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Today in Boston Celtics history: Russell gets NBA Finals-record 40 rebs; Glover draft

Today in Boston Celtics history, Bill Russell achieved an NBA Finals record by securing a total of 40 rebounds in Game 2 of ...

Bill Russell once vowed not to shave his goatee until Boston won first NBA championship: "I guess it's all right to take it off now"

Bill Russell was known for many things, including his signature goatee, which he had kept until his hair turned white. There ...
NBC Washington

Boston to rename bridge for late Celtics legend Bill Russell

A bridge in the heart of Boston is being renamed for Boston Celtics legend and civil rights pioneer Bill Russell, the city announced Friday. The North Washington Street Bridge connecting Charlestown ...

"His mother would let me take a nap in his bed" - Bill Russell once revealed he used to have Thanksgiving dinner with Wilt Chamberlain before their matchup

The rivalry between Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain, once the stuff of legend, is slowly fading from memory. Yet when we ...
The Gazette

Bill Russell, NBA great and Celtics legend, dies at 88

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 ...

Bill Russell

The NBA family just learned this afternoon that Bill Russell, the 11-time champion and Hall of Fame icon of the Boston Celtics, who used that fame to further the civil rights cause in the United ...