tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post115075453951690453..comments2007-06-19T04:46:31.313-04:00Awful Announcing-http://www.blogger.com/profile/02512793293145554219noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-45149216241942459072007-06-19T04:46:00.000-04:002007-06-19T04:46:00.000-04:00Great story, but the play was against UNC, the inbound the last play of the game with 7 seconds left..<BR/><BR/>I started watching Maryland in 74 with Steve Atkins (football) who was/still is great family friend..<BR/><BR/>Bias and Marino my favorites of all time..<BR/><BR/>Mark Roulley Virginia Beach VaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-84331677467331187032007-06-18T23:07:00.000-04:002007-06-18T23:07:00.000-04:00One of the storylines that seems to often be lost in the Len Bias story is how his death was directly related to the passage of the Federal Sentencing Guideline with their draconian drug sentences. It wasn't anything the Democrats were willing to push through until the Boston liberals lost their great basketball hope. The ensuing uproar from the Northeast directly facilitated their passage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-7341600454302037772007-06-18T21:57:00.000-04:002007-06-18T21:57:00.000-04:00Bias scored 41 in that game in Cameron, but the Terps still lost by double digits. They also lost to Duke in Cole that year, went 6-8 in the ACC that year, lost in the 2nd round of the ACC tourney and the 2nd round of the NCAA tourney (to UNLV). <BR/><BR/>Often forgotten in discussions of his individual achievements.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-63238388281120956322007-06-18T18:41:00.000-04:002007-06-18T18:41:00.000-04:00Great post, but it was Keith Gatlin (not Kenny).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-17728470667359534032007-06-18T14:08:00.000-04:002007-06-18T14:08:00.000-04:00that would be 21 years ago...or is my math not correctpootietanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03936260746830463644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-16233040334372105102007-06-18T13:55:00.000-04:002007-06-18T13:55:00.000-04:00Oh no! Simmons' didn't write the same piece that everyone else wrote about what a tragedy it was and how you could see poor people on tv! What a selfish bastard for writing something unique and personal!<BR/>I find it ironic that this commenter, within the same comment, refers to this post written about the author's memories of Len Bias as a 'great piece', while castigating Simmons' for relating things back to himself.<BR/><BR/>On a different note, it is a great post. Well done.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00718112047254673059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-46354867328543276492007-06-18T13:52:00.000-04:002007-06-18T13:52:00.000-04:00Great story. Cool blog, too.stoetenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11599405668168100016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-1153255142472920132006-07-18T16:39:00.000-04:002006-07-18T16:39:00.000-04:00Frog, I'm proud of you ---- Good articleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-1150820616606302042006-06-20T12:23:00.000-04:002006-06-20T12:23:00.000-04:00Great piece. Excellent point about Simmons: everything he writes relates back to himself. Katrina was about being robbed of his good Superdome memories. What a cunt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com