Satch Sanders and Larry Siegfried relaxed postgame while a bloodied Siegfried enjoyed a cigarette and beer. Sanders played on six straight NBA World Championship title teams from 1961 to 1967 while Siegfried won three straight titles from 1964 to 1966. Sanders once told a reporter he hated when players smoked in the locker room, calling […]

When Red Auerbach moved on to a front office role, he turned to Bill Russell to replace him as the new Celtics head coach and the NBA’s first Black head coach. Here, in his role as player-coach, Russell talked with John Havlicek and Larry Siegfried during a game. In his three seasons simultaneously coaching and […]