Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Today in Sports History: Len Bias

On this day in 1986, Len Bias unexpectedly died, just two days after being the second overall selection in the first round by the Boston Celtics in the NBA draft.

As a side note, Brad Daugherty had been the top pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Here is an article from Keith Harriston and Sally Jenkins the following day published in the Washington Post.

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 Hospital in Riverdale.
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