Jason Benetti and Bill Walton

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

During our "Be Chicago" telethon to raise money for United Way's COVID-19 relief fund for Chicago, White Sox play-by-play announcer Jason Bennetti spoke with the one and only Bill Walton. The eccentric NBA Hall of Famer provides wisdom, advice and humor in a wide-ranging conversation about Michael Jordan, John Wooden, the Grateful Dead, COVID-19 and calling a White Sox game together last summer.(5:45) - How Bill Walton is staying positive during this time(15:30) - Jason and Bill talk about the White Sox/Angels game they called together in 2019(23:55) - How Bill got through the toughest times in his life(32:00) - How the world can be better in the future

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0:00.0	Southside Legends are back on NBC Sports Chicago.
0:03.4	Every day at 4.
0:05.8	Relive wins from the 2005 season with White Sox Rewind.
0:10.0	Go to NBCSportchicago.com slash Sox Rewind for the complete schedule.
0:19.6	Hey, everyone's Chuck Arfine.
0:23.6	This is the White Sox Talk podcast brought to you by WinTrust.
0:29.4	Today, I'm turning over the podcast to Jason Benetti and Bill Walton,
0:35.1	who famously called that White Sox game together last season, and they were back
0:39.7	together for the show we did on NBC Sport Chicago called B-Chicago, Together We Can, which raised
0:46.6	money for the United Way's COVID response fund in the Chicago land area.
0:51.5	Bill is a Hall of Fame basketball player who has crammed a whole lot of life in his 67 years.
0:58.0	And while he's known for his uniqueness and irreverence, there's a lot of truth and wisdom in his
1:05.5	words that we can all use right about now. So I wanted to turn this into a podcast and share with you.
1:13.0	Bill's had a lot of tough times and setbacks in his life.
1:16.8	And here he talks about what it takes to, in his words, get out of the muck.
1:22.6	And at the very least, he's going to give you a lot of humor and inspiration as you go about your day.
1:28.1	You also notice that Bill refers to Jason, not as Jason, but as Maui Jim Beach Boy,
1:34.3	because they did the Maui Invitational Together in Maui Gym was the sponsor, and it stuck.
1:40.5	So there you go.
1:41.5	He spoke for about 40 minutes.
1:42.9	A lot had to be cut down for the show.
1:45.7	So most of this has never been heard.
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