https://www.blazersedge.com/2019/8/...n-50th-anniversary-bike-ride-with-bill-walton As the MVP of the 1977 NBA Finals, Bill Walton would often ride his bike to home games at Veterans Memorial Coliseum while fans would sit on their porches to wave to him and wish him luck – he even rode his bike to the championship parade. Take a bike ride down memory lane and Bike With Bill and the Trail Blazers, powered by Biofreeze, as they ride a portion of the Portland Bureau of Transportation Sunday Parkways Green Loop, ending with a special announcement and live music from Grateful Dead Cover Band Garcia Birthday Band at Terry Schrunk Plaza, where the 1977 championship parade concluded. Fans will bring their own bikes and ride together to tip off our 50th Anniversary season. The Trail Blazers have teamed up with Biofreeze to provide event participants with the chance to enter a giveaway sweepstakes to win one of five Blazers decaled bikes. Also, fans everywhere can enter via a social media promotion for a chance to Win Walton’s Bike – a special Trail Blazers branded Beach Cruiser with unique retro design to celebrate the 50th signed by Bill. WHEN: Sunday, August 25, 2019 Fans gather on Veterans Memorial Coliseum Commons: 2:00 p.m. Bike ride departure from VMC: 2:30 p.m. Arrive at Terry Schrunk Plaza: 3:15 p.m. Special Announcement: 3:30 p.m. Live Music: 3:45 p.m.
Sorry about that. I'm old enough to remember this: https://orhistory.com/archives/1434 “Will the guy who has my bike please bring it back so I can get home?” – Bill Walton, to hundreds of thousands of Blazers fans at the 1977 NBA Championship Parade, after his bike was stolen.
Maybe Bill is going to be the new tv guy and Calabro will be the new radio guy! Or Walton is the radio guy!
That would be a disaster. Bill is OK on occasion but having to listen to him nightly would drive me insane.
Bill is a wonderful guy....have had the pleasure to know him through mutual friends over the decades...he's the reason I became a Blazer fan ...I followed his career from San Diego to the NBA...one of his childhood friends growing up used to play pick up hoops with me at the beach courts in San Diego when I was in the Navy there. I watched him play on those courts and nobody came close to having this guy's talent..he's a legend....from my view he calls college ball games better than NBA games.
