Watching ESPN's Documentary On Len Bias...

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Are you there yet? I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news, just before getting on a plane from San Juan, PR to TYS.
 
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volinasheville said:
Are you there yet? I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news, just before getting on a plane from San Juan, PR to TYS.
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Jay Bilas had it right a few years ago when he said an entire generation of basketball fans measure time by where they were when they found out Len Bias was dead.
 
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Brian Tribble may be one of the five biggest pieces of trash ever to walk the earth.
 
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Saw the commercial for this show yesterday when I was looking at the Muhammad Ali/Larry Holmes program.
 
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Between the Chucky Mullins thread and now this, a lot of sad memories being dredged up tonight. I remember the newscast announcing Len's death like it was yesterday.
 
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I knew the basics of this story and it was before my time, but I just watched this and it was without a doubt one of the saddest things I've ever watched
 
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I was born in 85, so I don't remember Bias' passing. I have read up on it over the years and can somewhat grasp the magnitude of the situation. I had never actually heard from Tribble before.Wow...P.O.S.! He sounded so smug.

What a tragedy....

I called my pops last night as the show aired and he switched over to watch it. He's nearing 50 and he can still recall what a dark spot in sports Len Bias' death was. He told me to imagine an incident like this costing EB his life. Thats how he equated it. He said that Bias was the beloved by most sports fans in the nation...not just regionally. Unimaginable.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Jay Bilas had it right a few years ago when he said an entire generation of basketball fans measure time by where they were when they found out Len Bias was dead.
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My uncle has told me his story about where he was when he found out about this and the details he includes are almost spooky. The impression it left on him was/is unreal. The only comparison I've ever heard is people talking about where they were when Kennedy was shot.

I missed this last night, I have to make sure I catch a replay soon.
 
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Not to sound preachy, but it's near impossible for anyone who wasn't round then to grasp the magnitude of Bias' death. Bias was better in college than Michael Jordan. Period. Would he have gone on to be better in the NBA? Don't know, but it breaks my heart that we never got to find out.
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wasnt bias a casual drug user? i wonder if the stuff he got that night was cut with something awful
 
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i was born in 88 so he was before my time. but watching his games and hearing stories abotu him makes me think he would have been just as good if not better then MJ. but no one will ever know.this guy i work with had a friend who was a heroin user. they said he did some heroin and died one night.turns out the heroin was cut with battery acid.
 
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jrobison said:
I was born in 85, so I don't remember Bias' passing. I have read up on it over the years and can somewhat grasp the magnitude of the situation. I had never actually heard from Tribble before.Wow...P.O.S.! He sounded so smug.

What a tragedy....

I called my pops last night as the show aired and he switched over to watch it. He's nearing 50 and he can still recall what a dark spot in sports Len Bias' death was. He told me to imagine an incident like this costing EB his life. Thats how he equated it. He said that Bias was the beloved by most sports fans in the nation...not just regionally. Unimaginable.
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me and my roommate were having this discussion last night. i was too young to really appreciate what happened, but i think EB now isn't even close to being on the same scale as Bias.

we figured (especially for maryland fans) that bias' death would be better thought of in terms of, 'what if peyton manning died'. Both top picks in the draft, both beloved by their friends and universities, and both destined for big things in the next level.

that was our thought, anyone agree/disagree?
 
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weezy potter said:
we figured (especially for maryland fans) that bias' death would be better thought of in terms of, 'what if peyton manning died'. Both top picks in the draft, both beloved by their friends and universities, and both destined for big things in the next level.

that was our thought, anyone agree/disagree?
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I think the Peyton Manning example is pretty spot on. I was only 13 at the time, so I probably didn't fully appreciate the magnitude of Len Bias, but even at that age I could tell that he was going to be a mega-star.
 
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Best college player of my life. The beating of UNC is one of my favorite games ever.

As a Celt fan, it was rough. Maybe the legend has gotten bigger than the man, but he was going to carry Bird's torch for at least a decade. Reggie Lewis hurt again not much later.
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