Timonium MD
6-22-2026 9:57am

A Tragedy That

Len Bias: Remembering the person 40 years later

Since his death in 1986, the former Maryland star has been reduced to a tragic symbol. He’s more.

By Justin Tinsley, andscape.com

    Those of a certain age still feel Len Bias, the symbol.

    He was a local phenom who grew into the distinction. The hometown kid from Landover, Maryland, who went on to not only star at the University of Maryland, but also erect entirely new imagination ecosystems there.

    His battles with the University of North Carolina’s Michael Jordan became an immediate, godlike meeting of the minds that now lives on grainy footage via YouTube. His perceived destiny was to be the architect of an extended dynasty with the Boston Celtics as the No. 2 pick in the star-crossed 1986 NBA draft.

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