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11-03-2009, 08:04 PM
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| | VN GURU
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| Watching ESPN's Documentary On Len Bias...
I give myself 10 minutes before I start crying. | 
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11-03-2009, 08:15 PM
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| Are you there yet? I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news, just before getting on a plane from San Juan, PR to TYS. | |
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11-03-2009, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by volinasheville  Are you there yet? I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news, just before getting on a plane from San Juan, PR to TYS. | Jay Bilas had it right a few years ago when he said an entire generation of basketball fans measure time by where they were when they found out Len Bias was dead. | |
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11-03-2009, 08:19 PM
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| | Back On Tennessee Soil!
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| Sad sad sad. Great documentary | |
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11-03-2009, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by hatvol96 Brian Tribble may be one of the five biggest pieces of trash ever to walk the earth. | And he says he was the most mature guy in the room.
20 years of Celtics history was changed that day. | |
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11-03-2009, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by volinasheville And he says he was the most mature guy in the room. | Tribble is on a very short list of people who better hope they never find themselves standing on a train platform with me behind them. | |
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11-03-2009, 09:04 PM
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| I remember that, sad day in dc
86 was a messed up year | |
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11-03-2009, 09:28 PM
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| | Straight cash, homey...
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: In the briar patch
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| Saw the commercial for this show yesterday when I was looking at the Muhammad Ali/Larry Holmes program.
__________________ “He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.” Winston Churchill Quote:
Originally Posted by VOLS INC. I'm glad my destiny was to be a Vol, because everything else is second tier. | | |
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11-03-2009, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by volinasheville And he says he was the most mature guy in the room.
20 years of Celtics history was changed that day. | No doubt about that... a sad day indeed...been a celtics fan since the early 70's and as you said it changed the celts history! | 
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11-03-2009, 10:39 PM
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| | Voide of Reason
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA
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| Between the Chucky Mullins thread and now this, a lot of sad memories being dredged up tonight. I remember the newscast announcing Len's death like it was yesterday. | |
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11-04-2009, 01:52 AM
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| I knew the basics of this story and it was before my time, but I just watched this and it was without a doubt one of the saddest things I've ever watched
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11-04-2009, 11:18 AM
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| | Eric Berry > Bill Cosby
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| I was born in 85, so I don't remember Bias' passing. I have read up on it over the years and can somewhat grasp the magnitude of the situation. I had never actually heard from Tribble before.Wow...P.O.S.! He sounded so smug.
What a tragedy....
I called my pops last night as the show aired and he switched over to watch it. He's nearing 50 and he can still recall what a dark spot in sports Len Bias' death was. He told me to imagine an incident like this costing EB his life. Thats how he equated it. He said that Bias was the beloved by most sports fans in the nation...not just regionally. Unimaginable.
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11-04-2009, 11:25 AM
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| The Celts have just recently recovered from it. | |
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11-04-2009, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by hatvol96 Jay Bilas had it right a few years ago when he said an entire generation of basketball fans measure time by where they were when they found out Len Bias was dead. | My uncle has told me his story about where he was when he found out about this and the details he includes are almost spooky. The impression it left on him was/is unreal. The only comparison I've ever heard is people talking about where they were when Kennedy was shot.
I missed this last night, I have to make sure I catch a replay soon. | |
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