Bill Russell never hid how proud Larry Bird made him with all of his on-court success for the Boston Celtics.

Here's a look at the rivalry between Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain and how they matched up against one another.

The National Basketball Association is set to retire Boston Celtics great Bill Russell's number, marking the first time the league has retired a player's number. The move was announced jointly by the ...

While we cannot know what the legendary Boston Celtics big man Bill Russell might have to say about the city he helped raise to the winningest in NBA history electing to name a bridge after him, his ...

Nikola Jokic going down with a knee injury was bad news for the basketball world, but it was good news for Shai ...

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 ...

11-time NBA champion Bill Russell has passed away at the age of 88. Russell was an 11-time NBA champion, Five-time MVP, Two-time NCAA champion and Olympic Gold Medalist. Russell was the first Black ...

The late Bill Russell was never one to sugarcoat and he showed that bluntness during the 1972 NBA One-on-One Championship final when Bob Lanier of the Detroit Pistons faced the Boston Celtics' Jo Jo ...

"[His] extraordinary contribution to the sport is one thing, and then his extraordinary contribution as an activist is something else. ... Any issue, Bill was on the right side of it." ...

BOSTON — 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 ...

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 ...