sports.yahoo.com - 3/1/2008
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LOS ANGELES (AP)—Former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden remained hospitalized but apparently in good condition Saturday after a spill in his condominium left the 97-year-old legend with a pair of broken bones. Wooden broke his left wrist and collarbone in the Thursday night fall, and may have to spend the weekend in the hospital, his daughter said. Daughter Nan Muehlhausen said Wooden was ...
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John Wooden, Collecting Bad Ass Battle Scars at 97
The Play In California —
Former UCLA coach John Wooden was hospitalized yesterday after taking a bit of an old man fall. He suffered a broken wrist and collarbone in the incident, but doctors expect him to be fine. Now, I know many of you are going to expect a crude joke about how we should laugh when old people fall, but seriously, at 97, John Wooden is tougher than all of us. A broken wrist and collarbone would probably call for all of us to go home and ask mommy to heal our boo boo, but not John Wooden. And how many of us can honestly say that we’re going to even make it to the young age of 97? I for one cannot raise my hand. A fall could prove mighty disastrous for anyone approaching ...
John Wooden Falls, Will Get Up Soon [Thanks, LifeAlert!]
Deadspin —
... Okay, who left the Pyramid of Success out in the middle of the den for everyone to trip over? C'mon, one of you better fess up to this. Because now John Wooden took a pretty bad spill thanks to your irresponsibility. ...
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sports.espn.go.com 3/1/2008 — John Wooden remained hospitalized in good condition Saturday, having undergone blood transfusions after the 97-year-old UCLA coaching great broke two bones when he fell at home.
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NY Post: Sports 3/1/2008
HOOPS: Wooden hurt in fall John Wooden broke his left wrist and collarbone in a fall, leaving the former UCLA basketball coach hospitalized yesterday. Daughter Nan Muehlhausen said the 97-year-old Wooden fell in his Los Angeles condominium Thursday...
