Lue kiehtova tarina Bill Waltonista, koripallon Hall of Famerista, joka jätti jälkensä sekä kentille että sydämiin. Hän oli paljon enemmän kuin vain urheilija ja analyytikko.
Bill Walton, koripallon Hall of Famen jäsen ja rakastettu persoona, on poissa. Hänen lähes 7-jalkainen olemuksensa ja intohimoinen asenteensa tekivät hänestä ikonin niin kentillä kuin ruudun toisellakin puolella. Walton voitti kaksi NCAA-mestaruutta UCLA:ssa ja jätti lähtemättömän jäljen koripalloon. Hänen voitokas, mutta loukkaantumisista kärsinyt uransa johdatti hänet toiseen elämänvaiheeseen analyytikkona. Kollega Jim Gray oli 'murtunut' saadessaan kuulla Waltonin poismenosta.
Bill Walton tunnettiin myös Grateful Dead -yhtyeen innokkaana fanaatikkona. Hän oli suuri persoona ja häntä rakastettiin monien toimesta. Waltonin lämmin sydän ja hulvaton huumori tekivät hänestä suositun niin kaukalossa kuin sen ulkopuolellakin. Hän voitti kaksi NBA-mestaruutta ja oli myös maineikkaan ESPN-analyytikon roolissa. Waltonin poismeno jättää suuren aukon urheilumaailmaan ja fanejen sydämiin.
Bill Walton was never afraid to be himself. Larger than life, only in part because of his nearly 7-foot frame, Walton was a two-time NCAA champion at UCLA, ...
The sports world lost an icon on Monday as basketball Hall of Famer-turned-analyst Bill Walton died of cancer at age 71. Walton was loved by many, ...
(Reuters) - Bill Walton, a two-time NBA champion and member of the basketball Hall of Fame, whose brilliant but injury-riddled career led to a second act as ...
Bill Walton was never afraid to be himself. Larger than life, only in part because of his nearly 7-foot frame, Walton was a two-time NCAA champion at UCLA, ...
HELLO: Under normal circumstances, I would be writing today about the death of basketball and broadcasting legend Bill Walton.
With a towering stature of nearly 7 feet, Bill Walton's persona was larger than life. He achieved remarkable success as a two-time NCAA champion at UCLA, a two- ...
Remaining members The Grateful Dead paid tribute to NBA Hall of Famer and beloved Deadhead Bill Walton, who died of cancer on Monday at the age of 71. A.
Former NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton died on Monday, according to a league announcement. He was 71. Bill Walton: Wife| Mom| Cancer diagnosis| Sons| Who is.
Bill Walton, who starred for John Wooden's UCLA Bruins before becoming a Hall of Fame center for his NBA career and one of the biggest stars of basketball ...
He was 71. Walton won two NCAA championships under John Wooden at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and two more titles in the NBA, first with the ...
Wooden smiled. "Oh, that's Bill Walton," he said. The song ended, but Walton was just getting started. Still on the answering machine, just a voice coming from ...
Legendary basketball player and sportscaster Bill Walton is dead, the National Basketball Association (NBA) has announced.
Earlier on Monday, I was preparing an analysis of what was widely purported to be a “historic” agreement between the Power 5 Conferences and the NCAA.
Despite achieving notoriety as a basketball player and as a broadcaster, Bill Walton embraced unconventional definitions of personal success.
A redheaded hippie and devoted Grateful Dead fan, Walton was an acolyte of UCLA coach John Wooden and the hub of the Bruins team that won NCAA championships in ...
It was in October 2000, the day before John Wooden's 90th birthday. I was visiting with Coach in his modest Encino condo when the phone rang and the answering ...
Former Philadelphia Sixer Julius Erving, aka Dr. J, called Bill Walton "one of the sports worlds most beloved champions & characters" following the news of ...
I'm in my backyard suspended a few feet above the ground in this multicolored fabric hammock listening to flutes. Sun's out. Tiny fiery-red finches serenade ...
Bill Walton, who starred for John Wooden's UCLA Bruins before becoming a Hall of Fame center for his NBA career and one of the biggest stars of basketball ...
Basketball HOFer Bill Walton -- who led UCLA to two national titles, won two championships during his NBA career and went on to be a prolific broadcaster ...
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Walton, who won two national championships under John Wooden at UCLA, was the No. 1 overall pick by the Potland Trail Blazers in the 1974 NBA draft. He led ...
In a decade and a half of doing this, I've only conducted one sports interview in my life. In 2013, before Cal played UCLA in Haas, the Pac-12 contacted me ...
Dave Pasch, Mike Tirico, Kenny Mayne and more in the broadcasting world share their favorite memories of the one-of-a-kind Bill Walton.
Walton might have been the greatest player in college basketball history. He won two NCAA titles with UCLA and two more in the NBA (with Portland and Boston) ...
Walton would go on to have a very good career in the NBA that was sadly hampered by injuries. This included two NBA championships, including one with the Boston ...
Bill Walton might have been the ultimate San Diegan. While he went away to play basketball at UCLA and the bulk of his NBA career, he never missed a chance ...
Members of the Grateful Dead and its current offshoot, Dead and Company, shared their grief and love for superfan Bill Walton.
Basketball legend and ardent Deadhead Bill Walton has passed away. A decorated athlete who assisted the UCLA Bruins in winning two national titles before ...
When I found out Monday morning that La Mesa native and basketball legend Bill Walton had passed away, must admit I was surprised.
He won championships in high school, college (U.C.L.A.) and the pros (Trail Blazers and Celtics) before turning to TV as a talkative game analyst in the ...
Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann say fare thee well to NBA great Bill Walton, "the biggest Deadhead in the world."
I first met him Thanksgiving week of 1989 when LSU basketball coach Dale Brown brought Walton in to help then-freshman Shaquille O'Neal. I was the LSU ...
Walton was one of the NBA's greatest ever players and the leader of the Portland Trail Blazers during their 1977 championship season. His collegiate career at ...
It wasn't like he was a fan,” the drummer Mickey Hart said. “He was part of our family.”
Here's a look back at Bill Walton's storied life and career as a basketball player and broadcaster after he died on Monday.
It was back in 1995 or 1996 that Bill Carmody, still an assistant coach for the Princeton men's basketball team, came into TigerBlog's office and announced that ...