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John Wooden Tribute Set for UCLA Graduation

John Wooden will send off one last class of UCLA seniors. A tribute to the legendary basketball coach, who died last Friday at the age of 99, is planned for the school's College of Letters and Science graduation ceremony Friday. Student athletes and scholars will bear 99 blue-and-gold flags into the ceremony, one for each...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Reflects on John Wooden's Passing

LOS ANGELES -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was a dominant 7-foot-2 center. But even he could be intimidated by a 5-10 man. There was an expression the late UCLA coach John Wooden used in disgust when Abdul-Jabbar was known as Lew Alcindor and leading the Bruins to NCAA titles in 1967, 1968 and 1969. "Good gracious snakes...

At Vip's Cafe, John Wooden Was Much More Than a Customer

TARZANA, Calif. -- Paul Ma never played a minute of college basketball, didn't attend UCLA and speaks English with a thick Chinese accent. But like so many people in Southern California, from famous athletes such as Bill Walton and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to iconic Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Vin Scully, his life was...

John Wooden and the Offense That Built UCLA's Dynasty

When you look at John Wooden by the numbers -- numbers being the tangible muscle and sinew and bone of sports -- one can't help but be awed by what he accomplished. There's are the 10 NCAA titles in 12 years and seven straight. There's the record 88-game winning streak and the 38-game win streak in the NCAA tourney....

Gene Bartow Reflects on Replacing a Legend

There's an old coaching adage that it's never a good idea to follow a legend. No one knows that better than Gene Bartow. In 1975, Bartow (pictured right) left Illinois after one season to take over a fairly successful program on the West coast. A program that had won, oh, 10 of the last 12 national titles. A program in...