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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: The Len Bias Law (1986) w/ Adam McKay
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It’s June 20th. This day in 1986, news of the death of basketball star Len Bias is starting to spread around the country. Bias died of a cocaine overdose just days after being drafted by the Boston Celtics.
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