NBA legend Bill Russell passed away at the age of 88. He was one of the greatest to ever play the game of basketball and left behind an amazing legacy.

Russell taught the children to ride bicycles and let them pedal around for hours as long as they returned by sundown. There was a basketball hoop in the half-moon driveway, but Russell rarely used it.

Bill Russell speaks during the 2021 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of ... he discovered it was littered with references to him as ''an arrogant Negro who won't sign autographs for white children." ...

The statue shows Russell in his No. 6 Celtics about to make a chest pass, the basketball pressed between his palms. Around him are 11 granite plinths, one for each championship he won with the Celtics ...

Jeannine and Bill Russell had no children together, but Bill had three children: Karen (born on 20 January 1962), William Jr. (born on 2 November 1957), and Jacob (born on 6 July 1959), from his ...

Bill Russell was indomitable on and off the court and one of the most fascinating public figures to straddle sports and civil rights. He was intensely driven and innovative as an athlete.