Legendary Georgetown coach John Thompson Jr. dies
Thompson was born and raised in Washington D.C. and it was in his hometown where he would build a dynasty in the 1980s.
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Thompson was born and raised in Washington D.C. and it was in his hometown where he would build a dynasty in the 1980s.
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