Both Red Auerbach and, across Cambridge Street, Bill Russell, were observing Boston's new outside masks policy today, Greg Cook discovered. Mayors Curley and White are also now masked.
By adamg - 2/11/18 - 8:33 pm
As the Celtics were retiring Paul Pierce's number, Boston Police were tweeting out an honor to Red Auerbach for his role in hiring blacks for the Celtics. The department took the tweet down not long after, when people began questioning it, but, of course nothing ever really dies on the Internet.
By adamg - 12/18/12 - 9:02 am
The Boston Public Library has posted a ton of Leslie Jones basketball photos, including a number of Celtics photos, such as this one of Bill Russell at Fenway in September, 1962 and this one of Bob Cousy with the ball in a 1950s game at the Garden against the Knicks.
By adamg - 10/30/06 - 8:02 pm
Tribute compiled by Boston34Celtics:
Jim Sullivan: Auerbach was a one-man civil rights movement:
... Here's what made Auerbach a legendary figure, though. He didn't do any of those things because he felt sorry for black people, out of some sort of white liberal guilt. He did them because they were the right things to do, at those moments, for the success of the Boston Celtics basketball team. In my book, that makes him far greater than someone trying to address a past inequity or whose main purpose is to fill a quota. ...
Dave Bonner: I grew up in a Celtics family:
My grandparents were huge fans, and I still remember running up the stairs to their apartment after dinner to sit and watch the game with them. ...
By adamg - 10/29/06 - 4:57 pm
Well, even if religion weren't an issue, some people aren't ready to nominate Red Auerbach for sainthood.
