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Bill Russell, NBA great and Celtics legend, dies at 88
The Associated Press ^
| July 31, 2022
| By JIMMY GOLEN
Posted on 07/31/2022 11:43:45 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
BOSTON (AP) — 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 U.S. sport — and marched for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr., died Sunday. He was 88.
His family posted the news on social media, saying Russell died with his wife, Jeannine, by his side. The statement did not give the cause of death.
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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: 2; bill; billrussell; celtics; deadagain; obit; russell; sports
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
07/31/2022 1:37:46 PM PDT
by
big'ol_freeper
(If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him. ~ Sun Tzu )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
R.I.P. Bill...
You were a joy to watch on the basketball court...
(From one 88-year-old to another...)
To: SuperLuminal
You are correct, a joy to watch on the basket ball court and also a joy to watch off court.
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posted on
07/31/2022 1:59:00 PM PDT
by
KC Burke
(If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
To: Puppage
Heard on Red Sox game today in tribute to Russell: Between HS, College and the Olympics, he played 21 “winner take all” games in his career and was 21-0 in those games.
Add in the 11 NBA Championships, and he is the basketball GOAT. The man had game when it counted.
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posted on
07/31/2022 2:01:57 PM PDT
by
Ratman0823
(Always remember: "Figures don't lie, but liars figure")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Have to salute this great Celtic from the 1950/60s.
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posted on
07/31/2022 2:33:05 PM PDT
by
ReleaseTheHounds
("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher )
To: 3RIVRS
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Russell vs Chamberlain was always a show back then. I couldn’t name a half dozen NBA players today.
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posted on
07/31/2022 7:48:02 PM PDT
by
Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Russell John Havlicek
Wilt Jerry West
Downhill from there...
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posted on
07/31/2022 8:02:30 PM PDT
by
Varsity Flight
( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18)
To: Ratman0823
Just waiting for JJ Redick to diminish Russell's accomplishments, like he did to Bob Cousy.
I know that won't happen, Cousy was white, and an easy target. JJ will never work again if he tries that with Russell.
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posted on
07/31/2022 8:12:19 PM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
And now, the anti White, leftist media propaganda hurricane begins immediately.
To: Varsity Flight
RE: Russell John Havlicek
Wilt Jerry West
Downhill from there...
_____________________
Jerry West is still alive. Before there was Stephen Curry or Klay Thompson, there was Jerry West.
To: Varsity Flight
I recall Russell, Bob Cousey, Larry Bird, John Havlicek, plus another whose name escapes me. I had every NY yankee card from 50-62.
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posted on
07/31/2022 9:21:14 PM PDT
by
Lumper20
To: Lumper20
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posted on
07/31/2022 9:42:13 PM PDT
by
jy8z
To: jy8z
Think you are right. I recall that name.
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posted on
07/31/2022 9:46:16 PM PDT
by
Lumper20
To: 3RIVRS
I think he was one of the old NBA players who did a vax commercial.
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posted on
08/01/2022 12:03:35 AM PDT
by
Rdct29
(Democrats are the new Nazi's. They think they deserve total control over the people)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
While coaching the Seattle Supersonics, he married a white girl from the suburbs of south King County. I was buying gas in that neighborhood and he was filling his Rolls Royce right next to me, (self service) with nobody else around.
I said something quietly like "how's it going coach?", or something similarly innocuous but he gave no response whatsoever. Wouldn't even look my way. It was pretty cold. Great player, though.
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posted on
08/01/2022 7:19:41 AM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(Louis XVI of France and I share a common ancestor, but I still have my head.)
To: Vermont Lt
I don’t care one way or the other. But the go to comment here when ANYONE dies is to blame the vax. It’s old and tiresome and I was just being an ahole.
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posted on
08/02/2022 7:16:45 AM PDT
by
3RIVRS
To: 3RIVRS
No worries.
Every at 88 is gonna die “soon.” Lol. How doesn’t really matter much. (Unless they are pushed in front of a bus.)
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