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The Big Dance

Sportswriters Barry Wilner and Ken Rappoport tell how March Madness grew from an eight-team tournament in a rickety Illinois gym to a $10-billion business.
The Sports Economist
The John Wooden school of management

The legendary UCLA basketball coach offers important lessons about good management.
John Wooden honored by moment of silence at Lakers - Celtics game

Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Bill Walton spoke publicly about their former coach John Wooden.
How I remember Coach John Wooden

Life is filled with intriguing human intersections in which peoples’ paths cross and sometimes recross years later in seemingly random ways. This is one reporter's remembrance of a close encounter with Coach John Wooden
John Wooden: Lessons for basketball and life

John Wooden was UCLA's legendary basketball coach who took some of the most challenging egos in the country and fit them into a championship mold of his own making.
Editorial Board Blog
Could the 2010 Celtics beat the 1986 Celtics?

Imagine a series that featured Pierce, Garnett, and Allen against Bird, McHale, and Parish.
UConn basketball puts history - and UCLA - in its sights

The UConn Huskies women's basketball team will seek its record-setting second straight undefeated season and 78th consecutive win in the championship game against Stanford tonight. Only the UCLA men's basketball team ever won more consecutive games – 88, from 1971 to 1974.
NBA hopes Celtics-Lakers rivalry can respark the fans

But current finals lacks superstar matchup of Bird vs. Magic.