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HISTORICAL FACTS: 2 | History Defined

Great coaches spurred Dick Vermeil but John Wooden's advice fueled Hall-of-Fame career

Dick Vermeil, who Saturday will be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, considers himself a connoisseur of coaches.

Los Angeles Times

Title IX: Ann Meyers Drysdale shares how law shaped her life

Ann Meyers Drysdale was the first woman to receive an athletic scholarship at UCLA

The Independent UK

Meet Josiah Johnson, the former UCLA benchwarmer who became an NBA meme king

LOS ANGELES — Slouched deep into one corner of a velvety couch in his spare bedroom, bare feet propped on a matching ottoman, Josiah Johnson is searching for his big moment, like a point guard probing a defense.

Los Angeles Times

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Bryce Miller: How and why Steve Lavin wound up coaching basketball in San Diego

SAN DIEGO — In a horseshoe-shaped booth at bustling Manhattan of La Jolla, Steve Lavin used the better part of 3 1/2 hours to explore the people who have influenced his life, being a 32-year-old college basketball coach under the withering spotlight at UCLA, the prostate cancer that reconfigured perspective…

Tribune News Service

Ron Cook: Hard to blame Pitt's Jordan Addison if he transfers

PITTSBURGH — Why the outrage directed at Jordan Addison?

Tribune News Service

Coach K’s Hall of Fame career ends as Duke falls to UNC in historic Final Four matchup

NEW ORLEANS — After decades of success as Duke’s basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski’s career ended Saturday night with a loss that figures to resonate decades into the future.

Tribune News Service

Dick Vitale Picks Coach K Over John Wooden as Greatest College Basketball Coach

He weighed in on the GOAT debate between Coach K and John Wooden.

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John Clay: With Final Four approaching, just who qualifies as an actual basketball blue blood?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — You’ve probably read the story line. Saturday’s Final Four is full of basketball blue bloods. Duke and North Carolina meet in one national semifinal. Kansas plays Villanova in the other. Blue bloods all.

Tribune News Service

With Final Four in Hand, Coach K and Duke Have a Truly Epic Ending Within Reach

Three weeks ago, the Coach K Farewell Tour seemed to overwhelm the Blue Devils. Now, they may be the team to beat.

Sports Illustrated

Luke DeCock: Duke dispenses with drama and embraces celebration as it crosses bridge to Final Four

SAN FRANCISCO — There was, nearing the end but not at the end of this final season, finally a net for Mike Krzyzewski to cut down. He ascended the ladder a little more cautiously than he did six years ago, one rung at a time, but he swung the detached…

Tribune News Service

Duke players go wild after clinching a Final Four berth in Coach K’s last season

A Final Four in his last season. Goosebumps all around.

USA Today Sports Media Group

J. Brady McDollough: Coach K still shows the fire that launched him into John Wooden’s orbit

DURHAM, N.C. — Mike Krzyzewski’s last order to a Duke basketball player at Cameron Indoor Stadium was telling guard Jeremy Roach to stop fouling North Carolina with 22.8 seconds left.

Los Angeles Times

Paul Zeise: Coach K is the greatest college basketball coach of all time

Discussions about the greatest coach in any sport are often subjective and based on some arbitrary metric suited to fit an argument someone is making on behalf of a given coach. It is a fun game to play, but there generally isn't a right answer as there are multiple coaches…

Tribune News Service

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