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Bill Russell, uas yeej tau sau tseg 11 NBA championship title thaum nws 13-xyoo txoj hauj lwm nrog Boston Celtics thiab tom qab ntawd los ua pab koomtes thawj tus thawj coj dub, tuag rau hnub Sunday thaum muaj hnub nyoog 88.
Yav dhau los Boston Celtic thiab NBA Hall of Famer Bill Russell nthuav qhia 2013 WEB Du Bois Medal rau … [+]
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Russell tuag nrog nws tus poj niam Jeannine ntawm nws sab, nws tsev neeg hais tias hauv tsab ntawv tshaj tawm hauv Twitter, tab sis nws tsev neeg tsis qhia txog qhov ua rau tuag.
Russell pib ua si rau Boston Celtics hauv 1956, thiab thaum lub sijhawm nws so haujlwm los ntawm kev ua si hauv 1969, nws tau yeej NBA Championship. 11 lub sij hawm-ib cov ntaub ntawv uas tseem tsis tau tawg - thiab tau raug hu ua pawg neeg muaj txiaj ntsig tshaj plaws tsib zaug.
Nws yog tus txhawb nqa lub suab ntawm pej xeem cov cai thiab kev ncaj ncees hauv zej zog thoob plaws nws txoj haujlwm, thiab feem ntau sib cav sib ceg nrog rau cov kiv cua ntawm Boston kis las.
Nws tau ua tus thawj coj ntawm Celtics rau peb lub xyoos kawg - thiab ob qhov kev sib tw - ntawm nws txoj haujlwm ua si, ua ntej qhia Seattle SuperSonics thiab Sacramento Kings.
NBA Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Adam Silver hu ua Russell "tus yeej loj tshaj plaws hauv txhua pab pawg kis las" hauv tsab ntawv tshaj tawm hnub Sunday, ntxiv tias Russell tau sawv rau "ib yam dab tsi loj dua li kev ua kis las" thiab pab cuam tshuam cov txiaj ntsig ntawm kev sib luag, hwm thiab suav nrog "rau hauv DNA ntawm peb. league."
Thawj Tswj Hwm Barack Obama nthuav qhia Thawj Tswj Hwm Medal ntawm Kev ywj pheej rau ntaus pob hnub qub William … [+]
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Russell yug hauv West Monroe, Louisiana, xyoo 1934, thaum Sab Qab Teb tseem muaj kev sib cais los ntawm haiv neeg. Kev ntxub ntxaug nws thiab nws tsev neeg tau ntsib thaum nws tseem yog menyuam yaus tau pab cuam tshuam nws tus cwj pwm hauv kev laus, thiab Russell tau hais tawm tsam kev ntxub ntxaug nws thiab lwm tus neeg ntaus pob ntaus pob Dub tau ntsib thoob plaws nws txoj haujlwm. Xyoo 1961, tom qab nws cov phooj ywg Celtics Sam Jones thiab Satch Sanders raug txwv tsis pub ua haujlwm ntawm lub tsev noj mov hauv Lexington, Kentucky, vim tias lawv yog Neeg Dub, Russell tau koom nrog khub niam txiv thiab ob peb tus phooj ywg Dub hauv. boycotting kev ua si exhibition teem caij tawm tsam St. Louis Hawks thiab ya rov qab mus rau Boston hauv kev tawm tsam.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/07/31/bill-russell-11-time-nba-champion-and-first-black-head-coach-dies-at-88/