How Bill Walton Touched the Life of ESPN’s Doris Burke | The Rich Eisen Show

I'm gonna throw a dart here and hope it hits the bullseye do you have a a good Bill Walton story anything from your history with Bill Doris yeah so my first um analyst game for ESPN in the playoffs was completely by accident I believe it was Tom Tolbert but I'm not 100% sure um the noon game on that first Saturday was up in Toronto and Tom I believe it was Tom was assigned to that game and his passport had expired or something so they sent me up last minute and I don't know Bill at the time and he and I just texted this to Luke and expressing my condolences to him uh I didn't know bille at the time but he had tracked down my email via ESPN and sent me this incredibly long thoughtful that was absolutely incredible you have you know I don't even remember exactly what I texted Luke I mean to me Bill Walton if he doesn't have the foot injuries would have been a top 10 player all time I mean I know he's on the 75th Anniversary team but just an incredible incredible player so I never forgot that email there's been so many people who have built my confidence over time you know players coaches whatever saying a word or two here and there that was timely that helped me feel like okay you can do this and I'm Bill Walton because of that note that he sent me that he clearly went out of the way he's just an incredible human being so you're saying your first NBA on ESPN playoff correct ass was last minute CU Tom tobert had passport issues and you call the game and Bill watched it took it in and just reached out Bill watched it Bill watched it didn't know me but but you know knew I was an employee of ESPN obviously got my email from somebody and wrote me the most beautiful note about the job I had done and the meaning behind the job I had done and I thought Bill Walton like took the time number one to watch the game which he's gonna watch He's was an enormous basketball fan of course um but then to take time to reach out to a colleague of his who he didn't know uh who was scared you know to death about the job I had done and yet you get one of the iconic figures in the sport reaching out to you so yeah just and then every time I saw him big hug laughs there's a picture of us he joined us they were Dave pass and I are calling um the anniversary of their you know championship team in he came over and joined the broadcast it's a picture of him it looks like he's sitting on my lap he's not sitting on my lap he's sitting on a stool right somebody sent me the picture the other day but he was just vivacious and full of life and kindhearted and you know a man of such character and I I was thrilled for the brief interactions I had with him catch the rich eyes and show every single day on the Roku Channel 12 to3 Eastern for free

Channel: The Rich Eisen Show

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Length: 2min 57sec (177 seconds)

Published: Fri May 31 2024