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11-20-2006, 02:48 AM
"John Wooden still gets around, albeit with the help of a well-worn cane and a good friend like Denny Crum.
The former English teacher still teaches in that articulate, deceptively powerful voice that he lent to the ears of youngsters first at Indiana State and later UCLA.
But a month after celebrating birthday number 96, the "Wizard of Westwood" still does not forgive Bill Russell and his San Francisco teams for spoiling more than a few good nights.
"A couple of times I thought that I had a pretty good team and we had to play them in the tournament and they knocked us out," said Wooden, his lips curling into a smile. "He never said he was sorry."
Wooden joined Russell, Oscar Robertson, Dean Smith and Dr. James Naismith as the founding class of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame during a ceremony Sunday at the Crown Center Exhibit Hall..."
Here's link: http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/breaking_news/16054906.htm
The former English teacher still teaches in that articulate, deceptively powerful voice that he lent to the ears of youngsters first at Indiana State and later UCLA.
But a month after celebrating birthday number 96, the "Wizard of Westwood" still does not forgive Bill Russell and his San Francisco teams for spoiling more than a few good nights.
"A couple of times I thought that I had a pretty good team and we had to play them in the tournament and they knocked us out," said Wooden, his lips curling into a smile. "He never said he was sorry."
Wooden joined Russell, Oscar Robertson, Dean Smith and Dr. James Naismith as the founding class of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame during a ceremony Sunday at the Crown Center Exhibit Hall..."
Here's link: http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/breaking_news/16054906.htm