Bob Ryan alongside Gary Tanguay celebrate the life and career of the great Bill Russell.

TIMESTAMPS: 

0:35: Celebrating the life & career of Bill Russell

1:20: The day Bob Ryan met Bill Russell

5:16: When Gary interviewed Russell

10:00: Who Bill Russell was as an NBA player

16:30: Boston Globe reprinted Bob’s Russell story from 1999

20:00: Russell & Wilt Chamberlain after the “Balloon Game”

24:45: What Bill Russell stood for off the basketball court

28:22: Bill Russell’s first number retirement ceremony

33:34: Red Auerbach & Bill Russell’s relationship

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