In 1969, Alan Siegel was commissioned to create a new logo for the National Basketball Association. Having done similar work for Major League Baseball the year before, Siegel was the man for the job.

SALEM, Va. (WDBJ) - Before Jerry West became ‘The Logo,’ he faced hardship as a child in West Virginia. He was physically abused by his father, and his brother, David, was killed in action in the ...

Jerry West smiles after being introduced as a new member of the Golden State Warriors basketball club's Executive Board, during a news conference in San Francisco, May 24, 2011. Jerry West, who was ...

Salem author Roland Lazenby has written extensive biographies about Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Magic Johnson. But before he wrote those books, he wrote a biography about NBA legend Jerry West.

Virginia Tech professor Roland Lazenby has published a biography on NBA player Jerry West, which has appeared on the LA Times best seller list. Here is a press release from the university: Roland ...

(Reuters) -Jerry West, widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all-time whose silhouette was the inspiration for the National Basketball Association's logo, has died at the age of ...

One of the most twisted pieces of trivia I know is one university somehow produced two players who were named the MVP of their sport's championship event without winning the championship. Chuck Howley ...

Jerry West opened up about the 1971-72 championship roster of the Los Angeles Lakers and what made it so special.

Jerry West had an intense passion for basketball and was always straightforward and emotionally invested in his work. Over his 23 years as a general manager for two different franchises, "The Logo" ...

Today, Jerry West is best known as "The Logo," as a picture of him from Sport magazine was the basis for the silhouette that has literally symbolized the NBA for the past 55 years. In 2011, however, ...

The Los Angeles Lakers’ four-sentence statement on the death of Jerry West could’ve been less perfunctory, more heartfelt – more like the warm remembrance Miami Heat president and former Lakers coach ...