What John Thompson Meant To DC
The Lead
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🗓️ 4 September 2020
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Legendary Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson passed away this week, leaving behind a remarkable legacy. He built the Hoya program from the ground up by recruiting local talent, often from neighborhoods where many people would never have considered attending Georgetown. The Athletic's David Aldridge covered Thompson and the Hoyas when he first became a sports reporter, and he joins us to talk about the iconic coach's influence and legacy, the complicated political climate in which he operated, and what he meant to his hometown of Washington D.C.
Read David Aldridge's tribute to John Thompson:
https://theathletic.com/2033809/2020/08/31/profane-after-midnight-laughs-and-lessons-from-the-one-and-only-john-thompson/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:05.8 | today. |
| 0:06.8 | Hello, I'm Hannah. |
| 0:08.4 | And I'm Sirete. |
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