John Thompson, the gruff but heart-of-gold former owner of Detroit's Honest John's Bar with the familiar question mark in the name, has died. Thompson was 66 and lived in Cape Coral, Florida. He died ...

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 championship, has died.

On Monday, the sports world rightfully mourned the death of John Thompson, a Hall of Fame basketball coach who led Georgetown to the 1984 NCAA title, becoming the first black coach to win an NCAA ...

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, ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. “I’m six feet 10 inches tall,” the longtime Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson writes in his ...

As I write this, I cannot get Jimmy Dean’s 1961 hit song out of my head. But the Big John we knew wasn’t 6 foot 6, weighing 245. Big John Thompson was 6-10 and, well, we won’t say. A lot, OK? As ...

Long before anyone ever talked about John Thompson Jr. and “Hoya Paranoia” in the same breath, the late Georgetown basketball coach was about as open and cooperative of a resource as a young ...