The NBA family just learned this afternoon that Bill Russell, the 11-time champion and Hall of Fame icon of the Boston Celtics, who used that fame to further the civil rights cause in the United ...

BOSTON (AP) — Bill Russell, the NBA great who anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years — the last two as the first Black head coach in any major U.S. sport — and marched ...

Bill Russell, on the other hand, is the antithesis of ...

Today in Boston Celtics history, Bill Russell achieved an NBA Finals record by securing a total of 40 rebounds in Game 2 of the 1960 NBA Finals.