Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton dies at 71 after cancer battle. After winning championships at UCLA and in the NBA, Walton went on to become a color commentator for college and NBA games.

NBA legend Bill Walton dies at age 71 01:22. Bill Walton, the dominant college big man who won two NBA championships and later enjoyed a successful career as a colorful sports broadcaster, has ...

Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton, an all-time great champion in high school, college and the NBA, died Monday following a prolonged battle with cancer, the NBA announced. He was 71 years old.

Bill Walton, the basketball Hall of Fame center who won two national titles at UCLA, two NBA championships in Portland and Boston and later put the “color” in color commentator, died Monday ...

Bill Walton, who was one of the best college basketball players ever, won the 1978 NBA MVP award and a two NBA championships with the Portland Trail Blazers and Boston Celtics, has died Monday at ...

Basketball legend Bill Walton dies at 71 after battle with cancer In his post-playing career, Walton became an Emmy-winning broadcaster who was beloved for his on-air tangents.

"Bill Walton was truly one of a kind," NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. He was the NBA's MVP in the 1977-78 season and a member of the league's 50th and 75th anniversary teams.

Walton did not play in four seasons during his NBA career — 1978-79, 1980-81, 1981-82 and 1987-88 — because of injury. MORE: Celtics honored Bill Walton ahead of 2024 NBA Finals with tie-dye ...

Beloved basketball legend Bill Walton has died of cancer. He was 71. The NBA announced the Hall of Famer’s passing on Monday. The player and then longtime broadcaster faced a “prolonged battle ...