European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. June 30, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 23 commentary Bias death haunts sports world the death of Len Bias the Maryland a America continues to haunt professional and collegiate sports. Perhaps it was he Liming two Days after he waste second player selected in the Aba draft cocaine killed Bias. Perhaps it was the potential scouts considered him the Mosi Complete player available in the draft. Perhaps it was the threat it cocaine can Kilt an otherwise healthy 22-year-old, a born again Chris Tian who had preached to his younger brother against using drugs it can kill anybody. It May hive killed another Star athlete Cleveland Browns free safety Don Rogers who died Friday in Sacramento Calif. Or. Joseph Pawlowski who per formed the autopsy on Rogers on saturday said that in the absence of any evidence of natural Dis ease or injury the Likely cause of death was drugs. The leading consideration with a person with no apparent underlying natural disease or trauma is Hal we Are dealing Wilt a probable drug overdose which has to be verified Rosico logically pwt Wiki said. A i a find contender ii cocaine. Bits death set off Shock Waves. The National co Caine hotline i-4h3ckjoca1ne, reported a 40 per cent increase in Calls after Bias died. It was a if there had been a sudden realization that drugs do not discriminate. Bias s Talent and potential did not count. His sudden wealth from a sneaker endorsement and Aba contract did not count. All that mattered was that within the Safe confines of a Dorrn room he celebrated his new Ca reer by using cocaine perhaps for the first Lime. And Wilhen minutes he died. Using cocaine is like dropping an atomic bomb on your brain said or. Arnold a Washlon director of the addiction treatment Center at new York s resent hot Phil. There is no predicting what dose will have what effect. There is no predicting whether it s the first Lime an occasional user or an addict. What we do know is it does not require a massive dose and you can die from snorting the drug not just from inject ing ii when you use it it s like playing russian  the problem a lots of people Are playing. Many of them spin the Cylinder and draw a Blank Bias Drew the Bullet. When i heard thai he had died cocaine Wai the first thing that crossed my mind Washton said. They said he had a brain seizure followed by a heart attack. We know cocaine has a profound a Flecion brain function. The seizure spreads 1o those areas of the brain that control heart rhythm and breathing. It can paralyse the control centers i three or four minutes without warning. Bias death says less about athletes than it speak Sid the casual attitude we have about his drug Washlon said. It a so ingrained in our society thai when something wonderful happen to us we have to enhance it and we think we can enhance it by using cocaine. What does that Tell us about our attitude thai we tee cocaine As a source of celebrating because of that he said there will be More Lea  that Prospect frightened Kevin Mcshate. Who would have been one of Bias Boston celtic teammates. Lenny Bias tragedy was a rude Awakening. Death sneaks no on you he said. We have to do something to decrease the chances of something like this occurring  Mchale said the All America s death made him witling to undergo drug testing and he has urged the Aba s players Union to support a Tough testing policy lefty Driesell Bias coach at Maryland Hopes the player s death frightens even More people. Ten Bias death has got to be a lesson in itself for athletes at Maryland and All athletes at other universities he said in about two seconds Leonard s life was snuffed out. It scares me and i Hope it scares everyone. On minute he was Happy excited. Then to conc said hey Leonard try this " Dricsoll said he was convinced Bias had not used cocaine previously. Now he s gone because of one mistake. Leonard went along with the gang and he paid the Price he said. Or. Allen sack a Sci dog professor at the University of new Haven says dial syndrome is nut unt usual especially in the insular wond of sports. The Len biases of College sports run in the fast Lane did sack. He played o. Notre Dame s undefeated 1966 Foo bae team. The kid was � celebrity just like John Bunshi and Richard Pryor. They got swept up in it so did  s a certain amount of peer pressure involved. It s like your lint Quirt of Beer in High school it s no Good for you. You throw up. But you do it because it s a masculinity rite a note of prs  also said he thought the reports of a casual attitude about academic at Maryland would have repercussions far beyond the College Park Campus. It s an embark Tabeal to big tone College sports because in opens up the whole athletic department sack Laid. No Cumes no grades to  the idly the team s academic adviser re signed. It a did owed out butt and four of the team s 12 players flunked Oil of school last semester. Time and time again we find the athlete in big time Colage sport who is marginal student at Best sack said this u comparable u the Georgia scandal where remedial Reading instructor Jan Kemp called mention to special academic treatment Watn Letexi but like the Georgia scandal the Bias scandal probably will soon be forgotten he said. Big time College sports win survive the  highly commercialized world of College sports is a strange bedfellow of the Aims and ideals of higher  might be destroyed though