The Georgetown University athletic department was named the inaugural winner of the John Thompson Jr. Award Sept. 2, honoring its commitment to social justice in Big East Conference athletics. The ...

(WASHINGTON) – John Thompson III’s days at Georgetown University are over. The school announced Thursday that it fired Thompson as head coach of its men’s basketball team. “It is with profound regret ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Thompson, the imposing Hall of Famer who turned Georgetown into a “Hoya Paranoia” powerhouse and became the first Black coach to lead a team to the NCAA men’s basketball ...

WASHINGTON -- Legendary basketball coach John Thompson Jr. has died at the age of 78, according to ESPN. Thompson was the first African-American head coach to win the NCAA Men's Basketball ...

STAN? REPORTER: JOHN THOMPSON’S IMPACT EXTENDED WAY PAST THE BASKETBALL COURT. HE DIVERSIFIED GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY’S BASKETBALL TEAM. HEY SPOKE UP AGAINST WHAT HE -- HE SPOKE UP AGAINST WHAT HE ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Thompson III was fired as Georgetown’s basketball coach Thursday after two consecutive losing seasons at the school his father led to a national championship. Thompson said in a ...

During the late 1980s, Rayful Edmond operated a violent and highly profitable drug trafficking operation in Washington D.C. He was considered equal parts brilliant, charismatic and ruthless. Maybe ...