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Australian basketballer Jesse Wagstaff is one win away from back-to-back Commonwealth gold, albeit in different versions of the six-time NBL champion's sport.

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Bill Russell's legacy of NBA championships and cerebral fight for equal rights

On May 1, 1968, Bill Russell led the Boston Celtics to another NBA championship, triumphing over the rival Los Angeles Lakers.

The Conversation

Michigan State basketball trending for 4-star SG Gehrig Normand

Michigan State basketball is trending for a 4-star shooting guard in the 2023 recruiting class

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Michigan State basketball hires new Director of Recruiting

Tom Izzo has his new Director of Recruiting

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Ohio State basketball to open Maui Invitational with San Diego State

Ohio State will take on the Aztecs of San Diego State to open the Maui Invitational. #GoBucks

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Ohio State basketball’s first round Maui Invitational opponent announced

Who is coming with me? #GoBucks

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Bill Russell was the NBA’s king of championship rings – and far more important matters

The basketball legend, who died Sunday aged 88, was doggedly committed to using his platform to amplify his political actions, setting a template for today’s athlete activists

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Morning Joe host tears into Trump over Brittney Griner criticism: ‘What a heinous human being’

‘You cannot help but wonder if he’s saying that because she’s a black basketball player’

The Independent UK

Manchester Giants head coach hopes for less British 'unicorns' in NBA as new challenge awaits

EXCLUSIVE: New Manchester Giants head coach and general manager Vince Macaulay talks to Mirror Sport about his new challenge, the decision to remove the BBL's salary cap, the future of British basketball and more

Daily Mirror

What happened to WNBA star Brittney Griner and why is she detained in Russia?

Basketball icon has been detained in Moscow for five months and counting

The Independent UK

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…

Tribune News Service

Evolving college basketball landscape is forcing coaches to adapt ... or ‘get out’

Mark Turgeon and Chris Mack had the kind of college basketball jobs at Maryland and Louisville, respectively, that you don’t walk away from. Yet both made the rare move of leaving Power 5 conference men’s basketball jobs in season.

Tribune News Service

As a racial justice activist, NBA great Bill Russell was a legend off the court

Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell was a civil rights trailblazer, before, during and after his basketball career. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011 for his activism efforts.

WEKU

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…

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Matt Calkins: Bill Russell may have been team sports’ greatest winner, but that’s only part of why people are celebrating his life

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.

Los Angeles Times

Bill Plaschke: Jerry West remembers Bill Russell as a 'difference maker' on par with Jackie Robinson

Los Angeles booed him. Los Angeles jeered him. Los Angeles hated him.

AAP

Finals time for Australia's 3x3 teams

A loss to England has left Australia's 3x3 men's basketball team in a quarter-final against Kenya, while the women progressed directly to the final four.

ABC News

Beach parties, street ball and summer vibes: Let the good times roll at the Commonwealth Games

The sun came out and the fans followed, as Australia's women enjoy their outings in 3x3 basketball and beach volleyball.

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Ohio State Women’s basketball to play home and away with Tennessee

The Lady Volunteers will travel to Columbus later this year. #GoBucks

Sports Illustrated

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.

The Independent UK

Appreciation: Bill Russell lived a life like very few others

Bill Russell lived a life that was full even when his many basketball accomplishments aren't factored into his story

Sports Illustrated

Sports World Honors 11-Time NBA Champion Bill Russell

The basketball legend and civil rights pioneer died Sunday at the age of 88.

WEKU

Bill Russell, basketball legend with record 11 NBA titles, dies at 88

Bill Russell was one of basketball's all-time greats. He won a record 11 NBA titles, all with the Boston Celtics. But his dominance didn't stop off the court — he was a voice for racial justice, too.

WEKU

Bill Russell, Basketball Great With Record 11 NBA Titles, Dies At 88

Miami Herald

Heat’s Bam Adebayo hopes to follow in Udonis Haslem’s footsteps and become ‘Mr. 305 2.0’

MIAMI — Forward Udonis Haslem was born in Miami, center Bam Adebayo wasn’t. But as the 25-year-old Adebayo prepares for his sixth season with the Miami Heat, he hopes to follow in Haslem’s footsteps as a leading community presence and voice in South Florida.

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