No mention at all?

[16Bannaz]

After all the coverage of Heinsohn's wife's death I expected to at least get a snippet about the passing of Bill Russell's wife Marilyn. It was announced during halftime last night that she had passed away. So thoughts and prayers to the Russell family. RIP

[Hoyo de Monterrey]

Best wishes to the Russells... That's too bad.

[Bankshot]

I didn't hear that at halftime. Best wishes to Russell and his family.

[Andy Jick]

wasn't aware of this...but thanks for sharing.

strangely enough, my son and i watched the sports century special on espn classic about bill russell this week.  i had seen parts of it, but had never watched it all the way through.  he is a unique man, an enigma of sorts.  i find his approach to relationships to be odd, but i hope that he finds support in those he has during this time.

[RAcker]

Hang in there, Mr. Russell.  All of Celtic nation's thoughts and prayers are with you today.

[Redz]

Wow...that's a shame.  Condolences to Bill & family.

While it's certainly worthy of mention somewhere, the reason Tommy's wife passing was more public is simply because Tommy is more public and reference to "The redhead from Needham" was embedded in Celtics fan  who had watched a game within recent memory

[ACF]

Wow...that's a shame.  Condolences to Bill & family.

Nothing more to add.

[dark_lord]

i missed halftime bc i ran out to get some food 

very sad to hear about his loss.  losing a spouse is so hard to think about, let alone experience.  i will russ and his family nothing but the best.