Topic: John Wooden

NCAA Final Four: Basketball royalty, but how's their football lineage?

As a general rule, teams that achieve great success on the hardwood can't boast of the same on the gridiron.

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.

Top 10 sports biographies I wish somebody would write

From Bobby Valentine to Doug Williams, 10 sports figures ripe for a biography.

NCAA championship: UConn wins third national title

NCAA championship ends in disappointment for second year for Butler. UConn beat the Indiana underdog 53-41, making it UConn's third national title.

NCAA tournament: Morehead State joins Top 10 Cinderella teams

One of the most enjoyable things about the NCAA tournament - for basketball fanatics and casual observers alike - is the Cinderella story. This list looks some of the best upsets in NCAA tournament history.

Will Stanford end UConn’s women’s basketball winning streak? Hmmmm.

UConn's women's basketball team has broken the NCAA winning streak record, even beating out UCLA's men's team, but Stanford may give them a run for their money tonight.

UConn women's basketball team tops UCLA men's record

The UConn women's basketball team have topped the UCLA men's basketball team's 88-game winning steak by winning 89 straight games.

Credit scores, Facebook defriending, buyer's remorse and more

Questions from today's reader mailbag range from the Tea Party to jogging music to the role of regret (and moving forward).

A business course that puts personal growth on the bottom line

Something of a rock star among business school teachers Srikumar Rao offers a class that gives his students broader perspectives on their lives.

How do Kobe Bryant's Lakers stack up against other dynasties?

The Lakers' win Thursday night, behind superstar Kobe Bryant, sealed the team's second-straight NBA Finals victory. But the team has yet to equal the accomplishments of other dynasties.

How to make each day your masterpiece

How would you spend today if it were the one day by which your entire life would be judged?

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.

The John Wooden reading list

As tributes to legendary coach John Wooden continue to flow, here are the books that remind us why he matters.

Classic review: Last Dance: Behind the Scenes at the Final Four

Sports author John Feinstein offers a primer on March Madness and the drama surrounding the NCAA basketball tournament.

March Madness reading list: 10 best books about college basketball

Tired of reading brackets all day long? Try some of these classic books on college basketball.

Our top ten favorite John Wooden quotes

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