Bill Plaschke can never write a better column than his piece about Cori Close and John Wooden. Nor can anyone else. Great column by Bill Plaschke on how Cori Close was mentored by John Wooden.

It was at Purdue where Wooden cultivated the principles he would refine into his Pyramid of Success, a blueprint ... reflect on the enduring influence of John Wooden. As the Bruins take the ...

asked John Wooden ... For 17 years, Wooden hoisted Close on a climb through her own personal pyramid of success, first as a UCLA assistant, then UC Santa Barbara assistant, then a Florida State ...