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that's according to a pr firm hired by the aau firm hired to take care of this crisis. dodd denied the allegations when confronted but the aau saw fit to tell dodd to leave his post and not return. george howe, they must have found something to force dodd out. do we know what that was? >> reporter: don, at this point that does seem to be the case. in fact, we are learning new details as we examine the time line of events. how long did this group know about these allegations before making the call to contact police? now, what we do know is that two men spoke publicly to espn outside t...

Teams with the boston celtics. he also was the first black coach in american major league sports. president obama began his remarks about bill russell by pointing out that bill russell didn't make the team every time he tried out for a team. >> when bill russell was in junior high, he was cut from his basketball team. he got better after that. [ laughter ] >> more than any athlete of his era, bill russell came to define the word winner. bull russell the man is someone that stood up for the rights and dignity of all men. he marched with king. he stood by ali, and i hope one day in the streets o...

Teams with the boston celtics. he also was the first black coach in american major league sports. president obama began his remarks about bill russell by pointing out that bill russell didn't make the team every time he tried out for a team. >> when bill russell was in junior high, he was cut from his basketball team. he got better after that. [ laughter ] >> more than any athlete of his era, bill russell came to define the word winner. bill russell the man is someone that stood up for the rights and dignity of all men. he marched with king. he stood by ali, and i hope one day in the streets o...

Teams with the boston celtics. he also was the first black coach in american major league sports. president obama began his remarks about bill russell by pointing out that bill russell didn't make the team every time he tried out for a team. >> when bill russell was in junior high, he was cut from his basketball team. he got better after that. [ laughter ] >> more than any athlete of his era, bill russell came to define the word winner. bull russell the man is someone that stood up for the rights and dignity of all men. he marched with king. he stood by ali, and i hope one day in the streets o...

He endured insults and vandalism but he kept on focusing on making the teammates who he loved better players. and made possible the success of so many who would follow. and i hope that one day in the streets of boston children will look up at a statue built not only to bill russell the player but bill russell the man. the bronx-born son of irish immigrants, john sweeney, was shaped by three things, his family, his mother was a maid, his father a bus driver, instilled in him that fundamentally american idea that through hard work we can make of our lives what we will. the church taught him our ...