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Bill Russell and the Mount Rushmore of American Sports

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Bill Russell and the Mount Rushmore of American Sports

Aug 1, 2022
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We lost Bill Russell on Sunday — the greatest winner in American sports history. In Bill Russell’s life, he won two high school championships, two NCAA championships, an Olympic Gold medal and 11 NBA titles, two of them as the first Black coach in American sports.

My pal Michael Schur put up this fitting tweet:

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