MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
Sporting News: John Wooden will be here until the end — a happy man at peace with dying, whenever that moment comes. He spent a morning with Sporting News' Steve Greenberg at the place lovingly referred to by UCLA great Bill Walton as The Wooden Mansion on Margate.
NESW Sports (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Whats G, Gatorade Commercial, Part 2, starring: Michael Jordan, Peyton, Mia Hamm, Jimmy Johnson, John Wooden, Jason McElwain, Billie Jean King, Picabo Street, Tiger Woods, Jackie Robinson, Usain Bolt, and many others. Was this better than part 1? You tell me. I think it is this one, but it totally gives it away that the [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday
* I grew up on ACC basketball, but those people do take themselves so seriously. Formed in 1953, ACC teams have won 10 national championships - four by North Carolina, three by Duke, two by North Carolina State and one by Maryland. UCLA won 10 championships between 1964 and 1975. So, John Wooden won as many titles as Frank McGuire, Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Norm Sloan, Jim Valvano,...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tuesday night at the Huntsman Center, the Utes ended a prosperous pre-season for Louisiana State, handing the Tigers an embarrassing 91-61 loss. The team that brought you Bob Pettit, Pete Maravich and Shaquille O'Neal got waxed by a team that lost to Idaho State and Southwest Baptist. This time the Utes looked like the second coming of John Wooden's UCLA Bruins, complete with a dominating...
The Austrian Economists (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
... the loss of our ability to be self-governing citizens is a far more dire consequence than whether Johnny or Janey can get into the right college, or score the winning goal, or perform in the senior play. Perhaps Steve's new book will explain all of this clearly. In the meantime, Bradford Marselis is convinced that today's students cannot take criticism and do not know what it means to work...
