NBA legend Bill Russell's wife, Jeannine Russell, made a heartfelt admission while paying tribute to her late husband.

Fans have named and ranked the 10 best centers in NBA history, putting Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell 5th.

Five-time NBA Most Valuable Player Bill Russell died on July 31, 2022. He was born in West Monroe, Louisiana, in 1934. Russell helped lead the Celtics to 11 NBA championships and was the first black ...

Bill Russell will be remembered as a tremendous rebounder, legendary post defender and NBA Hall of Famer. But more than anything, he will be remembered as the greatest winner in basketball history.

Bill Russell’s widow, Jeannine, shared a heartfelt tribute to Jerry West after the news of the NBA legend’s death Wednesday.

USATSI Bill Russell, the 11-time NBA champion and a civil rights activist, died at 88 "peacefully with his wife Jeannine by his side," his family announced Sunday.

Bill Russell couldn’t shoot, but he knew how to take his defensive skills and use them to help that team. They had Bob Cousy, one of the great players of the '50s, but the Celtics did not win ...

Bill Russell is often shortchanged by those lists of the greatest NBA players, so leave it to fellow all-stars of his era Bill Bradley (“The smartest player that ever played the game”) and ...

The pre-Russell Celtics had their share of big names, from the coaching of Red Auerbach to a lineup with Bob Cousy, Bill Sharman and Ed Macauley, but Boston was just six games over .500 in the two ...

Bill Russell was born in West Monroe, Louisiana in 1934. He spent part of his childhood in the state, a state that was one of the most violent toward Black people.

Former NBA players Bill Russell (L) and Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. are honored during the 2017 NBA All-Star Game at Smoothie King Center on February 19, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Bill Russell: "He taught me personally that you don't have to sacrifice what you want to say as a man, from what you are invited to say as an athlete. There's room for both ...