Former UCLA coach Wooden injured in fall John Wooden broke his left wrist and collarbone in a fall, leaving the former UCLA basketball coach hospitalized in Friday. Daughter Nan Muehlhausen said Wooden, 97, fell in his Los Angeles-area condominium Thursday night. She said he was resting comfortably in a hospital and visited with family members throughout the day.
"Dad's spirits are good," she said in a statement. "He is up and joking around with the family. He will probably be in the hospital for a couple of more days." Wooden also hit his head, but a CT scan of his head and neck were negative. "We appreciate everyone's concern, but we are requesting that people do not call the hospital and do not try to visit Dad at this time," Muehlhausen said.
Wooden coached the Bruins to an unsurpassed 10 NCAA basketball championships in the 1960s and '70s, including consecutive titles from 1967 to '73.
Wooden is still an active presence around UCLA. School officials last month asked fans not to bother him at games, because autograph-seekers had been lining up near his seat behind the Bruins' bench.
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• St. John's University coach Norm Roberts will return next season to finish his current contract.
• Kentucky's Patrick Patterson will miss the rest of the season because of a stress fracture in his left ankle.
