Bill Russell celebrates his second season doubling as a player-coach with an NBA championship, as the Boston Celtics defeat the Los Angeles Lakers, four games to two, with a 124-109 victory in Game 6.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, legendary coach and general manager Red Auerbach announced iconic Boston big man Bill Russell would replace him as head coach. Earlier in the season, Auerbach ...

Bill Russell, the NBA great who anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years — the last two as the first Black head coach in any major U.S. sport — and marched for civil ...

BOSTON (AP) — Bill Russell, the NBA great who anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years — the last two as the first Black head coach in any major U.S. sport — and marched ...

Boston Celtics legend and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Russell died Sunday at the age of 88, his family announced. Advertisement Bill Russell was Oakland. A proud city that has ...

Boston Celtics legend and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Russell died Sunday at the age of 88, his family announced. Advertisement Utah Jazz executive Danny Ainge speaks about the ...

Newly released FBI documents show Celtics legend Bill Russell was being shadowed by the feds for possible ties to the Black Panthers and allegedly gambling on hoop games. He was also interviewed by ...