NBA legend Bill Russell dies at 88

By Jimmy Golen
Updated August 1 2022 - 6:13am, first published 6:12am
NBA great and Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell has died aged 88. (AP PHOTO)
NBA great and Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell has died aged 88. (AP PHOTO)

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 US sport -- and marched for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr., died Sunday. He was 88.

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