Since first appearing in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd as a high school senior in 1970 , Bill Walton has been the subject of numerous features and profiles in the magazine.

In every room and every broadcast Bill Walton is in, he immediately becomes the center of attention. Such was the case on Saturday—well, sort of. “It’s amazing to be here at Saturday Night ...

Bill Walton was a young guy, and so was I. He was 22, the first pick in the 1974 NBA draft, taken by the Portland Trail Blazers out of UCLA where he’d been a two-time NCAA champion under ...

Bill Walton won a title with the Trail Blazers in 1977. Sports Illustrated via Getty Images Julius Erving, whose 76ers lost to the Trail Blazers in the 1977 NBA Finals, called it a “blessing ...

Bill Walton / Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports On Monday, the NBA released a statement announcing the death of Bill Walton after a "prolonged battle" with cancer. The Hall of Fame center was 71 years old.