Rod Foster was just a freshman when he helped UCLA reach the 1980 NCAA basketball championship game. In 1983, the “Rocket” – as he was aptly nicknamed – was drafted by the NBA’s Phoenix Suns. But his ...

Rod Foster is a joyful staple of Bend's Vince Genna Stadium. Foster has worked there since he was 7 years old, and he brings a smile on his face every day, hoping he can brighten the fans' day as they ...

Once hailed as the fastest player in college basketball, he now moves with the push of a button. His motorized wheelchair whirring to life, “Rocket Rod” Foster uses the joystick attached to the end of ...

Former UCLA basketball star Rod Foster is battling inclusion body myositis, a disease that progressively attacks the body's muscles and has left him bound to a wheelchair. (Michael Owen Baker / For ...