The Latest Breaking News from Bill Russell

There’s a reason for the simultaneous mourning and celebration of the lives of a basketball player and an actress, both out of the public eye for years. Nichelle Nichols, 89, and Bill Russell, 88, were born during the Great Depression into a society that defined them as second-class citizens simply…

"I always said you were my favorite player to watch," related the elder Celtic star to the younger.

Faverani played for Boston in the 2013-14 NBA season.

The worst chapter of Bill Russell’s otherwise charmed basketball life played out in Sacramento.

Russell is the very definition we ought to think of when one uses the word legend to describe an NBA player according to Maxwell.

Former Net and friend of KD Mike James heard from Durant himself that he did not expect to beat Boston.

Russell is among the most important figures of the last century for exactly the stances he took that drew the ire of that era's white Bostonians.

It is a known fact that Boston Celtics Hall of Fame big man Bill Russell did not get the love he deserved while winning championships for the Celtics as a player or a coach.

The former Lakers superstar appeals to commissioner Adam Silver to give the Celtics legend a permanent honor.