Russell, Bill (1934—)
In thirteen seasons as a professional basketball player between 1956 and 1969, Bill Russell played on a record eleven National Basketball Association championship teams fo...
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Boston Celtics center Bill Russell (born 1934) earned a place in the National Basketball Association's Hall of Fame as the greatest defensive player in the history of the league and one of the greates...
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It wasn't exactly the welcome wagon.The day William Fenton Russell's family moved from Louisiana to Oakland, Calif., the 9-year-old took a breather on the front steps of his new home. Suddenly, fiv...
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Greg Oden has been drafted by a trading card company, and will be on the same team as Bill Russell. A possible No. 1 draft pick, Oden signed a three-year contract worth at least $3 million Tuesday ...
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Today is Monday, Feb. 12, the 43rd day of 2007. There are 322 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born...
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The NBA's leading shooter had a field day in a game with no defense. New York forward David Lee was 14-for-14 from the field and scored 30 points, leading the sophomores to a 155-114 victory over t...
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Fifty years to the day after Boston won the first of its NBA-best 16 titles, the Celtics showed just how far they are from winning another one.Charlie Bell scored 24 points and Dan Gadzuric added a...
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LOS ANGELES, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Joe Torre, who rejected a
one-year deal to stay with the New York Yankees two weeks ago,
succeeded Grady Little as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers on
Thursday. "J...
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Dwyane Wade scored 37 points, and that still wasn't enough for the hapless Miami Heat. Brandon Roy led a fourth-quarter comeback Friday night and the Portland Trail Blazers won 98-91 to extend the ...
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Point guard Rajon Rondo had a season-high 12 rebounds, following one of them with a putback layup with 42 seconds left to give the Celtics the lead, and Boston held on to beat the Dallas Mavericks ...
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Vince Carter heard boos all afternoon. They couldn't ruin his return to Toronto for the playoffs. "I didn't come here to worry about the crowd and the response, I came here to win a basketball game...
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