Junior Bridgeman, businessman and basketball standout for Louisville and Milwaukee Bucks, dies at 71

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Junior Bridgeman, businessman and basketball standout for Louisville and Milwaukee Bucks, dies at 71

Mayor Craig Greenberg announced his death, saying the city had “lost a kind, generous and groundbreaking legend.” Junior Bridgeman, a […]

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