UCLA coach Cori Close wasn’t sure what she was expecting when she was invited to meet John Wooden at his home in 1993. But she could say it was definitely not … this. The small two-bedroom ...

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 ...

(AP) — Cori Close, who led UCLA to its first women's ... the award and said she was honored to join her mentor, the late John Wooden, who won the men's award five times.

(AP) — Cori ... Close said at Thursday's ceremony. “I'm forever grateful.” She is the first UCLA women’s coach to win the award and said she was honored to join her mentor, the late John ...