John Wooden

Bill Dwyre: Stakes are highest for Orb in Preakness

2012-06-16 02:01:00

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T.J. Simers: He's not juiced up over Mark McGwire's results

2012-06-24 02:07:00

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Yutaka Shimizu dies at 84; longtime L.A. high school basketball coach

2012-06-13 00:00:00

Yutaka Shimizu, who became a quiet institution among high school basketball coaches in Los Angeles during a career that began in 1959 and lasted the rest of his life, has died. He was 84. Shimizu, who had a lung ailment, died Sunday at a Lakewood...

PASSINGS: Kenny Heitz

2012-07-15 00:00:00

Kenny Heitz, 65, who played on three NCAA basketball championship teams at UCLA in the 1960s, died Monday at his home in Pacific Palisades after a battle with cancer, the school announced. At a time when freshmen were not eligible to play varsity sports,...

Patt Morrison Asks: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- still hooked

2012-03-24 00:00:00

Only his number is retired — 33, in the Lakers' purple and gold that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wore to glory on the basketball court. The rest of him is still working away, most recently on his latest book. At UCLA, in blue and gold, Abdul-Jabbar was a...

Marty Biegel dies at 90; former Fairfax High basketball coach

2012-03-16 00:00:00

Marty Biegel, who took over as Fairfax High School's head basketball coach in 1969 at a time of racial tension in Los Angeles and united players and students both in the classroom and on the court, died Tuesday. He was 90. Biegel, who taught history in...

Sinjin Smith on life and volleyball lessons from Coach Al Scates

2012-01-20 16:33:47

Joe Paterno: Should NCAA and selected schools honor his memory?

2012-01-23 16:33:45

Joe Paterno viewing draws another large crowd on second day

2012-01-25 16:33:54

Gene Bartow dies at 81; former UCLA basketball coach

2012-01-04 00:00:00

Gene Bartow, the successor to John Wooden as UCLA basketball coach who became the architect of a new and successful athletics program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, died Tuesday evening. He was 81. Bartow, who was diagnosed with stomach...

Boys' basketball: Funeral is Thursday for ex-Fairfax coach Marty Biegel

2012-03-15 16:37:36

Pat Summitt, Mike Krzyzewski get Sports Illustrated's top honor

2011-12-05 16:33:37

as UCLA basketball coach in 1975, and two years later became the architect of a new athletics program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He was 81.

2012-01-26 09:36:06

as UCLA basketball coach in 1975, and two years later became the architect of a new athletics program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He was 81.

2012-01-26 09:36:06

The UConn Women's Basketball team won 90 consecutive games from 2008-10, eclipsing the previous NCAA record of 88 straight wins set by John Wooden's UCLA teams in the 1970s.

2012-01-12 09:36:51