Just as Riley did in 1971, Powell took the challenge and got in shape. And like Pat found success with the Lakers, Norm is ...

Bill Sharman, an All-Star guard for the Boston Celtics in the 1950s who became coach of the Lakers and led the team to its first NBA championship in Los Angeles in record-setting fashion, died Friday.

LOS ANGELES — Bill Sharman, the Hall of Famer who won NBA titles as a player for the Boston Celtics and a coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, has died. He was 87. Sharman died Friday at his home in ...

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Boston sports fans are notoriously hard to please. In 1953 Lightweight Jimmy Carter had to floor Boston’s own Tommy Collins ten times before the issue was acceptably settled; last season the baseball ...

Midway in the first period of the East-West professional All-Star basketball game, Boston’s Bill Sharman cut loose with a long pass to his teammate Bob Cousy. Cousy never got his hands on the ball. It ...