“The Pyramid of Success” is a nod to the late, legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden who also coached basketball and served as athletic director at South Bend Central High Schoo ...

Players like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, known as Lew Alcindor during his college years, made an indelible impact under Wooden's guidance, leading the Bruins to multiple championships. Each title under ...

Bill Plaschke can never write a better column than his piece about Cori Close and John Wooden. Nor can anyone else. Ronald Bauer Torrance Great column by Bill Plaschke on how Cori Close was ...

Loyalty. Enthusiasm. Cooperation. These are all at the base of the Pyramid of Success. The lessons continue, even now. If John Wooden’s influence on the Bruins, on basketball, on society itself ...

Despite being the greatest coach in men's basketball history, UCLA's John Wooden finished second behind Duke's Mike Krzyzewski. Who are the best coaches in NCAA Men's Tournament history?

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Gonzaga men's basketball coach Mark Few was honored as the recipient of the 2025 John R. Wooden Award "Legends ... joy to watch you and all your success over the years, and then even more so ...

Regarding the recent success, the gymnast shared as per Daily Bruin: “A big theme of the John Wooden Pyramid at UCLA and at the top is competitive greatness. That’s what I kept telling myself.

Flagg, a freshman forward, was named the John R. Wooden Award winner as the nation’s top men’s player, beating Auburn’s Johni Broome by 178 votes on Saturday. He is Duke’s eighth Wooden ...

Duke men's basketball star Cooper Flagg is the John R. Wooden Player of the Year after an announcement by the Los Angeles Athletics Club Saturday. Flagg is the fourth freshman to win the award in ...