<![CDATA[Deadspin: John Wooden]]> http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: John Wooden]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/john wooden http://deadspin.com/tag/john wooden <![CDATA[John Wooden's Benchwarming Great Grandson Hits The Last Basket At UCLA's Pauley Pavilion]]> As feel-good endings to basketball-arena timelines go, what happened yesterday at UCLA's slated-for-renovation Pauley Pavilion is scripted perfectly. In the building where his great grandfather, the late John Wooden, coached eight national-championship teams, Tyler Trapani made his third on-court appearance of the season and scored his first two points of his career. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5771549&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Celtics-Lakers Has Competitive Greatness Coming Out The Ass]]> Quietly, perhaps in a brief moment when floppy Derek Fisher wasn't butoh dancing for the refs, Celtics-Lakers became everything anyone could want in a basketball series. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5564547&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ten (Fake) Memories Of John Wooden (From Someone Who Never Met Him)]]> "Coach had these specially designed pants that had holes in the seat. He used to place false teeth in his buttocks and collect loose change from sofas while sitting and talking to parents on recruiting trips." Share your own below. [Johnny America] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5561302&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[John Wooden Dead At 99]]> Legendary basketball coach John Wooden has passed away at the age of 99 at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Say good-bye to the Wizard of Westwood with Alex Wolff's retrospective here. [New York Times] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5556024&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Who Does Rasheed Wallace Have To Kick In The Head To Get A Technical?]]> Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5555265&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Enough With The John Wooden Crap]]> OK, Butler's a great story, and I realize that a certain amount of, "Hey, it's like that one movie where Gene Hackman gets to hump Barbara Hershey!" is inevitable here, but can we please leave John Wooden out of this? More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5508823&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[It's John Wooden's 99th Birthday]]> And to commemorate, Esquire.com's re-run his "What I've Learned" interview with Cal Fussman from February, 2000. Here's some sage advice from the legendary UCLA coach we can all benefit from: "Pick up your own orange peels."[Esquire.com] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5381516&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Mysteries of Boob Punching]]>
  • Berman vs. Mangino: WHO YA GOT? [Machochip]
  • The John Wooden mural is quite the sight. [Gutty Little Bruins]
  • Tim Wakefield has seen better days. [Slanch Report]
  • Joe Buck returns just in time to ruin your summer [Awful Announcing]
  • LOLF [Joe Sports Fan]
  • David Beckham blogs about his big fancy San Francisco billboard [You Been Blinded] More »
    ]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5020522&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[John Wooden Falls, Will Get Up Soon]]> Okay, who left the Pyramid of Success out in the middle of the den for everyone to trip over? C'mon, one of you better fess up to this. Because now John Wooden took a pretty bad spill thanks to your irresponsibility. More »
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