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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 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.
- Jeff Zillgitt
- NBA Reporter
Jun 21, 2023 · Despite being a 19-year-old in his first year on the team, Bias struck the more impressive figure, bigger and more athletic than Jordan, and a potentially more dominant force on the court. Jordan...
Jun 19, 2016 · In life, Len Bias was basketball's next great hope, contender for a crown that went instead to Michael Jordan. In death, he became a trigger for the war on drugs. Bias' 1986 cocaine overdose...
University of Maryland all-America basketball player Len Bias collapsed in his dormitory suite early yesterday morning and two hours later was pronounced dead of cardiac arrest at Leland Memorial ...
Jun 19, 2021 · Thirty-five years after his death, Len Bias’s story continues to resonate. By Scott Allen. June 19, 2021 at 5:16 a.m. EDT. Len Bias in 1985. (Joel Richardson/The Washington Post)
Jun 19, 2016 · Bias, who would have turned 53 in November, was 22 when he collapsed and died 30 years ago on the morning of June 19. The shocking story became a cautionary tale about the dangers of cocaine and a ...
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