Bill Russell (basketball)

Bill Russell being carried off the court after leading USF to its first NCAA basketball tournament title in 1955.

William Felton Russell (born February 12, 1934) is a former American basketball player remembered for his central role in the Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in the 13 seasons that he played. His major contribution to the sport was raising defensive play to a new level; he is commonly considered the greatest defensive center to ever play the game.

Born in Monroe, Louisiana and raised in Oakland, California, the 6-foot 9-inch (2.08 m) tall Russell played college basketball at the University of San Francisco, which he led to NCAA championships in 1955 and 1956, including an impressive string of 55 consecutive victories. Russell was also the captain of the 1956 United States men's Olympic basketball team, which won the gold medal at the Melbourne Summer Games.

Russell played for the Celtics from 1956 to 1969, winning the NBA championship every year except 1958 and 1967. In 1966, legendary Celtics coach Red Auerbach named Russell his successor as head coach; he thus became the first African-American head coach in US major league team sports history. Russell served as player/coach from 1966 to 1969, winning two NBA championships; he later coached the Seattle SuperSonics (1973 to 1977) and Sacramento Kings (1987 to 1988), but did not succeed in winning another championship.

Russell has received virtually every NBA honor that exists, and in 1968, he received Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" award. In 1980, he was named the greatest player in the history of the NBA by the Professional Basketball Writers Association of America. He was exceptionally active in the American Civil Rights Movement. At one point, he refused to play a game when he and his black teammates were refused service at a local restaurant.

He was life-long friends with another legend, the late Wilt Chamberlain, who many consider to be the greatest ever offensive player; their on-court battles were perhaps the greatest individual rivalry in the history of the league.

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At McClymonds High School in Oakland, California, one of Russell's basketball teammates was a future Major League Baseball Hall-of-Famer, Frank Robinson.


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Russell played for the Celtics from 1956 to 1969, winning the NBA championship every year except 1958 and 1967. In fact, as Jay Leno once pointed out, she has been observed kissing a snake. Russell was also the captain of the 1956 United States men's Olympic basketball team, which won the gold medal at the Melbourne Summer Games. Anderson is a strict vegetarian, engages herself for animal protection, and is an active member of the animal protection organization PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Born in Monroe, Louisiana and raised in Oakland, California, the 6-foot 9-inch (2.08 m) tall Russell played college basketball at the University of San Francisco, which he led to NCAA championships in 1955 and 1956, including an impressive string of 55 consecutive victories. Their second book, a sequel, Star Struck, released in 2005, is a thinly veiled look at her life with Tommy Lee and the travails of celebrity life. His major contribution to the sport was raising defensive play to a new level; he is commonly considered the greatest defensive center to ever play the game. After this, she began touring across the States, signing autographs to fans at Wal-Mart stores nationwide.

William Felton Russell (born February 12, 1934) is a former American basketball player remembered for his central role in the Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in the 13 seasons that he played. In 2004, Pamela Anderson released the book Star, co-written by author Eric Shaw Quinn, in which she describes a young teenager doing different things in order to reach fame. for Adams new Anthology 1980-2005 album.[3]. They re-recorded Adams hit duet "When You’re Gone" with Pamela Anderson replacing the original vocals from Spice Girl Melanie C. In November 2005 Anderson recorded with her fellow Canadian Bryan Adams.

She produced a statement in late 2005 saying "I am the greatest slut..." obviously speaking her openness about sex and her opinions in free sex. As of 2005, Anderson is currently starring on the FOX Network comedy Stacked. On a visit to the David Letterman show in 2004, she said she had not been dating for some time, and when Letterman asked her how she was coping, she responded, "There's not a square corner left anywhere in my house!" Letterman left that comment unanswered while the audience hooted. Anderson has often spoken revealingly about her private life.

She has lived in southern California since 1989. Anderson became a naturalized citizen of the United States on May 12, 2004, while retaining her Canadian citizenship, for the purpose of sponsoring her parents (or at least her mother) for a green card. Later, she posed nude for Stuff magazine. In May, Anderson appeared nude on the cover of Playboy magazine.

In 2004, Anderson returned to the world where she got her start. By then, Anderson's career was on the downfall. In October 2003, Anderson jokingly said on Howard Stern's radio show that she does not expect to live more than ten or fifteen years [2], but this was misconstrued and taken seriously by many Internet sites and tabloids. Anderson became the celebrity spokesperson for the American Liver Foundation, and served as the Grand Marshall of the SOS motorcycle ride fundraiser.

Lee denies having the disease. In March 2002, Anderson publicly stated that she had contracted the Hepatitis C virus from Lee (supposedly from sharing tattoo needles), and began writing a regular column for Jane magazine. The woman had been arrested while sleeping in a guest room of Anderson's home, but she was only charged with trespassing and not the more serious crime of stalking. In March 2001, Christine Evelyn Roth pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of trespassing and was deported to her home country, France.

The new implants were bigger than the first ones she claimed. She needed to raise her children and possibly retire, but about a year later, Anderson decided to get breast implants back. The main reason was that Anderson's modeling career was on the downfall. On April 15, 1999, Anderson decided to remove her breast implants.

