If the team was to a pick a Mr. L.A. Dodger, the soft-spoken Bill Russell, a Dodger for nearly half a century, would have to be in that conversation.

"No, I didn't have an opportunity to talk to Bill until I got to college," Ewing recalled. "Because John Thompson and he are very good friends, and he brought him in to talk to the team, and he sat ...

*The recent passing of Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell prompted nearly every NBA team to retire his number six jersey. Russell joins MLB icon Jackie Robinson and former hockey player Wayne Gretzky ...

On Byron Scott's Fast Break, Norm Nixon used Bill Russell as an example of why today's athletes need to remember past greats.

The family of Celtics great Bill Russell was joined by local leaders and NBA greats Wednesday to celebrate the completion of the<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

A'ja Wilson's stepback jumper stakes Las Vegas Aces to commanding 3-0 lead in WNBA Finals over the Phoenix Mercury.

Something similar happened in Major League Baseball when Jackie Robinson's No. 42 was retired across the league. In MLB, the last player to wear 42 was Mariano Rivera, the greatest closer of all time.