBA draft, died of a drug overdose just two days after being chosen by the fabled Boston Celtics. |
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http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/info/press/default.php?ReleaseID=942
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| | Suspect charged in drug death |
| | Richard Dinkelmann, 39, whose last known address was in Mayville, was arrested Friday night in Waukesha and was charged with first-degree reckless homicide under the Len Bias law, a statute many states adopted after the drug overdose death of the former Maryland basketball star. | | | This will be the first time a first-degree reckless homicide case under Len Bias provisions will be tried in Washington County, said District Attorney Todd Martens. | | | Bias died of a cocaine overdose almost 20 years ago, just hours after being selected in the first round of the National Basketball Association draft by the Boston Celtics. |
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http://www.gmtoday.com/news/local_stories/2005/May_05/05102005_06.asp
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| | Just then it flashes on the screen: "Len Bias is dead." It was the result of cocaine intoxication, they said. | | | I looked up on the screen, and it was still there: "Len Bias is dead." I looked around the room and all I saw was crying teenagers. | | | I told him how, late in the game, Bias hit a 15-footer from the left elbow, then darted in to steal the inbound pass, levitated in midair, and, without even thinking about it, threw down a two-handed reverse dunk. |
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http://www.citypaper.com/news/printready.asp?id=1621
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| | Bias law may jail man, 23, for life |
| | Luis De La Cruz was convicted under the Len Bias Law, a rarely used federal law named for Boston Celtics draft pick Len Bias, who died of a cocaine overdose in 1986, just two days after beng selected by the Celtics. | | | Because investigators were able to link the fatal heroin sale to De La Cruz, he was charged under the "Len Bias Law," where drug dealers face stiffer penalties if the drugs they sell result in death. | | | He was convicted by a federal jury in Boston yesterday for conspiring to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin that caused the death of Bryan Wallace, 21. |
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http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/20050513/LN_001.htm
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| | Lambda Chi Alpha - |
| | June 19, 1986 Len Bias was dead, of cardiac arrest, brought on by the use of cocaine. | | | Summer 1986-- June 17, 1986 Len Bias, twenty-two years old, University of Maryland All-American basketball star, Is the first-round draft choice of the NBA champion Boston Celtics. | | | Don Bogers obviously knew what had caused Len Bias' death. |
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http://www.lambdachi.org/reflections/docs/ref58.asp
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| | Marshfield News Herald - Defense: 'Len Bias law' doesn't fit homicide case |
| | It was shortly after the death of Len Bias, a 22-year-old NCAA basketball player who died of a cocaine overdose less than 48 hours after the Boston Celtics chose him with the No. 2 pick in the NBA draft. | | | Wewasson is charged with first-degree reckless homicide under a federal statute sometimes referred to as the "Len Bias law." Congress passed legislation in 1986 that included a provision to allow prosecutors to charge individuals who supply drugs that cause a person's death. | | | A judge dismissed one charge Friday against Carolyn Wewasson, the woman thought to be the first person prosecuted in Marathon County under the so-called "Len Bias law." Wewasson still faces a charge of first-degree reckless homicide in the overdose death of Wayne Thompson. |
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http://www.wisinfo.com/newsherald/mnhlocal/283885623186968.shtml
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| | Wisconsin State Journal |
| | The 1986 death of promising college basketball star Len Bias from a cocaine overdose heightened public concern about drugs and led to passage of overdose homicide laws across the nation. | | | Some critics of Len Bias prosecutions say that users are eager customers of drug dealers and know the risks of using illegal drugs. | | | In most Len Bias cases, he said, "users had a significant drug history. |
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http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/top/index.php?ntid=79502&ntpid=2
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| | Boston Celtics: len bias |
| | Len Bias was shown in some draft day photos (starring then-General Manager Jan Volk and then-coach K.C. Jones too)holding a # 30 jersey in his hands, so it's likely he would have donned that number in his Boston experience. | | | what number was assigned to len bias once he was drafted by the boston celtics in 1986. | | | You are here: Experts > Cities/Towns > Boston, MA > Boston Celtics > len bias |
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http://experts.about.com/q/Boston-Celtics-301/len-bias.htm
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| | Lincoln´s Legacy - J. C. Watts |
| | Len Bias was the first player taken out of the NBA draft picks about 8 years ago. | | | Len Bias tried this crack cocaine, his heart didn´t respond to it, and it killed him in a matter of minutes. | | | Len Bias was a power forward for the University of Maryland. |
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http://www.mpomerle.com/Politics/JCW_3_Lies.shtml
