Journalist Jesse Washington was tapped to work with the Georgetown Hoyas Hall of Fame coach on the book Before his passing at the age of 78 last year, Thompson, who was inducted into both the Naismith ...
John Thompson didn’t want to be first. Being first wasn’t what validated the discipline, the consistency, the bone-crushing intimidation of “Hoya Paranoia,” the program he spearheaded at Georgetown ...
John Thompson opened the palm of one of his catcher’s mitt-sized hands and pointed to it with the index finger of the other. The lesson of hard work was never far from his mind. “See this?” he asked. ...
During games, Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson slung a white towel over his shoulder, in tribute to his mother. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post) Review by George Solomon John Thompson, ...
Georgetown icon John Thompson Jr. cast a looming aura over college basketball. In person, his stature intimidated with his vintage sideline look — a towel slung over this shoulder and his face in a ...
Head coach John Thompson of the Georgetown Hoyas looks on and reacts during an NCAA basketball game circa 1984 at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. Thompson coached at Georgetown from 1972 to ...
Trymaine Lee: It's been a tough year. And along the way, we've had to say goodbye to some of the greats. John Lewis, Kobe Bryant, Little Richard. And over the weekend, the actor Chadwick Boseman, our ...
John Thompson opened the palm of one of his catcher’s mitt-sized hands and pointed to it with the index finger of the other. The lesson of hard work was never far from his mind. “See this?” he asked. ...
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