Jerry Sloan, Utah Jazz great and Hall of Fame coach, dies at 78
(WorldNews Sport)

Jerry Sloan, the Hall of Fame coach who was a fixture for decades in Utah and took the Jazz to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998, died Friday. He was 78. The Jazz said he died from complications of Parkinson`s disease and Lewy body dementia. Sloan had been in failing health for many years. Sloan spent 23 seasons coaching the Jazz. The team — with John Stockton and Karl Malone leading the way in many of those seasons — finished below .500 in only one of those years. Sloan won 1,221 games in his career, the fourth-highest...