In a fantastic feature story that published on Tuesday night, ESPN's Ramona Shelburne reported this incredible detail: Luke's father, Bill Walton, would call him from a Grateful Dead concert to ...

Luke’s father, Bill Walton, would call him from a Grateful Dead concert to help celebrate. “Yeah, and he had [drummer] Mickey Hart in the background yelling at me that, ‘The rhythm is the ...

Bill Walton, the gregarious NBA star who became an ESPN commentator and was well known as a dedicated fan of the Grateful Dead, has died ... Adam, Nate, Luke and Chris. Luke Walton followed ...

Bill Walton was a proud Deadhead. The basketball great, who died Monday at age 71 following a prolonged cancer battle, was famously a huge fan of the Grateful Dead (and a tie-dye aficionado).