Bill Russell: Legend

You Can’t Make This Up

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4.2 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, we are talking about the Netflix documentary series “Bill Russell: Legend" out now on Netflix. Host Rebecca Lavoie interviews director Sam Pollard. With his revolutionary defense, Bill Russell changed the game of basketball, winning a record eleven NBA championships and cementing the Boston Celtics as a dynasty. But throughout the 1960s, Russell grappled with his place in sports and in society, being among the first athletes to demonstrate in the civil rights movement and against the Vietnam War. His contributions to the game and to equality made him more than a superstar; they made Bill Russell a legend. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched “Bill Russell: Legend" yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on.

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0:00.0	I'm Rebecca Lervoy and this is You Can't Make This Up. Oh, You can't make this up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind
0:29.7	your favorite Netflix documentaries and films.
0:32.7	On today's episode, we take a closer look
0:35.5	at the Netflix documentary series, Bill Russell.
0:39.1	Legend.
0:40.0	He was unapologetically himself.
0:43.1	The stand up man.
0:44.2	The smartest player that ever played the game.
0:46.6	The Big Bang.
0:47.6	We're never gonna see a winner like that again.
0:49.6	It's no conversation.
0:51.4	Today we're talking to director Sam Pollard.
0:54.7	With his revolutionary defense, Bill Russell changed the game of basketball.
1:00.2	He was a two-time NCAA champion, an Olympic gold medalist before joining the Celtics in 1956.
1:07.8	He won more rings than he had fingers, winning a record 11 NBA championships and cementing Boston as a dynasty.
1:17.5	But throughout the 1960s Russell grappled with his place in sports and in society, being among the first athletes to demonstrate
1:26.0	in the civil rights movement and against the Vietnam War.
1:30.0	He fought racism on the court and in his hometown.
1:33.9	His contributions to the game and to equality made him more than a superstar.
1:38.5	They made Bill Russell a legend.
1:41.0	But converse, that made me have more to lose in a sense of what they were
1:45.8	talking about. But it was nothing to lose to me because if I don't have my manual
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