Len Bias to be inducted into University of Maryland's Athletics Hall of Fame

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"More than 28 years after his death from a cocaine overdose, the University of Maryland announced on Wednesday it will induct Len Bias into its Athletics Hall of Fame."

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Bias was 22 when he died. He was the school's all-time leading scorer at the time, with 2,147 points.

The executive director of the M Club, Kevin Glover, said his organization, which oversees the process, was aware of the sensitive nature of the issue.

"I just think the selection committee took a lot of time and effort to look at his stats, to look at his accomplishments while he was here as a student-athlete and we just felt like the time was right," Glover told the Sun. "We all know it's a very sensitive issue, a lot of changes were made to the university back in the day because of this situation. Once we discussed it and the votes came in, we decided it was time to move forward and honor one of our greatest student-athletes ever."

http://msn.foxsports.com/college-basketball/story/maryland-to-induct-len-bias-into-athletics-hall-of-fame-071614

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...sponsored by Pepsi, who warned Maryland Students never to touch coke.