11-time NBA champion and social justice pioneer Bill Russell returns to Washington DC to share his memories of attending the event and witnessing Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech.

Basketball legend Bill Russell was hospitalized Thursday after feeling faint while giving a speech in Nevada, the Boston Celtics said. Russell, 80, left the event at the Hyatt Regency resort in ...

FILE - Bill Russell grins at announcement that he had been named coach of the Boston Celtics basketball team, April 18, 1966. The NBA great Bill Russell has died at age 88. His family said on social ...

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 champion ...

There are new public displays installed on campus inspired by Russell’s achievements in athletics and leadership in social justice, and the main campus thoroughfare is now known as The Bill Russell ...