Lewis Saga Continues

The Boston Celtics searched for Reggie Lewis’ stolen banner while a new development surfaced in the death of the star player: The Boston Globe reported most of the doctors who did an autopsy on Lewis do not believe he died from cocaine use.

The operators of Boston Garden offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who took the banner bearing Lewis’ retired jersey number.

Meanwhile, the Globe reported five of the eight doctors who performed an autopsy on Lewis after he died in 1993 do not feel cocaine use caused heart scarring that was listed as a contributing cause of his death.

The consultants, however, also could not agree about whether the scars could have been caused by the simple virus, Adenovirus II, that was given as the cause of death on Lewis’ death certificate, the Globe reported, citing unnamed sources.