John Wooden hospitalized at UCLA

The news has been full of reports about legendary UCLA coach John Wooden since mid-afternoon, some of them grossly erroneous. Here's what UCLA can say, from the UCLA Newsroom website, where I am the director:

UCLA has received numerous media and public inquiries regarding Coach John Wooden, the Bruins' legendary basketball coach from 1948-1975. The campus has been authorized to confirm that Coach Wooden is a patient at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Per the wishes of the Wooden family, UCLA will not comment on his condition. No one from the Wooden Family or UCLA staff is available for interviews regarding Coach Wooden.

It's touching to see how many quotations from Coach Wooden are posted to Twitter every day, not just this one.