After 16 years in politics, eight years as Jerseyville’s public works commissioner and eight years as mayor, Bill Russell wanted to get out of the political side, but still work for the city and area.

Russell nabbed 51 boards, Hondo played his last All-Star game, and Pierce played his 1st and last games in the Garden.

To be the greatest champion in your sport, to revolutionize the way the game is played, and to be a societal leader all at once seems unthinkable, but that is who Bill Russell was. Bill was a ...

But only one star was there for all 11 titles from 1957 to 1969. Bill Russell -- the prototypical defensive center -- was a champion from his rookie season until his last game in his last ...

He would not "shut up and dribble." Bill Russell was the most dominant basketball player of his era, leading the Boston Celtics to 11 NBA championships. But his experience as a Black athlete in ...

Shaq, EJ, Kenny, and Chuck remember Bill Russell. Aloe Blac performs to honor Bill Russell. Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola gives a stirring reading during the No. 6 court ceremony at the TD ...

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell shares NBA star Bill Russell’s challenge to us on Martin Luther King Day: “What are you going to do with it?” in the first days of the second Trump ...

"It wasn't a matter of Wilt versus Russell with Bill. He would let Wilt score 50 if we won. The thing that was most important to him was championships, rings and winning," says former teammate ...

On June 18, 1963, Boston Celtics star and Civil Rights activist Bill Russell addressed the thousands of students who gathered to protest educational inequality and segregation.