When Georgetown University won the NCAA men's basketball championship in 1984, head coach John Thompson made history. Thompson, though, had mixed feelings about becoming the first African American ...

I don’t know a whole lot about him except he’s a terrific basketball coach ... Jim Boeheim and Jim Calhoun. John Thompson and John Chaney. Many, many others. It’s doable if you can ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rick Pitino has matched wits with Mike Krzyzewski and Dean Smith, with John Thompson and Jim Boeheim ... a special place in the college basketball ecosystem: Pitino against ...

Making it to the PBA 50 Greatest Players is only part of the bigger journey for Barangay Ginebra star guard Scottie Thompson – with still no culmination in sight anytime soon.

Despite being the greatest coach in men's basketball history ... Not having Jerry Tarkanian or John Thompson as at least honorable mentions is pretty disrespectful to the game.

The Univesity of Georgetown had always been notorious for molding great young big men who would build Hall-of-Fame-worthy NBA careers. A big reason for that was the legendary coach John Thompson, ...