In the world of college basketball, few teams have achieved the level of success and dominance that the UCLA Bruins did in 1972. This remarkable year marked a pinnacle in the team's history as they ...

Members of the 1972 U.S. Olympic basketball team have talked about finally retrieving those silver medals they vowed to never accept and left behind in Germany. No, they still don’t want them for ...

Forty years and one colossal disappointment have not spoiled Kevin Joyce's love for the Olympics. He still has the fervor that compelled him to write a composition in the fifth grade saying that he ...

Three seconds. How much does three seconds mean? For the USA basketball team of 1972, the answer was – everything. How long can three seconds last? A lifetime – the US team both won and lost the ...

The words leapt from the young woman’s mouth, an exclamation blurted as a half-question outside a Westwood restaurant, before she could stop herself — or maybe recognize the person she had bumped into ...

Nearly 40 years ago, shortly after midnight on Sept. 10, 1972, the U.S. men’s basketball team, of which I was a member, took the floor in a sports hall in Munich to play the Soviet Union for the gold ...

What was Bill Walton's record in college? A story published in The Terre Haute Tribune on March 24, 1972 noted that Walton hadn't lost a game since he was a sophomore in high school in 1967. UCLA was ...

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"C.M." Newton's legacy in basketball is well known, including his 12 seasons as the head coach at Alabama (1968-80). He had an overall record of 211-123, was named the league's coach of the year twice ...