Honoring the memory of a coaching legend
(WorldNews Sport)

In-page image(s) Body During the past week the world of sports lost another icon when former Oklahoma State basketball coach Eddie Sutton passed away. Once I heard the news, I didn`t wonder long about the topic of my next column. In reality, I am not a good candidate to write about the legendary coach. I had never met the man and had only seen his teams play once in person. But I have been a fan going back to his days when he was the head coach at Creighton. When I was working on the Decatur, Ill. newspaper, a sportswriter friend of mine covered a game between Bradley and Creighton played in Peoria. He interviewed Coach Sutton and after the story was published a note of thanks from the young...