Genesius Theatre presents a world-premiere production created by Broadway writer, Bill Russell, and directed by Broadway ...

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell shares NBA star Bill Russell’s challenge to us on Martin Luther King Day: “What are you going to ...

The rivalry between Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain was transformative for the NBA in the 1960s. Everyone was aware that ...

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 ...

William Fenton Russell was born in Monroe, La., on Feb. 12, 1934. His family moved to Oakland, Calif., during World War II, when the 9-year-old Russell started playing basketball. Russell didn't ...

As the NBA retires #6 across the league, several legends of the game share their most intimate conversations from Bill Russell. As the NBA retires #6 across the league, several legends of the game ...

Bill Russell was not just one of the greatest and most iconic basketball players of all time on the court, but his contributions off the court were equally, if not more, important. Russell ...

The NBA had its share of different hairstyles. Players wore everything from bald heads, to high-top fades to cornrows. But no player had perhaps a bigger impac ...

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 ...

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.