Letters to Sports: Bill Walton was one of the great ones
Bill Walton was a life force like no other. He happened to also be one of the greatest basketball players of all time, but that…
Bill Walton had a different view of personal success and heroes
By every measure, Bill Walton was enormously successful, among the most decorated players in the history of college basketball and the NBA. But Walton had…
The Sports Report: UCLA and NBA legend Bill Walton dies
Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news. Newsletter Go beyond the scoreboard Get the latest on L.A.'s teams in the…
Bill Walton’s kindness and wonderful wackiness was a true gift
Fittingly, my favorite Bill Walton encounter involved only his voice. It was in October 2000, the day before John Wooden’s 90th birthday. I was visiting…
Bill Walton and the Grateful Dead: How the band shaped his life
Bill Walton was a proud Deadhead. The basketball great, who died Monday at age 71 following a prolonged cancer battle, was famously a huge fan…
Bill Walton, NBA champion and beloved broadcaster, dies aged 71 | Basketball News
Tributes pour in for Walton, a two-time NBA champion and basketball Hall of Famer remembered as ‘truly one of a kind’. Bill Walton, a two-time…
Walton Goggins on ‘Fallout’ success and his role in ‘The White Lotus’
A wave of dread swept over Walton Goggins on the first day of work on Prime Video’s post-apocalyptic drama “Fallout.” He was on location by…
Inside UCLA diner where John Wooden, Jerry West forged history
Jerry West had always been a taut rope emotionally, the aftershock of growing up with a physically abusive father in a West Virginia home so…
Bill Walton claims Chewbacca was modeled after him. Was he?
Bill Walton is tall. So is Chewbacca. Walton once had long hair and a shaggy beard. Chewbacca has hair all over his body. Walton has…