Donnie Walsh on losing basketball game to Dr. Anthony Fauci: 'How did that happen?'

Posted Apr 16, 2020
Somehow, though Donnie Walsh still isn't exactly sure how, he's been plopped in the middle of America's most famous infectious disease doctor's basketball claim to fame. "I said, 'How did that happen?'" Walsh said in a phone interview. Sixty-two years ago, Anthony Fauci took his high school's 1-16 team onto Walsh's court -- and won. (Indianapolis Star)

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