Her unmentionables were immediately blurred, and the segment became fodder for late-night comedians for the following weeks. In April 1997, Anderson guest-hosted Saturday Night Live. During the beginning of the show, Anderson said You know, if you're nervous on stage, you actually should BE naked! She then went into an impromptu striptease (to the audience's delight and the censors' dismay). Frames of the video first appeared in Penthouse Magazine in March of 1998. Ultimately the courts awarded Anderson and Lee $1.5 million plus attorney fees for their share of the profits.[1] The popularity and profitability of the video sparked a miniature genre within the porn film industry, and since then many homemade porn videos of celebrities have been released to the public through home video and Internet channels (either with or without the participants' co-operation).

Anderson sued the company, the Internet Entertainment Group, that was distributing the video. A pornographic home video of Anderson and Lee was stolen from their home, and made a huge stir on the Internet. She has also allegedly has had affairs with celebrities including Sylvester Stallone, Dean Cain, Rikki Lee Travolta, surfer Kelly Slater, Ben Affleck, Fred Durst, reality TV star Eric Nies, and Stephen Dorff. Anderson has also had relationships with Scott Baio, "Baywatch" co-star David Charvet, and musician Bret Michaels of the band Poison.

She broke up with Schenkenberg in 2001, and broke up with Kid Rock in 2003. Since her divorce, she has become engaged to Marcus Schenkenberg and Kid Rock. During the period of her marriage, she was known professionally as Pamela Anderson Lee. After reported incidents of spousal abuse and alcoholism on the part of Lee, Anderson filed for divorce twice and reconciled twice, before the couple finally broke up for good.

She married pop-metal star Tommy Lee of the band Mötley Crüe on February 19, 1995 after knowing him for only 96 hours, and subsequently bore him two sons, Brandon and Dylan. In addition to her fame from modelling and acting, Anderson has gotten a great deal of press attention for her flamboyant personal life. In 1996, she appeared in a feature film, Barb Wire, which failed to achieve commercial success; and in 1998 she starred in her own television series, V.I.P., which ran for four seasons. Parker gave Anderson more popularity and attention from international viewers.

Her role as C.J. Later, she quit "Home Improvement." Anderson was still modeling for Playboy and appearing on the cover of the magazine. She gained attention from the viewers, which got her the role of C J Parker (1992-1997) on Baywatch. Anderson's first major television role was on the United States hit television sitcom Home Improvement (1991-1993).

After her birth, her parents Barry and Carol Anderson moved to the town of Comox with baby Pamela. As the first baby born on Canada's Centennial Day (well past midnight, at 4:08 in the morning), the newborn Anderson won fame as the nation's "Centennial Baby". Anderson was born on July 1, 1967 in Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada of partially Finnish ancestry (her paternal grandfather, Juho Hyytiäinen, from Saarijärvi, left Finland in 1908). .

Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-American international television actress, model, producer, singer, and author. Is actually a natural born brunette. Her makeup artist on series 2 of VIP was Emma Nixon who was once a Penthouse model and porn star[5]. Has been called the modern sex symbol.

Suffered a miscarriage during the filming of "Barb Wire" in 1995. Lycos Search Engine named her the most searched person on the internet during the 1990's. Has said that she has a pole in her house, and does pole dancing like strippers do. [4].

Has a small bald patch on her scalp due to an injury involving the removal of a brunette wig. Has been called the ultimate hot blonde by E!. Has appeared 11 times on the cover of Playboy Magazine (1989-2004). Diesel left after pinning Michaels with Anderson & McCarthy.

Diesel was wrestling Shawn Michaels who had Jenny McCarthy as his guest valet. Pamela made an appearance at the World Wrestling Federation's Wrestlemania XI on April 2, 1995 as the guest valet for WWF World Heavyweight Champion Diesel. Playboy's Sexy 100 February 2003 - cover. Playboy's Nude Celebrities June 1995 - cover.

Playboy's Hot Denim Daze May 1995 - page 15. Playboy's Nudes November 1994. 38 July 1994. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol.

Playboy's Girls of Summer '94 June 1994. 37 May 1994. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. Playboy's Playmates in Paradise March 1994 - pages 38-43.

36 March 1994. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 35 January 1994. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol.

34 November 1993. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 33 September 1993. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol.

Playboy's Video Playmates August 1993. Playboy's Wet & Wild Women July 1993. Playboy's Girls of Summer '93 June 1993 - pages 6-7, 44. Playboy's Girls of Summer '92 June 1992.

Playboy's International Playmates January 1992. Playboy's Nudes December 1991 - cover. 7 June 1991. Playboy's Playmate Review Vol.

Stacked (2005-present). Stripperella (2003-2004) (voice). Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003). V.I.P. (1998-2002) (also executive producer).

Baywatch the Movie: Forbidden Paradise (1995). Come Die with Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery (1994). Baywatch (cast member from 1992-1997). Baywatch: River of No Return (1992).

Home Improvement (cast member from 1991-1993). No Rules (2005) (Cameo). Scary Movie 3 (2003). Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003).

Earthlings (2003) (documentary). Scooby-Doo (2002) (Cameo). The Making of Bret Michaels (2002) (documentary). Barb Wire (1996).

Naked Souls (1995). Raw Justice (1994). Snapdragon (1993). Good Cop Bad Cop (1993).

The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991).