But the 6-foot-10, 300-pound Thompson, pouring sweat, came prepared. He had brought a huge bottle of soda, smuggled under his coat in a brown paper bag. Big John leaned back to take a big swig ...

John Thompson Jr., the big man and personality, sits quietly inside a Georgetown athletic center bearing his name. To visit him, you walk past the enthralling bronze Thompson statue that adorns ...

John Thompson Jr., who died Sunday night at 78, was a towering presence in college basketball, both in physical stature and impact on the court. Most important, according to esteemed peers who ...

Yet St. Anthony's had one distinct advantage: John Thompson, its mountain of a coach. Thompson not only knew basketball, he was an intimidating presence who demanded respect for his players.

You guys just think the sweater won all the games." John Thompson, Georgetown’s Hall of Fame coach, decided he would try and one-up his on-court rival (and close friend off of it) by donning the ...

Twenty-two years ago, Hall of Fame Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson took a chance on Allen Iverson — a young, undeniably gifted high school athlete with three felony convictions ...

John Thompson III had lived with his father for 14 years by 1980, which gave him plenty of time to see most sides of the man many came to know through the course of his life as “Big John”.