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The NBA All-Star played eight seasons in Philadelphia. He was 80 years old.

PHILADELPHIA — It’s a testament to Bill Russell that one of the most underrated aspects of his life is that he revolutionized college basketball. His work and activism within the civil rights movement, his remarkable career with the Boston Celtics, his well-earned status as the greatest winner in North American…

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

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

PHILADELPHIA — Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell, who won 11 championships and helped usher basketball into the modern era, died Sunday at age 88.

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

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…

Before he played under him as a forward with the Sonics, and before he forged a lifetime friendship with the legend, Spencer Haywood remembers meeting Bill Russell after the Celtics played against the Pistons in Detroit.

The NBA great Bill Russell has died at age 88

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