Bill Walton, considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time and an NCAA and NBA champion, dies at 71.
Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let's get right to the news. From Ben Bolch: Bill Walton once said his dream Final Four field would include five Pac-12 Conference teams. He repeated the motto “Conference of Champions” on basketball broadcasts as if he was being paid by the number of references he could fit into one game. It wasn’t an act — it was Walton being Walton, as colorful as one of the tie-dye shirts the avowed Grateful Dead fan loved to wear.
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