Days before the Celtics claimed the record-setting 18th NBA championship title, The Atlantic posed this thought: Boston should rename its airport for Bill Russell.
“It’s high time the city properly recognized its greatest sports champion, a civil-rights hero who endured horrific racism during his time with the Celtics,” wrote Mark Leibovich, A Boston native, in The Atlantic.
Do you think Logan Airport should be renamed for the late Boston Celtics basketball player and coach?
The basketball legend, who died in 2022, won 11 NBA championships with the Celtics and was the first Black head coach in the NBA.