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| | The Sporting News: NBA - What could have been: NBA |
| | Santa Fe, N.M. I think Len Bias, who was drafted by the Boston Celtics, would have been that special player if it weren't for the drug overdose that took away his life. | | | Len Bias, who never actually played an NBA game is truly a tragedy. | | | Bias was supposed to spell Larry Bird and Kevin McHale, and that could have prolonged their careers and kept the Celtics on top longer during the '80s. |
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http://archive.sportingnews.com/nba/articles/20001016/266600-p.html
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| | USATODAY.com - Bias' death wasn't in vain |
| | Len Bias would have been 37 this year had he survived, wise enough, perhaps, to do that kind of mentoring. | | | Len Bias' death became more than a sign of the high-flying times, it became the central symbol. | | | Bias' draft class, long regarded as the worst all-around in NBA history, contained three other top 10 picks (AP) — Chris Washburn, William Bedford and Roy Tarpley — who washed out of the league within several seasons because of alcohol or drug problems. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nba/01draft/stories/2001-06-21-bias-litke.htm
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| | Doherty: Mark it Down and Count it |
| | Len Bias, days before he was to sign a multi-million dollar with the Boston Celtics, died of a cocaine overdose. | | | Len Bias, in death, will be your link to freedom and making proper choices. | | | This, according to Lonise Bias, is the worst of these six lies, the only one of the six that provides no second chance. |
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http://webpages.charter.net/sandyet/mickdoherty/sports/lenbias.htm
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| | Creative Loafing Atlanta NEWS LEFTY'S LONGEST SHOT |
| | He could have hung up his whistle after Len Bias died at Maryland or when he was canned at James Madison. | | | "Len Bias was a mama's boy until his junior year," says Feinstein, who covered Maryland basketball for the Washington Post in the 1980s. | | | At a news conference later that day, a distraught Driesell said Bias had been the "greatest player that ever played in the Atlantic Coast Conference." Stung by the tragedy, and embarrassed by the academic performance of other basketball players, school officials demanded Driesell's resignation four months later. |
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| | Boston.com / Sports / What might have been |
| | That's how old Len Bias would have turned today. | | | It is more than 17 years since Len Bias's brief association with the Celtics, and he remains the greatest "what-if?" in team history. | | | Bias was not only a great prospect but also the perfect prospect for the team he was joining. |
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http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2003/11/18/what_might_have_been
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| | Headlines@Hopkins: Johns Hopkins University News Releases |
| | He will chronicle the history of the University of Maryland men's basketball program spanning 1955 to 2002, describing how teams led by All-American players Tom McMillen, Len Elmore, John Lucas, Albert King, Len Bias, Walt Williams, Joe Smith, Steve Francis and Juan Dixon earned their remarkable 485-151 record at Cole. | | | He also follows the ups and downs of the basketball program off the court, from recruiting violations and the death of Len Bias to the post-collegiate success of the team's players and coaches. | | | Paul McMullen, sports writer for The Sun, will give a lecture, "Maryland Basketball: Tales from Cole Field House," at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 25, in Shriver Hall Auditorium on the Johns Hopkins University's Homewood campus, 3400 N. Charles St. in Baltimore. |
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| | ESPN.com - Dixon allows ghost of Len Bias finally to rest |
| | When Bias died of a cocaine overdose after the Celtics drafted him in 1986, Dixon was an 8-year-old with a resounding resolve, often hiding his parents' drug needles as he desperately tried to save them. | | | There was a connection with Bias that Dixon never understood until it was time to pass Bias' school scoring record of 2,149 points, until it was time to pass Bias as the greatest player in Maryland history. | | | The demise of Bias started the darkest days for the Terrapins program, pushing out Lefty Driesell, bringing in the bumbling Bob Wade and starting a spiral that left Gary Williams wishing he had never taken the job of resurrecting his alma mater. |
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http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=1363173&type=columnist
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| | Remembering Len Bias, 15 years later: 6/19/01 |
| | Lonise Bias, Len's mother, delivered an emotional eulogy at her son's funeral that spun her on a career path as a motivational speaker in the crusade against drugs. | | | Within two years of Bias' death, the school established an academic support unit for all athletes; implemented a policy barring regular-season games during final exam periods; instituted a random drug-testing policy for student-athletes; established academic performance requirements for student-athletes that are more stringent than NCAA requirements for satisfactory progress; and raised admission standards for athletes. | | | In the wake of Bias' death, Maryland launched an in-house investigation that eventually led to the firing of Driesell, an icon at the school. |
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