On 17 October 1961, five African-American basketball players of the Boston Celtics and two from the St. Louis Hawks boycotted a National Basketball Association...

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time an NBA team refused to play a game since the Boston Celtics protested for racial justice in 1961. Kawhi Leonard was the first player to have 30+ points...

played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. He was the centerpiece of the Celtics dynasty that won...

Al Michaels), he was hired by the Boston Celtics as their head coach in 2004. During his first years with the Celtics, he was criticized by many in the...

trip to the NBA Finals in 1986 in a losing cause against Larry Bird's Boston Celtics. In 1988, he was traded to the Sacramento Kings with Jim Petersen in...

Boston Celtics during the 1965 pre-season before playing for the New Haven Elms in the Eastern League. In November 1965, he signed with the Celtics for...

St. NBA Finals – Boston Celtics won 4 games to 1 over the St. Louis Hawks The twelfth European basketball championship, Eurobasket 1961, is won by Soviet...

December 22, 2021. Moore, Matt (May 11, 2010). "NBA Playoffs Celtics Cavs Game 5: Celtics dominate as LeBron James fails in the big time". NBC Sports....

champion Boston Celtics led by future Hall of Famers Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, and Dennis Johnson. Detroit would not shake the Celtics in their...

John Joseph Fisher (born June 1, 1961) is an American businessman. He is the principal owner of the Athletics of Major League Baseball, the San Jose Earthquakes...

postseason total as a Piston, with 34 points in a Game 4 win over the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. However, in the following round...

the appellation "The Boston Strangler" for his clutch play against the Boston Celtics in the 1980s. The Flyers have met the Boston Bruins seven times in...

arena officially opened. It pitted the Original Celtics against the Washington Palace Five. The Celtics won 35–31. The New York Knicks debuted there in...

member of the Nominating Committee. He is also a minority owner of the Boston Celtics. In the past, Breyer has served on a number of public and private boards...

539, second). Milwaukee advanced to the 1974 finals, losing to the Boston Celtics in seven games. Robertson, who became a free agent in the offseason...

composer, promoter Brandon Bass (born 1985), power forward for the Boston Celtics Bryan Batt (born 1963), actor, Sal Romano on Mad Men Arnaz Battle (born...

championship teams with the Boston Celtics as a reserve forward. Chuck Connors – played basketball for the Boston Celtics from 1946 to 1948 and baseball...

Kings 2010–2014 Chick Hearn – Los Angeles Lakers 1961–2002 Tom Heinsohn – CBS 1983–1990, Boston Celtics 1981–2020 Hot Rod Hundley – CBS 1975–1980, New Orleans/Utah...

(Charlotte) Sam Jones (1933–2021), Hall of Fame basketball player for Boston Celtics (Wilmington) Michael Jordan (born 1963), basketball player, University...

International Longshoremen's Association in New York announced a 24-hour boycott of British ships. Over 1,000 people gathered in New York's St. Patrick's...

first seed in a playoff series. They took the next series against the Boston Celtics to seven games, but lost. Collins resigned as 76ers coach on April 18...

but historically important minority in Boston, where the population was majority white. Since then, Boston's demographics have changed due to factors...

Minnesota Timberwolves Bill Roberts, NBA (1948/49-1949/50) Chicago Stags, Boston Celtics, St. Louis Bombers George Yardley, NBA (1953/54-1959/60) Fort Wayne...

16 September 2009. Aswad, Jem (16 November 2010). "Beatles End Digital Boycott, Catalog Now on iTunes". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 17...

invasion of Afghanistan prompted the United States and 66 other countries to boycott the 1980 Olympics, held in Moscow. The 1980 US team, which featured a number...

"This is not the first boycott call directed at Jews. On 1 April 1933, only weeks after he came to power, Hitler ordered a boycott of Jewish shops, banks...

in Los Angeles and 17 overall, the second-most in the NBA behind the Boston Celtics who have 18. The Lakers were founded as the Minneapolis Lakers, having...

to Israel Walter A. Brown (1926) – original owner of the Boston Celtics, owner of the Boston Bruins Richard W. Leopold (1926) – historian at Northwestern...

agreeing to schedule them during the Rockne years while Notre Dame was boycotted by the Big Ten. The first Army–Notre Dame matchup in 1913 is generally...