Sports
Your first thoughts, naturally, are for the parents, Lonise Bias and her husband James, aching as they get ready to bury a second son long before his time.
Dec. 6, 1990
These have been trying times for A.
Nov. 23, 1986
Len Bias obtained $21,000 in personal loans this spring, and his family is faced with repaying those debts, as well as funeral expenses, according to representatives of the Maryland basketball star who died June 19 of cardiac arrest induced by cocaine intoxication.
July 5, 1986
The parents of University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias will testify before a grand jury investigating the circumstances surrounding their son’s death from cocaine intoxication, their attorney said Wednesday.
July 24, 1986
Television
Premiering Monday as part of the PBS documentary series “Independent Lens,” Llewellyn Smith’s “American Denial” takes a social-scientific look at the cognitive dissonance that is American race relations.
Feb. 23, 2015
Olympics
Pounding the sports beat ...
Feb. 22, 1989
Maryland’s basketball team has a very definite Bias, and stopping him will be the unenviable task of Pepperdine Coach Jim Harrick and his Waves, who will play the Terrapins and All-American Len Bias at 2 p.m. today in the first round of the NCAA tournament at the Long Beach Arena.
March 14, 1986
The parents of Len Bias went before a grand jury Wednesday to express their concerns about the investigation of their son’s death.
Aug. 14, 1986
Look out world, here comes Len Bias, the boss Terrapin from Maryland, now winding up his college career with an NCAA tournament appearance that isn’t expected to last long, although long enough to get the job done.
March 16, 1986
California
The grass atop his grave is more brown than green and the three bouquets left by his mother have long since been scorched and wilted by the sun.
June 23, 1991