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Wooden honored as sports’ greatest coach

Former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden poses with current coach, Ben Howland, left, after making the top of Sporting News' list of sports' 50 greatest coaches, Wednesday July 29, 2009 in Los Angeles. Wooden, 98, won a record 10 Division I men's basketball championships in 12 years, including an unprecedented seven straight from 1967-73.

John Wooden’s friends, family and former players all say they didn’t need an award from a national magazine to confirm the identity of the greatest coach in American sports history. Yet the Sporting News made it official Wednesday, recognizing the 98-year-old Wooden as the pinnacle of a profession that was redefined by the UCLA coach over his unmatched career in Westwood.

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