Thompson, John (1941—)
Olympic and college basketball coach John Thompson, Jr. became the first African American to guide an NCAA championship basketball team in 1984. Thompson led the Georgeto...
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Twenty-five years later, Georgetown got even for a coach named Thompson and a player named Ewing. In an NCAA tournament full of tremendous rallies, it was the Hoyas' turn _ against North Carolina, ...
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The old man wrapped him up in a bear hug and cradled his son's head in his hands, his long fingers trembling ever so slightly.John Thompson waited a lifetime for this day. But almost as quick as th...
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Everybody in college basketball knows the name. Few know the story behind it. John Thompson sat courtside watching his son, John III, put Georgetown through its paces one last time before Saturday'...
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With size getting the better of speed, Roy Hibbert and Jeff Green combined for 47 points Saturday and No. 22 Georgetown celebrated the 100th anniversary of Hoyas basketball with a 76-58 victory ove...
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What their fathers failed to do 25 years ago, Patrick Ewing Jr. and John Thompson III accomplished on Saturday: They beat pesky crosstown rival American.As AU celebrated the anniversary of the grea...
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Princeton coach Joe Scott will take over as head coach at the University of Denver."Joe Scott spent three years as the head coach at Princeton and gave a lot of blood, sweat and tears to Princeton ...
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Mike Cook had 18 points and No. 7 Pittsburgh won its sixth in a row, 74-69 over Georgetown on Saturday night.Aaron Gray and Antonio Graves added 11 points each and Ronald Ramon had 10 for the Panth...
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Toronto Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay is taking a slower approach to the coming season.Halladay won the AL Cy Young Award in 2003, but that was the last time he pitched a complete season. A strained r...
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The head of a leading security software vendor denounced the use of data files commonly used by Google Inc. and other Web sites to track user activity, saying such sites should seek permission ahea...
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