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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, June 24, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 24, 19b6 the stars and stripes Page 23 roaring through motor City it Start of sunday s Detroit position f Deli grand prix. The Itta bit speeds of 160 Mph is they Tore along the City it Titi. Nuil i Aryton Senna paste the spirit of Detroit statue re it an he Way la Victory in the formula one event. Mate thin 100,000 sow the race. Cocaine found in Bias car paper says College Park my up the White powder found in University or Maryland basketball Star Len Bias car has been identified As cocaine. The Washington foil reported sunday the Post quoting unnamed sources also said a teammate who tried to revive Bias after he collapsed in a dorm room thursday morning told medical person Nel that Bias had used drugs and Alco hol before i death. Neither Prince Georges county police nor Maryland stale police would con firm the report if and when we get the results of the tests they will not be released until the state examiner s autopsy report is made Public Prince George s county police spokesman Bob Law said. Al from Page 2t Pant under new manager Jim Fregosi. Chicago starter Richard Poison 5-7, went 6v innings giving up eight hits an four runs with one walk and four Sinke outs. Boy als 7, Angel 4 Kansas City to. Steve Balbo in hit a three run Homer and com Bank head rave up just two bit alter the first inning in the Kansas City Victory Over California. Brewera5,ttgera4 mjlwau1cee Rookie Mike Petti or ripped a line drive single to Nghil Field Wilh two Outi and the bases loaded in the Luxom of the ninth to score Pinch run Ner Rick Manning from third in Milwaukee s Victory Over Detroit. The Victory went to reliever Bob Gib son 1-0, who pitched the ninth. Rangers 5, is 4 Arlington Texas Gary Ward drove in four nuts with a single double and triple and keyed a three run Texas Leve Lii inning to rally the rangers Over Oakland. Results from the autopsy being con ducted in Baltimore May not be released for another week. Bias car was impounded Friday after Campus police bund the powder in plastic bag under the dashboard of the newly pure fated sports car. The powder was sent to a lab in pick vile my id bit Analysed. Bizis 22, the number two selection Overall by the Boston celtics in last tuesday s Aba Trail suffered cardiac arrest at about 6 50 . Thursday he was taken to a nearby Hospital where he was pronounced dead two. Hours later. The report said or. Amjad Rasul a cardiologist who was called in to treat Bias was told drugs May have been involved in the hours shortly before his death. I Wai told one Friend did mention there was drug use Rassul said. There was some partying drinking perhaps drug  the Post said one source said Terry Long the teammate who tried to revive Bias told a nurse or a paramedic that Bias had been using some  evidence of cocaine was found in a urine Sample at the Hospital where bios was taken according to published reports. Police said they would question Long and David Gregg another basketball player and dorm male who reportedly was in the room when Bias collapsed. Detectives also said they would Ike to question Brian triable who reportedly drove with Bias Early thursday morning to a Well known drug trafficking area in Northeast Washington. So far Long and Gregg have spoken Only through their attorneys and Tribbl Ehas offered no comment Al All. Police said no warrants have been is sued in he Case and that they Are Only trying to reconstruct the events thai Ltd to Bias death. A private funeral service for Bias was to be held monday at the  of Maryland Chapel where basketball coach Charles la fit Driesell was to deliver he Eulogy a Public tribute was to be held at 7 . Monday in the Cole Field hous Arena where Bias displayed the Talent which earned him the Atlantic coast conference s player of the year award for two consecutive years. Charlotte seeking Aba franchise Charlotte . As5 Busi Nessman George Shinn is scheduled to Fly to new York this icel to Lay Down a si00,000 application fee and formally make a bid to draw a National basketball association franchise to Charlotte by 1987,gov. Jim Martin Charlotte mayor Harvey omit Mecklenburg count commissioner chairwoman Carla Dupuy and other officials will accompany Shinn to his meeting with Aba com missioner David Stern. We re sending a signal that Down in North Carolina buddy we re serious about bringing professional basketball to this City and this state Shinn said Sun Day night. Chail Olte will join Minneapolis and Miami in bidding for an expansion team. The Aba s Board of governors will meet oct. 20 in Phoenix to discuss Possi ble expansion. Quite frankly we re behind Shinn Slid. We re the smallest of the three cilia. But in the 100-mile radius we re larger than some of the Aba dues  also is hoping to get one of three existing franchises hat May move. The league is rumoured to be considering moves for the Utah jazz the san Anto Nio spurs and the los Angeles clippers. Shinn said that unlike Minneapolis and Miami Charlotte has no profession Al sports teams that an Aba team would have to compete against for fans. The key is the season ticket sell Shinn said. We re going to give it  the ticket Campaign will begin in two weeks he said. We re Selling a dream Shina said. The More tickets we can sell the better our chances of getting a  Shinn s application includes information about the coliseum the team would play in the number of departures fro Chariotte Douglas International Airport to Aba cities and the population base of the area from which a team could draw fans. The team would play its first year in the 11.200-seat Charlotte coliseum. The following season a new 23, coliseum is scheduled to be finished and leased to the team by the City of Char Lotte for 1 a game. It s going to be one of the finest facilities in the  Shinn said. Thai will help us with the  Shinn said fans could easily be drawn from the nearly i million people i North and South Carolina who live with in 100 Miles of Charlotte despite the area s Rcpt nation As a hotbed of support for Atlantic coast conference College  Don t have an acc team in Char Lotte he said. People have to drive at least two hours to get to those games our Only Competition is television Charlotte hasted a professional Basket Ball learn in the Early 1970s the Caro Lina cougars of the old american Basket Ball association. They averaged 5,500 fans a game when the population of Mcl Ropal iian Charlotte was less than250,000. This in t the first Lime Shinn has tried to bring a professional sports team to Charlotte. He tried to lure a United tales football league franchise to the City but gave up when the league switched from Spring to fall to go head to had with the National football  sponsored two Usel exhibitions games in Charlotte drawing a total 33,000 people  
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