Junior Bridgeman, a basketball standout who went on to an even more successful career in business, has died at the age of 71.

Here's is how the sports world, including those with Milwaukee ties, are reacting to the news that Junior Bridgeman died Tuesday at age 71.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Junior Bridgeman, a basketball standout who led Louisville to a Final Four, played 12 seasons in the NBA and then launched an even more successful career as a businessman with stakes in publishing, restaurants and the Milwaukee Bucks, died Tuesday. He was 71.