An unmistakable 6-foot-11 inch example of embracing the here and now could be found this week perched on a stool in the fifth-floor gym of the Missouri Athletic Club.
Bill Walton, sporting a bolo tie and a polo that carried the logo of his beloved Pac-12 Conference — who else could pull off that combo? – wore a smile as big as, well, him.
Walton was on a basketball court, talking hoops with fellow basketball junkies. Life was grand.