Crummy news out of Seattle: Joyce Walker is stepping aside as Garfield High School's girls basketball coach, albeit temporarily. Having announced in February that she has lung cancer, she's made the decision to take a temporary leave of absence.

A local legend on the Seattle courts, Walker may be best known to the national basketball audience as "that other coach" in the documentary "The Heart of the Game." As a player, Walker won a state championship at Garfield in 1980, starred at LSU, won Olympic gold, played extensively abroad, and was the second female basketball player to join the Harlem Globetrotters. She returned to the Garfield program in 1999 as coach, and led the team to a championship in 2005.