Orlando Woolridge

When life as a Notre Dame men's basketball player became too cluttered and confused to the point where it seemed the four walls of his single dorm room were closing in, Stan Wilcox always knew where to turn. Wilcox would visit a teammate who also lived...

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Former University of Notre Dame standout and National Basketball Association veteran Orlando Woolridge died last night at his parents’ home in Mansfield, La., where he had been under hospice care due to a chronic...

He was known for his boundless enthusiasm, his infectious smile and his uncanny athletic ability to work the baseline and attack the basket with acrobatic dunks. Orlando Woolridge, one of the prominent members of the Bulls in the early-to-mid 1980s, died...

Orlando Woolridge, the rugged forward who carved out a reputation over 13 NBA seasons as a scoring specialist and one of the original alley-oop artists, died late Thursday at his parents' home in Mansfield, La. He was 52. DeSoto Parish Chief Deputy...

Orlando Woolridge, the rugged forward and former Laker who carved out a reputation over 13 NBA seasons as a scoring specialist and became one of the original alley-oop artists, has died. He was 52. Woolridge, who was with the Lakers from 1988 to 1990,...