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...light of the death last summer of University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias from cocaine intoxication and the crisis in sports revenue that many smaller schools are facing, the Ivy League philosophy seems to be on the upswing, according to some athletic officials...
Keith Hernandez can be proud of cementing his reputation as Mr. Clutch. Jesse Orosco can be proud of the 10th hit of his career. Len Dykstra can be proud of being one of baseball's best gamers...
Held without a run in support of their ace, Dwight Gooden, in the first game of the playoffs Wednesday night, the Mets were ignited yesterday by Len Dykstra and Wally Backman. And the big hitters--Keith Hernandez, Gary Carter and Darryl Strawberry--applied the throttle...
Despite the backlash, many editors and law-enforcement officials regard the stories as long overdue. Says Chicago Tribune Editor James Squires: "Washington discovered the problem when Len Bias, a University of Maryland basketball star, died of an overdose. The rest of the country has been concerned for a long time." New York Times Executive Editor A.M. Rosenthal asserts, "This is not a press-created problem, nor a crisis made by politicians. Drugs are here." Los Angeles County District Attorney Ira Reiner argues, "The problem seems overreported only because it was massively underreported before...
These drugs kill people; they destroy lives and families. But on the same day that University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias died from a cocaine over-dose, countless more Americans abused alcohol. Some of those people died, others brought about the deaths of others. By suggesting that substance abuse flourishes largely among a segment of the population outside the mainstream, Reagan arms himself with painlessly-acquired political capital, yet ultimately misrepresents the problem...