Before Russell, who died Sunday at age 88, developed the skills that would make him an 11-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics, two-time Hall of Famer and an Olympic gold medalist, he had a ...

Bill Russell, an 11-time NBA champion as a player and coach with the Boston Celtics and one of the most important figures in NBA history, has died at the age of 88, his family announced Sunday.

By retiring number six, the NBA is sending a message to all current and future players. It says that winning is important, ...

Even after he has left us, the legacy of Hall of Fame Boston Celtics big man Bill Russell lives on in the lives of the people he touched. With fellow NBA players, coaches, and executives, the fans ...

Gary Payton and Bill Russell emerged from two distinctly different basketball eras. Yet "The Glove" has always felt a deep connection to the late iconic NBA figure. Growing up in Oakland, Payton ...

While Russell had no negative comments about each of the players who have won the coveted award after him, the 11-time champion once admitted that over time, his perspective on the MVP had changed.

Bill Russell stopped for a red light in his shiny Lincoln.  Russell had recently delivered a third championship to the city ...

Against a player like that, I would make him shoot the other shots,” said Russell on his strategy against Kareem. “Now, he ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Completing the longest season of his basketball life, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished with a flourish Sunday ...