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    Jun 16, 2012 |Resource Link| Los Angeles Times
  1. Jun 24, 2012 |Resource Link| Los Angeles Times
  2. Jun 13, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times
  3. Yutaka Shimizu dies at 84; longtime L.A. high school basketball coach

    Yutaka Shimizu, who became a quiet institution among high school basketball coaches in Los Angeles during a career that began in 1959 and lasted the rest of his life, has died. He was 84.
    Yutaka Shimizu, who became a quiet institution among high school basketball coaches in Los Angeles during a career that began in 1959 and lasted the rest of his life, has died. He was 84. Shimizu, who had a lung ailment, died Sunday at a Lakewood...

    Tags: Basketball, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sports, Eric Sondheimer

  4. Jul 15, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. PASSINGS: Kenny Heitz

    Kenny Heitz, 65, who played on three NCAA basketball championship teams at UCLA in the 1960s, died Monday at his home in Pacific Palisades after a battle with cancer, the school announced.
    Kenny Heitz, 65, who played on three NCAA basketball championship teams at UCLA in the 1960s, died Monday at his home in Pacific Palisades after a battle with cancer, the school announced. At a time when freshmen were not eligible to play varsity sports,...

    Tags: Lucius Allen, Basketball, Cancer, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Sports

  6. Mar 24, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times
  7. Patt Morrison Asks: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- still hooked

    Only his number is retired — 33, in the Lakers' purple and gold that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wore to glory on the basketball court. The rest of him is still working away, most recently on his latest book. At UCLA, in blue and gold, Abdul-Jabbar was a standout, an All American and player of the year — and a history major, which has served him well in his literary career. Some of his books have made it to the bestseller list, and this one, "What Color Is My World? The Lost History of African-American Inventors," is a children's volume with adult appeal. But in the midst of March Madness, he's still watching the game he mastered, though two of his favorites are already out: Lehigh and Long Beach.
    Only his number is retired — 33, in the Lakers' purple and gold that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wore to glory on the basketball court. The rest of him is still working away, most recently on his latest book. At UCLA, in blue and gold, Abdul-Jabbar was a...

    Tags: Stevie Wonder, Los Angeles Lakers, Basketball, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Invention and Innovation

  8. Dec 23, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  9. L.A.'s greatest sports moments No. 1: Kirk Gibson's Series homer

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    L.A.'s greatest sports moments No. 1: Kirk Gibson's homer...
  10. Dec 29, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  11. 100 years of UCLA on your coffee table

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    UCLA's First Century is the focus of a coffee-table book packed with historic photographs....
  12. Mar 16, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times
  13. Marty Biegel dies at 90; former Fairfax High basketball coach

    Marty Biegel, who took over as Fairfax High School's head basketball coach in 1969 at a time of racial tension in Los Angeles and united players and students both in the classroom and on the court, died Tuesday. He was 90.
    Marty Biegel, who took over as Fairfax High School's head basketball coach in 1969 at a time of racial tension in Los Angeles and united players and students both in the classroom and on the court, died Tuesday. He was 90. Biegel, who taught history in...

    Tags: Basketball, Judaism, Baseball, Students, Teaching and Learning

  14. Jan 3, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
  15. Gene Bartow dies of cancer; former UCLA basketball coach was 81

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    Gene Bartow, the man who replaced the legendary John Wooden as UCLA's basketball coach, died at his home in Birmingham on Tuesday evening after a nearly two-year battle with stomach cancer, a University of Alabama Birmingham spokesman confirmed. He was......
  16. Jan 20, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
  17. Sinjin Smith on life and volleyball lessons from Coach Al Scates

    Sports Now
    While writing a story on UCLA men’s volleyball coach Al Scates, who has won 19 NCAA titles and is in his 50th and last season, I heard some wonderful stories and got some great insights from two of his former......
  18. Jan 23, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
  19. Joe Paterno: Should NCAA and selected schools honor his memory?

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    Writers from around Tribune Co. discuss whether the NCAA and selected member schools (outside of Penn State) should honor the memory of Joe Paterno....
  20. Jan 25, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
  21. Joe Paterno viewing draws another large crowd on second day

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    Hundreds more mourners lined up outside a Penn State campus spiritual center Wednesday to pay their respects to the late Joe Paterno on the second of three days of mourning for the beloved former football coach....
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