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Despite flaws as broadcaster, Bill Walton will be missed in retirement

Phil Mushnick writes of Bill Walton, "There were times — lots of them — when I wanted to take care of his neck, especially when he spent too much on-air time being zany, tie-dyed Bill Walton, Steve Jones’ object-de-Op Ed." But Mushnick writes that while Walton, who retired from broadasting last week, "had a rotten, modest habit of obscuring the important things he had to say with extreme declarations and put-ons . . . for those who could distinguish the silly from the sage, Walton, every telecast, left important messages."
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One Response to “Despite flaws as broadcaster, Bill Walton will be missed in retirement”

  1. charles pierce Says:

    I think that Phil Mushnick is all my arse.

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