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Kelvin Sampson recalls racism he fought growing up in North Carolina
The Houston coach is of the Lumbee Tribe and says he ‘always identified with the brothers’
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Patrick Ewing’s coaching success is more than a feel-good story
‘The heart of John Thompson’ lives in the revival of Georgetown basketball
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Nolan Richardson: ‘John Chaney was one of the most brilliant guys I’ve ever met’
The longtime Temple coach died at the age of 89 on Jan. 29
The night John Thompson walked out of the arena
Coach’s protest of Proposition 42 through the eyes of Thompson’s son Ronny, who was a player on that Georgetown team
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Behind John Thompson’s closed-door meeting with drug kingpin Rayful Edmond III
In his new autobiography, the coach describes the famous meeting and the threat to Georgetown’s basketball program
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Mourning the loss of four athletic icons
Remembering Gale Sayers, John Thompson, Wes Unseld and Bobby Mitchell
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Georgetown freshman Mac McClung is electrifying, dynamic — and white
The Hoyas’ complicated history with race makes it impossible to overlook the significance of Patrick Ewing landing a recruit like McClung
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The loss of the Black Coaches Association is still being felt today
Nolan Richardson: ‘You don’t have any black coaches out there now who carry any weight whatsoever’
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The roots of Patrick Ewing’s coaching tree
4 men who shaped Georgetown’s new coach