An imminent sports loss

John Wooden is apparently in his last days:

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/37499938/ns/sports-college_basketball/

I hesitate to call this a "tragedy", only because the man is 99 years old, and has been active throughout those years. But if ever there was a class act in sports, John Wooden is it.

caw

John Wooden has died.

I am saddened. I am also saddened that no one here has found it appropriate to honor one of the truly good guys in U.S. sports history. Amid the various forms of awful and/or horrific news making headlines, this is a moment to say something really good about someone deserving of it.

He lived for almost a century, all of it as a vibrant, talented and classy human being. We should all aspire to such, and celebrate an admirable life.

caw

I hereby resurrect this thread to post a link to a wonderful column that appeared today about John Wooden. For anyone too young or otherwise benighted to know who this wonderful man was, read this:

http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/John-Wooden-former-UCLA-coach-legacy-060510

He was, by any standard, the greatest college basketball coach ever. He was also, without any dispute, the finest human being ever to hold the position.

caw

Even more impressive, considering that Olson was famously known as a jerk, on a personal basis.

caw