The NBA icon built a legacy off the court as a voice for civil rights. Kyle Hightower | The Associated Press Bill Russell discusses his views on race and being a barrier breaker in the 1960s. BOSTON ...
FILE - Bill Russell grins at announcement that he had been named coach of the Boston Celtics basketball team, April 18, 1966. The NBA great Bill Russell has died at age 88. His family said on social ...
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 ...