Sacrifice and selflessness define coach Cori Close’s UCLA championship run‎

PHOENIX — “Let me show you who Cori really is,” a UCLA staffer says as he pushes the door open to the UCLA coaches’ temporary locker room at the Final Four arena. Around the corner, there’s a collection of recyclable cans and bottles that Close has picked up and set atop a mini-fridge. In the next hour, those cans and bottles will be packed into a bag so they can take the flight back to Los Angeles with the newly crowned national champion UCLA Bruins. Behind Close’s efforts, the entire team regu