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The Latest Breaking News from William Felton Russell

Who is the greatest Boston Celtics player in the Olympics of all time?

We'll give you a clue -- this one goes to 11.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Mike Bianchi: Michael Jordan? Puh-leeze! Bill Russell is the NBA’s G.O.A.T.

Shame on us.

Orlando Sentinel

Bill Russell: Basketball great who fought for civil rights

Russell was indomitable on and off the court and one of the most fascinating public figures to straddle sports and civil rights

The Independent UK

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Bill Russell obituary

Basketball player who won a record 11 championships and was the first black star player and first black head coach in the NBA

The Guardian - UK

Greg Cote: 11 NBA championships are not where Bill Russell’s legacy starts. A tribute to an epic life.

William Felton Russell made his living in a profession that judges success by an unequivocal bottom line: Winning. How much of that did you do?

Miami Herald

How the NBA Should Honor Bill Russell's Iconic Legacy

The Celtics enshrined Russell’s No. 6 among those that will never be worn again. The NBA should do the same

Sports Illustrated

Mike Lupica: Bill Russell was everything we could ever want an athlete to be

We will all talk today about the winning Bill Russell did in basketball, because he is the greatest winner team sports in America has ever produced. We will talk, and rightly so, righteously so, about back-to-back NCAA championships the tall, skinny kid from McClymonds High in Oakland won at the…

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Celtics and NBA legend Bill Russell dies at 88

Russell marched with Martin Luther King Jr., supported Muhammad Ali and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. The centerpiece of the Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years, Russell earned his last two NBA titles as a player-coach — the first…

Chicago Sun-Times

On Bill Russell, the Boston Celtics, and good trouble

Russell's greatness stems not from what he did on the court, but from what he did off of it in spite of what he could have lost.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Remembering Bill Russell: The Greatest Winner in Sports

The Celtics icon and 11-time NBA champion leaves a profound impact, on and off the court.

Sports Illustrated

Bill Russell, NBA great and Celtics legend, passes away at 88

The NBA great Bill Russell has died at age 88

The Hindu

Bill Russell: NBA's first Black superstar and civil rights activist

New York (AFP) - Bill Russell, a dominating center who won a record 11 NBA crowns as cornerstone of a Boston Celtics dynasty, overcame racism to become the league's first Black superstar and civil rights activist.

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