Bits and pieces from the local sports scene:
Former Burroughs hoop standout among UCLA title team honorees: The UCLA men's basketball program doesn't forget about its own — especially its championship own.
The Bruins took time out Saturday to honor the 1967 UCLA team that won an NCAA championship.
Coached by the legendary John Wooden, the team included former Burroughs High standout Lynn Shackelford. The squad also featured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Warren.
Shackelford — a 1965 Burroughs graduate who was the CIF Southern Section Division 3A Player of the Year for the Indians in 1965 — was known for his high-arching shot and his pinpoint shooting. He helped the Bruins win three NCAA titles.
In 1969, the former Burroughs star ended his collegiate career by helping the Bruins defeat Purdue, 92-72, to capture the crown. The squad also featured Lucius Allen.
During Shackelford's three-year varsity career, UCLA posted an 88-2 overall record and the Bruins set a program record of 47 straight wins.
The 1967 team went 30-0, matching the Bruins' first NCAA title team in 1964.
Shackelford averaged 11.4 points that season.
At the 40-year anniversary celebration, the 96-year-old Wooden took the Pauley Pavilion court, named for him and his late wife Nell, to remind the crowd that the team that included four sophomores and junior guard Warren was the youngest to win it all.
Wooden joked that Warren "wasn't a bad guard and a pretty good actor, too."
Warren, now 60, went on to an acting career that included a co-starring role in the 1980s hit drama "Hill Street Blues."
"It's one of the most remarkable feelings of all time to be back here with guys I played with 40 years ago," Warren told the Associated Press. "To have [Wooden] still be living and to celebrate is fantastic."
Warren said he's trying to get a film on Wooden together.
The 1967 title squad began an unmatched run of seven consecutive NCAA championships under Wooden. Wooden helped the Bruins win an unprecedented 10 titles in 12 years before retiring in 1975.
Abdul-Jabbar, known as Lew Alcindor during his college days, averaged 29 points and 15 rebounds that season.
"We had Kareem, who was unstoppable," Warren told the AP. "He could've averaged 60 points a game if he'd wanted to. This [current] team has some of the same elements. They think about team first."
