May 27—Today's column fulfills a promise I made to Bill Walton. Not that we were buddies or anything, or that I have any extensive insights into his extraordinary life. But a promise is a promise. Walton, in the pantheon of great basketball players, college and pro, died on Memorial Day of cancer. In January, 2023, I'd been writing a number of columns on the exploits of Gonzaga's All-America ...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar paid tribute to his fellow UCLA basketball legend and former NBA rival Bill Walton, who died Monday, with a touching statement:
Bill Walton died on Monday at age 71.