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 Georgetown University Hoyas team from 1972-1999. Thompson turned around...

John Thompson Jr. (born September 2 1941 in Washington, D.C.) is a former basketball coach for the Georgetown University Hoyas. He is now a professional radio and TV sports commentator. In 1984, he became the first African-American head coach to win the...

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, of all teams.Georgetown overcame an 11-point deficit in the second half, then...

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 the hug was strong, he let go of...

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's semifinal against Ohio State. But he was thinking about his own father."I always...

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 over No. 11 Marquette.On a day in which Patrick Ewing was honored as...