Topline Eleven-time NBA champion and civil rights leader Bill Russell’s jersey No. 6 will be retired across all 30 teams in the league, the NBA announced Thursday, one week after Russell’s death, maki...
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Stop Re-Writing History For Bill Russell, Muhammad Ali And Other Powerful Black Athletes
NBA great Bill Russell gets introduced to the crowd during the NBA Europe Live Tour presented by EA … [+] Sports on October 11, 2006 at the Kölnarena in Cologne, Germany. (Photo by Mansoor Ahmed...
Bill Russell—11-Time NBA Champion And First Black Head Coach—Dies At 88
Topline Bill Russell, who won a record 11 NBA championship titles during his 13-year career with the Boston Celtics and later became the league’s first Black head coach, died on Sunday at age 88. Form...