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When Bill Walton takes a trip with his bicycle and it doesn’t arrive with the rest of his belongings, the Basketball Hall of Famer can get a little grumpy. On Monday, Walton posted a photo of himself, a yellow bicycle, and his dog to Twitter …
Bill Walton might find himself viewed as an enemy among UCLA fans after turning on his alma mater by delivering a pregame pep talk to one of the Bruins’ opponents this week. Walton called the UCLA-Cal basketball game for ESPN2 on Thursday, a …
Don’t you just hate when you pay good money for tickets to an event and you get stuck behind tall people obstructing your view? That’s what happened to some unlucky fans at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, but at least they have an …
If anyone can relate to what Derrick Rose is going through, it’s Bill Walton. Long before there was Rose, Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill, Brandon Roy, or any other promising NBA star whose career was derailed by injuries, there was Walton. Walton …
Bill Walton was a riot while broadcasting the UCLA-Stanford basketball game on Thursday night. He went off on his typical tangents, ripped Bruins coach Steve Alford, talked about the Grateful Dead, and even mixed in Joshua Tree. At one point, Walton …
An Arizona basketball fan named Joel Laos has started an official petition to ban Bill Walton from calling Wildcats game. The petition, which is currently running on Change.org and is addressed to ESPN and the Pac-12 Network, pleads with Arizona fans …
Bill Walton became emotional on live TV while sharing the story of Washington walk-on Connor Smith during Thursday’s telecast of UCLA’s 91-82 win over the Huskies in Seattle. Smith, a senior from Wenatchee, Wash., was a standout at …
Bill Walton is a basketball guy. The two-time NBA and NCAA champion was one of the best players of his generation, and he has entertained us on numerous occasions as a basketball analyst and commentator. Just don’t ask him about football. …
Bill Walton had a night for the ages while he was calling the Pac-12 Tournament game between Washington and Oregon on Thursday night. Those who are familiar with Walton know that the NBA legend has never shied away from saying what’s on his …
Bill Walton looks like an upbeat guy who has everything going for him to those of us who are used to seeing him in the broadcaster’s booth, but that has not always been the case. Prior to 2009, Walton suffered through excruciating chronic back …
The morning after the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, a radio show invited Bill Walton on as a guest and then hung up on him. Any idea what city that radio show was based out of? If you guessed Boston, …
I remember watching Walton’s criticism of Shaq air on ESPN Sunday. I thought it was harsh and poignant, and most of all, accurate. I didn’t think much of it at the time because I was in agreement with Walton’s assessment. Well, come …
