Elk Grove High School’s boys basketball team are state champions. Someday, they’ll truly understand what this means. Bill Cartwright’s sure of it. His Elk Grove Thundering Herd teams were ...

Elk Grove High School’s boys basketball team are state champions. Someday, they’ll truly understand what this means. Bill Cartwright’s sure of it. His Elk Grove Thundering Herd teams were ...

Cartwright may be best known as the “man in the middle” for the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls of the 1990s, but the 7-1 center was born in Lodi and attended Elk Grove High School, where he ...

The Elk Grove Police Department said an internal investigation is underway after a man died while in custody over the weekend ...

66 - Bill Cartwright, Elk Grove, 1975. He of the feathery short jumper and inside post moves, Big Bill — all 7 feet of him — crushed Sacramento High.

Grew up with some bona fide legends. After memorable runs at Elk Grove High School and the University of San Francisco, Bill was selected third overall by the New York Knicks in the 1979 NBA Draft.

As a 7-foot-1 center, Bill Cartwright was a literal NBA giant. The Elk Grove native won five championships with the Chicago ...

Bill Cartwright joins Insight to share the story of his life and career - from growing up in Elk Grove, to playing in the NBA alongside Michael Jordan on the Chicago Bulls, to his current role as ...

Elk Grove High School’s boys basketball team are state champions. Someday, they’ll truly understand what this means. Bill Cartwright’s sure of it. His Elk Grove Thundering Herd teams were ...

After memorable runs at Elk Grove High School and the University of San Francisco, Bill was selected third overall by the New York Knicks in the 1979 NBA Draft.

Elk Grove, NBA great Bill Cartwright cheers on champs: Title ‘will carry these kids forever’ By Darrell Smith. Updated March 22, 2022 10:34 AM.