And if Jackie Robinson, Billie Jean King and Muhammad Ali are on the top of the Trailblazer Pyramid, Russell is just a notch below. So now, thanks to Obama (and folks like Cedric Maxwell and Paul Flannery, who wrote this terrific piece long before the ...
Russell was, and is, a Renaissance man in full. As the author and social activist Dave Zirin puts it: Bill Russell is on the Mount Rushmore of great athletes who made a difference. He's there with Muhammad Ali, Billie Jean King, and Arthur Ashe. ...
Bill Russell should forever be called "Mr. Russell." Rod Laver and Billie Jean King have more than earned "Mr. Laver" and "Ms. King." And can anyone feel right calling Sandy Koufax "Koufax"? What's so wrong with being old-fashioned, anyway? ...