Character matters. “The late, great John Wooden had the quintessential quote on character: ‘Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you ...

John Wooden hated being called the “Wizard of Westwood,” and no wonder. It would offend most men of dignity to be reduced to a cliché. And what dignity he had. Wooden was an exemplar of not ...

In Pauley Pavilion Saturday morning during the John Wooden memorial service, something tremendously odd occurred. The speakers had nothing to say about basketball. “It wasn’t about basketball ...

Coach John Wooden, the legendary college basketball coach, passed away on Friday, June 4, 2010 in a Los Angeles hospital. He had been in grave condition for a few days. I have to admit that my ...

Attention to detail David Wharton, Los Angeles Times Socks and shoelaces — that’s what John Wooden should be remembered for. At the start of each season, Wooden put his UCLA players through a ...

UCLA basketball coaching legend John Wooden died Friday at the age of 99, and as a longtime Bruin fan, I have no way to be objective about this.But thinking about it, one of the most impressive ...

Your character matters more than your reputation I thought about Wooden when we got home from my son’s 14-and-under baseball tournament in Maryland last weekend.

But John Wooden, the former UCLA basketball coach who died at 99 in Los Angeles on June 4, could lay claim to his own honorific. ... Wooden’s character transcended his accomplishments.

LOS ANGELES — John Wooden died too young Friday. He was 99. When you think about it, for a man of Wooden’s humility, 100 would have seemed immodest, gaudy, greedy. Of course, his passing comes ...

LOS ANGELES — John Wooden, college basketball’s gentlemanly Wizard of Westwood who built one of the greatest dynasties in all of sports at UCLA and became one of the most revered coaches ever ...

“I’m in no hurry to leave, but I have no fear of leaving. When the time comes, it will be a very good day…” June 4, 2010 may have been a very good day for John Wooden, but it felt like a ...

John Wooden hated being called the “Wizard of Westwood,” and no wonder. It would offend most men of dignity to be reduced to a cliché. And what dignity he had. Wooden was an exemplar of not ...