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John Wooden, 1910-2010

I haven't been able to see most of the coverage of John Wooden's passing. But so far I'm partial to this UCLA video slide show with comments from Wooden, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Vin Scully and others.


Some coverage from today:

The L.A. Times reportedly stopped the presses and tore up the A section to get the Wooden news on the front page after first deadline.

Vin Scully announcing the death of his friend before the 7th inning at Dodger Stadium. Standing ovation ensued but not shown:


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