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While in college and before he became a superstar singer, Johnny Mathis introduced his friend Bill Russell to high jumping.

I didnt like Bill Russell. Back then he was an S.O.B.

Bill Russell was a star on the University of San Franciscos basketball team but faced some harsh days outside of game days.

A Hall of Famer who led the Celtics to 11 championships, he was “the single most devastating force in the history of the game,” his coach Red Auerbach said.

Years after he stepped away from the game of basketbal, Bill Russel’s complicated relationship with the city where he spent his career continued to burn so deeply that he decided to skip his induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.

David Glenn shares his deep-dive research on the amazing, undeniable, eight-decades-long connection between NCAA champions and the NBA Draft.

Despite all of the accolades, records and famous anecdotes about him, most people still dont know much about Bill Russell — the player or the person. Part of that is due to a lack of game film from his era, but part of it is due to his somewhat introverted (albeit with good reason) personality and negative opinion toward the media.