Arnold "Red" Auerbach - (Deceased)
Legendary Coach of the Boston Celtics from 1950 - 66, 9 division titles, eight straight NBA titles.
(interviewed 8/26/99 & 10/15/99)

Bob Cousy
Teammate of Bill Russell. Played Guard with the Boston Celtics from 1950-63.
(interviewed 8/24/99)

Wayne Embry
Played center with the Cincinnati Royals CR 1958-66, Boston Celtics , BC 1966-68, and Milwaukee Bucks MB 1968-69
(interviewed 8/31/99)

John Havlicek
Played forward with the Boston Celtics from 1962-78
(8/12/99)

Tommy Heinsohn
Played forward with the Boston Celtics from 1956-65
(interviewed 8/24/99)

KC Jones
Played with Russell at Univ. of San Francisco (2 NCAA titles). Played guard with the Boston Celtics 1958-67 , Coached for Boston Celtics
(interviewed 8/18/99)

Sam Jones
Played guard with the Boston Celtics 1957-69
(interviewed 9/28/99)

Frank Ramsey
Played sixth man with the Boston Celtics from 1954-64
(interviewed 8/30/99)

Bill Russell
(interviewed 9/1/99 & 10/4/99 & 12/2/99)

Arnie Risen
Played center with the Rochester Royals RR 1948-56 and Boston Celtics BC 1956-58.
(interviewed 8/31/99)

Tom "Satch" Sanders
Played forward for the Boston Celtics from 1960-73
(8/17/99)

John Thompson
Played center for the Boston Celtics from 1964-66
(interviewed 8/26/99)

Elgin Baylor
Played Forward with the Minneapolis Lakers/LA Lakers 1958 - 1972
(interviewed 12/1/99)

Chet Walker
Played Forward for the Syracuse Nationals during 1962-1963. The Nationals then moved to Philadelphia and became the Philadelphia 76ers. [1963- 1969].
(interviewed 12/1/99)

Oscar Robertson
Played guard with the Cincinnati Royals CR 1960-70 and the Milwaukee Bucks MB 1970-74
(interviewed 12/2/99)

Jerry West
Played guard with the Los Angeles Lakers from 1960-74
(interviewed 9/7/99)

Todd Boyd
Professor of Media/TV @ USC. Historian on basketball. Wrote "Out of Bounds"
(interviewed 9/7/99)

Jim Brown
Played fullback with the NFL Cleveland Browns from 1957 - 65.
(interviewed 12/2/99)

Frank Deford
(interviewed)

Hal De Julio
Former scout for USF, known as the man who discovered Bill Russell and offered him a scholarship to attend USF.
(interviewed 9/8/99)

Nelson George
Cultural critic; author of Elevating the Game on the African American cultural influence on basketball.
(interviewed 9/27/99)

Bill McSweeny
Former Sportswriter, Co-wrote "Go Up For Glory". Autobiography of Bill Russell.
(interviewed 8/26/99)

Bobby Mitchell
Played with the Cleveland Browns from 1958-1961 and the Washington Redskin from 1962-68. NFL's leading receiver in 1962.
(interviewed 8/26/99)

Karen Russell
Bill's Daughter
(interviewed 9/28/99 & 12/1/99)

Bob Ryan
(interviewed)