Still, few duels can match the intellectual and physical chess match between Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain ... by the Harlem Globetrotters after college. After only a year, he transitioned ...

On this day in Celtics history, iconic big man Bill Russell was born, as was center Scott Pollard on a day the team traded ...

For Bill Russell, arguably the most dominant defensive ... idea of the NBA team having Black players," Russell said. As a college star from San Francisco, the 12-time All-Star had always battled ...

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 ...

Only seven teams in the history of college basketball have won an NCAA tournament championship with a perfect record. The first came in 1956, when Bill Russell averaged 20.6 points and 21 rebounds ...

"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 ...