ESPN's 34th ranked story of their first 25 years is the
death of Len Bias. Enough time has gone by for this to become myth to
a lot of people, but it's very real. Bias, who was a freakish talent,
pretty much ripped the heart out of Maryland and, to a lesser extent, the
ACC. We remember seeing Johnny Dawkins on TV, traumatized, just playing
ball and telling the interviewer, "I thought the young man was virtually
indestructible."
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