at least for White is the All America image fans like to have of their sports  heed heroes sack said. We create them far beyond what any Mere mortal can live up to. Most people realize that. They Don t live up tothe Rockwell painting the clean Cut image we d like to believe. People understand the truth. But they Block it out. Otherwise they could t watch. Bias shatters that. He forces us to Sec reality. We Don t want to see  hero is the image not the player. Players change. When the person inside the uniform believes the image the inflated View of himself he begins to lose his grip on , u the Case of Len Bias his grip on life. The Alec fwd pm Rogers from Page 21 Fet anal athlete. His physical condition was Excel  Pawlowski also said Rogers organs were congested with blood and fluids a condition often found in Vic Tims of drug poisoning. Base Don the finding which Are not new or unique unfortunately in our of ice or in coroners office around the county in Fiat opinion that we Are probably dealing with a Case of drug overdose he said but that has to be verified  Cal Wols. " drugs Are a leading Clasid cration statistically in this Type  he said. It s not definite but that would have to be the Way our attentions will be directed. Results of the toxicology lots would not be Avail Able until at Lead monday be said. Because toe tests Are not yet Complete the Coroner s office will not say the death is drug reined. Our Vilice still it not confirming it was drugs and won t in Tel it least monday de Smith Deputy Coro Norfor Sacramento county told up. Pawlowski also said there was no indication of Dion drug abuse or that Rogers used drugs taken by Needle sol Bob Burns spokesman Tor the Sacramento police department Aid investigation of Rogers death had been dropped and would not resume unless Evi Dence of drugs or foul play were found. Rogers a former a America safety at Urcla Wasto have been married saturday to Leslie Nelson 22, of Oakland Calif., who he nut at  Araik occurred eight Days after the fatal cocaine induced cardiac arrest of Len Bias a University of Maryland basketball Al America. The Boston celtics had picked Bias second Overall in the Aba draft. Refers went to a Bachelor party thursday night att be hum inn. Hotel employees described the party As a tame gathering of 2s to so men. Twins drop . From press dispatches Minneapolis Minnesota twins manager Ray Miller made sure Bert Blyleven left the metronome saturday night fading Good. By Leven ended a two game losing Streak and a string of bad outings when he scattered six hits Over six map and beat the Kansas City royals 7-2. Mcirby Puckett smacked in rib triple and scored on one of two Kansas City errors in the fifth to spark the twin. Puckett went 3 for 4 with a single double and triple. He scored two runs Hyt even 6-7, walked two and struck out five Over six innings. It was the right-hander1 pm Victory in the met Odorne since May 9 when he beat Detroit. Other than the one mistake pitch he made Home run to Lonnie smith1 thought he pitched Well. Miner said i pulled him in the sixth because 1 want Edbert to go Home feeling  Blyleven admits he s had some Tough outings. I expect perfection and when i can t tet it f press he said. "1 tend to try to win three games instead  Neal Heaton pitched three innings for his first Lave. Danny Jackson 4-5, took the loss. With two oat in the twins fourth Tim Laudner Fri Phi a 1-0 Pilch from Jackson 414 feel into the left Field seals Lor his sixth Humer of the season. The royals took a 2-1 Kad in the fifth. With on out buddy Biancalana beat out an infield single and advanced on a Gnu Dout. Lomie Smith then drove a 1-2 pitch from Bly Leveo into the left Field seats for his third Homer of the year. Smith has Hil safely in 14 of his last 16�arncs the american league record far most Home run allowed in a season is 43 set by Pedro Ramos of Wash in ton in 43 games in 1957. Bry Levea has Given up 27 this season. Al Roundup two royals errors and a wild Pilch helped the twins open a 6-2 Lead in the fifth Puckett tripled Home Mark Davidson woo readied on a fielder Choice with two out to tie the score 1-2. Mickey Hatcher reached second on a throwing error by Short Stop Biancalana allowing Puckett to score. After Gary Gatli walked Tom Finina Niky singled Home Hatcher. During Laudner Sal bal Jackson threw a wild pitch allowing Gatli to score from second. Bennu Nefcy scored from first on the play As royals Catcher Jamie quirk s throw to the plate went into the Kansas City dugong to make in 6-2. It just got away from us in that one five run in Ning Kansas City manager Dick Howser said. A was a decent game up until that  Quirt said he did t see the Loose Ball Al All. "1 just did t Block in the wild Pilch and 1 looked around and did t see it. Then they gel two runs that never should have scored quirk said. Puckett doubled with one out in the seventh an scored on Hatcher s single to open a 7-2 Lead. The twins were playing without first baseman Kent Hrbek the Al s slugging Leader Al .589. He is sidelined with a bruised right instep suffered Friday night. In other games saturday fed sox 7, orioles 3 Baltimore de Romero drove in three runs and Dwight Evani hit a two run Homer helping bos ton beat Baltimore and up its East division Lead to seven games. Dennis Oil can Boyd 10-5, scattered five hits Over seven innings before Bob Stanley slopped a three run rally in the eighth to record his 13lh save. Storm sea Al on Page 26