Out of print for more than 30 years, now available for the first time as an eBook, this is the controversial story of John Wooden's first 25 years and first 8 NCAA Championships as UCLA Head Basketball Coach. This is the only book that gives a true picture of the character of John Wooden and the influence of his assistant, Jerry Norman, whose contributions Wooden  ignored and tried to bury.

Compiled with more than 40 hours of interviews with Coach Wooden, learn about the man behind the coach. The players tell their stories in their own words.

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The Return of Tanya Tucker Featuring Brandi Carlile (8/10)

by Tony Medley

108 minutes.

R 

I’m not sure why this is rated “R” unless it is because there is smoking and some references to drugs. But it should be PG-13, at the worst. Tucker was a beautiful, immensely talented little girl, young woman, and grownup woman who lived a wild life. She hadn’t recorded a song in 17 years when Grammy Award-winner Brandi Carlile contacted her out of the blue to record a new album, and this is that story.

Carlile is a beautiful and talented singer/songwriter, and their bonding is poignant, even though Carlile’s constant cloying fawning attitude towards Tanya gets irritating. As it is basically the story of making the album, the film only touches on Tucker’s career in a few flashbacks, and virtually ignores her controversial matching with 44-year-old Glen Campbell when she was twenty-two, to its detriment. My main criticism, though, is a lack of music. There is some, but not nearly enough.