CHELSEA icon John Terry has given up pursuing a career as a manager. The former Blues captain, 44, last worked full-time in a ...

John Terry has turned his back on the prospect of becoming a manager after growing tired of the lack of opportunities that ...

Former Aston Villa boss Dean Smith would love to reunite with Jack Grealish at Charlotte FC, but it seems the England star ...

FILE - In an Oct. 9, 1997 file photo, North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith smiles during a news conference in Chapel Hill, N.C.,where he announced his retirement.

Dean Smith had an impact on the lives of players well beyond stars like Michael Jordan. (AP) Chadwick's son, David Jr., a promising young basketball player, had suffered a major knee injury.

And it resonated with coaches because they were in awe of Dean Edwards Smith, who died Saturday at 83, and his cognitive powers. Sometimes the awe was grudging, but it was there.

Dean Smith was a spiritual man, and there is no doubt if he had any say in the matter, this escape would have come long ago.

Growing Up, 1931-49: "Mother called him Christopher Columbus" Dean Edwards Smith was born on Feb. 28, 1931, in the east Kansas railroad town of Emporia, the only son of devout Baptist schoolteachers.

One night in 1965, when Dean Smith was still a 30-something basketball technocrat trying to justify his post as successor to the magisterial Frank McGuire, his Tar Heels returned to campus from a ...

Legendary North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith died this weekend at the age of 83. Rather than repeat the honorifics about Smith's unbelievable career, here are some numbers that accomplish ...