Tag: Bill Russell
Russell Was a Champion of Activism Before Winning NBA Titles
Bill Russell never had to find his voice as an activist. He didn't know any other way but to speak his mind. It's what...
IN MEMORIAM: Basketball Legend Bill Russell Dies at 88
By Stacy M. Brown, Senior National Correspondent, NNPA Newswire
Boston Celtics Legend Bill Russell, one of professional basketball’s greatest players and the sport’s most crowned...
Shaq Thanks Kareem, Dr. J, Magic, Barkley, More In Passionate Speech
After the NBA honored the 75th-anniversary team, Shaquille O’Neal shouted out the people who helped him become an all-time great.
By Alex Kennedy, Zenger News
During...
Old statues of Confederate generals are slowly disappearing – will monuments honoring people of...
By Frederick Gooding, Jr., Texas Christian University
With most of the legal challenges resolved after the violent Unite the Right rally, and the statue of...
A Better Way to Compensate College Athletes
George E. Curry
Commentary
Athletes at Northwestern University shocked the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the governing body of college sports, by taking steps to unionize...
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