Comments on: June 19 marks 26th anniversary of the death of Maryland star Len Bias

By: djungrady

djungrady — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:38:00 +0000

Read about the vast legacy of Len Bias in the new book, Born Ready: The Mixed Legacy of Len Bias, by former University of Maryland athlete, and longtime journalist and author, Dave Ungrady. Got to daveungrady.com for more info.

By: opiedamus

opiedamus — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 05:08:50 +0000

Most times I read and don’t post. I’m a former college hoops player and have love UNC hoops since I can remember…..I still have the Sports Illustrated, cover and all, of Len Bias. I worked on my baseline jumper, left side, til late in the night pretending to be Len Bias tying the game and sending it into overtime vs. my beloved Heels….of course, Jimmy Black hit the game winner.

Len Bias was a great talent, period end of story. I have seen cocaine use, at parties and such, and I can say without a doubt, his death made me always wonder why anyone would put themself in a situation to use it.

It scared me straight before I knew what straight was and I, to this day, miss watching him play…

By: tomtravis76

tomtravis76 — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:35:24 +0000

I was a young buck, 9, such a big Terps fan. Watching Bias was like watching a super hero play ball as a kid. He dominated. I say him play a bunch live at Cole. Going back and watching old footage, you see how athletic he really was. The NBA truely lost a potential game changer, who knows what the league history might look like, if he had lived.

By: 1historian

1historian — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:03:53 +0000

I was at work and when someone told me about it I just refused to believe it – they knew I was a huge Celts fan and I thought they were pulling my leg.

The Celtics have never recovered.

I always thought they should have done something about it – Johnny Most, in his inimitable way, says “This is it folks. The Celts are down by 1 with 2 seconds to go. D.J. inbounds to Bird, BIRD TO BIAS, BIAS SLAMS IT DOWN, THE CELTS WIN THE CELTS WIN!!!”

Then Bird says “This is Larry Bird – what you just heard will never happen. If you are doing drugs, please get help. Parents – if you think your kids are involved with drugs – get help.”

Something along those lines – I always thought they should have done that, but they never did.

By: yyyass

yyyass — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:44:00 +0000

I do indeed remember that morning. Calling my Dad from work to break the news to him. In that day a lot of people waited for the 11PM news to get informed. A few of us Terp fans in the office just sat stunned or phoned other fans around the territory, answered questions from people outside of the area when they called in on business…it was a big deal. Terp fans were crushed and didn’t then realize what was about to become of their favorite basketball program in the wake of his death.