Fraser Smith

An analysis of the latest news from the presidential campaign, and tonight's debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney, with our political panel.

This conversation first aired February 22, 2012.

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Maryland lawmakers head back to Annapolis this week for the 2012 General Assembly session. WYPR reporter Joel McCord and senior news analyst C. Fraser Smith will be in the studio to discuss hot topics that legislators will tackle this year, including a possible gasoline tax increase, legislative redistricting, same-sex marriage and more. Plus: A look at Maryland Congressional races in 2012 and the Republican presidential primary campaign.

A look at stories from the region with the reporters who cover them.

Jim Astrachan, attorney: Currie verdict, Penn State liability

Fraser Smith, WYPR senior news analyst:  1986 Len Bias, Lefty and Slaughter

Eliot Wagonheim, business commentator: Cafe Hon, Whiting's mea culpa

Linda DeLibero, Midday film critic: DiCaprio as Hoover

Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of the death Len Bias, the former Northwestern High star and University of Maryland All-American who overdosed on cocaine at the age of 22, just forty-eight hours after he was selected by the Boston Celtics as the second pick in the NBA draft. We look back on what some say is one of the greatest tragedies in American sports history. With C. Fraser Smith, author of Lenny, Lefty & the Chancellor: The Len Bias Tragedy and the Search for Reform in Big-time College Basketball and sports commentator Milton Kent.