"Friends,I interrupt the ball game, and I come to you with a heavy heart to make the announcement that at 6:45 p.m.tonight, Coach John Wooden passed away at Ronald Reagan UCLA hospital.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

Current coach Ben Howland calls John Wooden "the greatest coach in the history of basketball."

VOA: special.2010.06.10

Under coach John Wooden, UCLA did it four times between 1964 and 1973.

WSJ: The Elusive Undefeated Season��1976 Indiana Hoosiers

L.A. basketball coach John Wooden, at the first squad meeting each season, even had his players practice putting their socks on.

NEWYORKER: Personal Best

John Vallely, a starting guard on UCLA's 1969 and 1970 championship teams, now literally makes his living by imparting the wisdom of Bruin coach John Wooden.

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