Big John seemed to speak Dikembe Mutombo into existence. This was 1988. I was covering John Thompson — not the Georgetown Hoyas, the team he coached. As with almost everyone else who wrote about ...

Growing up, Dikembe Mutombo wanted to be a soccer goalie ... But former Georgetown coach John Thompson convinced him to play Mutombo admitted he wasn’t good but improved quickly and realized ...

Dikembe Mutombo was the kind of athlete everyone ... and playing college basketball at Georgetown for legendary coach John Thompson, earned incredible accolades as soon as he entered the ...

John Thompson and the Hoyas were an enduring ... through the Mutombo Foundation he founded. "Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life. On the court, he was one of the greatest shot blockers ...

It was that Dikembe Mutombo was a man of his place ... when Mutombo was a mystery recruit at Georgetown whom John Thompson had paired with established star Alonzo Mourning. Thompson kept all ...

Dikembe Mutombo was a 7-foot-2 Congolese basketball ... blocking prowess that made Mutombo a compelling prospect from John Thompson’s Georgetown team. But the conversation that night barely ...

Was Dikembe Mutombo on the flight ... “Can you jump and touch the rim?” Georgetown coach John Thompson asked him when he got to the gym on campus. Mutombo walked over to the regulation ...

A big reason for that was the legendary coach John Thompson, whose knowledge and ... in the early 90s were Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo, as "Big John" saw the potential in the two centers.

Back when Alonzo Mourning was at Georgetown, an announcer - maybe Dick Vitale - said that John Thompson would pass by him and whisper “Mutombo...Mutombo....” He ...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — NBA legend and former 76er Dikembe Mutombo has died at the age ... where he played for legendary coach John Thompson. His NBA career spanned from 1991 to 2009.

It was that Dikembe Mutombo was a man of his place ... when Mutombo was a mystery recruit at Georgetown whom John Thompson had paired with established star Alonzo Mourning. Thompson kept all ...