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John Wooden's Seat at UCLA Left Vacant in His Honor

John Wooden will still have a place to keep watch on his UCLA Bruins. The school will leave the seat belonging to the late coach, Section 103B, Row 2, Seat 1, vacant in his memory during the team's Friday night opener. Wooden died in June at the age of 99. The legendary coach won an NCAA-record 10 national titles at the...

John Wooden's Den on Exhibit at UCLA

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- His overstuffed recliner is tucked in a corner, next to a table with a telephone and an address book open to names written in pencil. The television plays a loop of a Western and a baseball game. All that's missing from the cozy scene is John Wooden himself. UCLA recreated the home den of the late...

John Wooden Classic Will Continue

The John Wooden Classic, the college basketball doubleheader played each year in Anaheim, Calif, will continue following its namesake's death, Wooden's family announced Monday. This year's event will be held Dec. 18 and feature UCLA against BYU and Saint Mary's against Long Beach State. "The Wooden family is proud to...

Finding Wooden's Heir: Who Is Greatest Living Coach?

More than a man of an era, John Wooden was an era itself. His dominance on the court, temperament in situations that would've made Job himself shatter a clipboard in half and his ability to distill any bit a philosophy in a two-sentence homily, marked him alone as a separate period of college basketball. Building upon...

John Wooden Memorial Set for Late June

UCLA will say farewell to John Wooden later this month. A public memorial service for the late Bruins coach will be held Saturday, June 26 in Pauley Pavilion, the school announced Thursday. Wooden, who passed away Friday at the age of 99, won 10 national champions in 27 seasons in Westwood. The service, which begins at...