Topic: UCLA Bruins (Basketball)

UCLA hires Alford away from New Mexico

UCLA hires Alford: Steve Alford succeeds UCLA basketball coach Ben Howland, who was fired last weekend after 10 years. Alford had just inked a 10-year deal with New Mexico, when UCLA snagged him.

'West by West': 20 stories from Jerry West's autobiography

Basketball great Jerry West's autobiography is rife with revelations about the legend.

John Wooden: 24 quotes on his birthday

For what would have been the coach's 102nd birthday, here are 24 quotes from 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

Call this a wish list to publishers. Of course it's true that’s there hardly any major sports star who hasn’t already achieved hardcover immortality a time or two or more. So why check back in with some already familiar sports luminaries? With the passage of time comes fresh perspectives on playing days, teammates, and rivals. And maybe even a little more honesty. So here goes, in no particular order: the Monitor’s Top 10 sports figures we’d put in the publishing on-deck circle.

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. On Thursday, Morehead State chalked up the first upset of the tournament by vanquishing No. 4 Louisville. There’s just something appealing about watching the triumph of the little guy - the team no one ever paid any attention to, never gave a chance. Or maybe it's watching the titan, the sure-thing, the team that everyone knows will win, well, not win. Here is our Top 10, plus one.

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.

12 surprising things I learned from “The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History”

As a sports chronicle, “The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History” is not your father’s Oldsmobile.

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.

Lakers' NBA title caps a lucrative month for sports business

It didn't hurt that the Lakers were up against their rivals, the Celtics, for the NBA title. But it isn't just ABC and the NBA that are scoring financially. There's hockey, golf, tennis, and the World Cup, too.

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.

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.

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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