Lenny, Lefty, and the Chancellor: The Len Bias Tragedy and the Search for Reform in Big-Time College Basketball

by C. Fraser Smith and Mr C Fraser Smith

Book Overview

"Where were you on June 19, 1986?That's the day when Len Bias, one of the greats of the college basketball game, a player seemingly destined for NBA stardom, died of a cocaine overdose.For the next several months, millions followed the continuing, unfolding tragedy at the University of Maryland at College Park.Six years later, where is big-time basketball--the big-money game whose vulnerabilities began to come to life with Bias's death?How far has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0963124609
• ISBN13: 9780963124609
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Bancroft Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A great account

This story was a great account of the turning point of college basketball, in which the view began to shift more towards the personal and academic side of the athlete as opposed to the athletic side. I would read it all over again.