The Tao of Bill Walton
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
There has never been a sports broadcaster quite like Bill Walton. For more than three decades, the NBA legend has graced the airwaves with his unique blend of goofiness, passion, head-scratching analogies, and all of the Grateful Dead t-shirts. So, what can a reporter learn from a late-night conversation with the broadcaster who makes on-air references to everything from 50,000 year-old meteors to former Idaho Senator Larry Craig? The Athletic's Christopher Kamrani went to find out -- and found himself inspired.
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| 0:32.5 | For more than three decades, legendary NBA player, eccentric broadcaster and noted deadhead |
| 0:38.0 | Bill Walton has been filling the airwaves with peace, love, and stuff like this. |
| 0:42.5 | This is an excellent shirt, by the way. |
| 0:58.9 | I've got one of them. |
| 1:03.1 | The athletics Christopher Comrade recently spoke with the basketball legend, and he joins |
| 1:27.1 | us today to talk about Walton's evolution as a broadcaster. |
| 1:31.0 | He learned during an hour plus late night conversation with the 68-year-old, and what |
| 1:36.8 | else Bill Walton wants from life? |
| 1:39.1 | Bill Walton wants more music, more life, more swimming, more biking, more dogs, more everything. |
| 1:45.9 | And to hear a guy who's 68 and says that he lives in constant fear of having to retire |
| 1:52.3 | one day, I think that's invigorating for somebody who can get tied up in the day-to-day |
| 1:57.8 | grind of life. |
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