Larry Petty stands like a weathered tree at a bus stop on the Capitol Square – bent at the trunk with a bad back, his right knee gnarled with injury, leaning on a crooked black cane.
Life’s harsh blows have left their mark on the 48-year old. But at 6 feet 10 and a half inches tall, he is as striking now as when he was a University of Wisconsin basketball star from 1977 to 1981.
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