Bill Russell had more N.B.A. championship rings than he had fingers and as many Most Valuable Player Awards as all other Boston Celtics players combined. But in the hours after Russell’s family announced his death on Sunday, N.B.A. players remembered him as so much more. Legend. Trailblazer. “Everything we all aspired to be,” Isiah Thomas,
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — We’re about halfway through the 2021-22 NBA season, and its safe to say at this point that the Cavaliers have continued to defy expectations. As of Friday afternoon, the Cavs are at sixth place in the tight Eastern Conference race with a 27-19 record. No team in the East has more than
When it comes to women’s basketball, there are inspirational stories to be found all over the world. The global nature of the game — which is fueled in part by the unfortunate scarcity of professional opportunities in the United States — brings with it a treasure trove of information just begging to be unearthed by