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Plan to move Caps, Wizards to Virginia could include Georgetown Hoyas
If the deal to build a new sports arena in Alexandria’s Potomac Yard goes through, the Washington Capitals and Wizards could be joined by the Georgetown Hoyas men’s basketball in moving to Virginia. An internal report obtained by News4 revealed the plan, if Virginia approves funding, also includes moving dozens of large concerts and other events currently held at...
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Plan to move Caps, Wizards to Virginia could in include Georgetown Hoyas
If the deal to build a new sports arena in Potomac Yard goes through, it could be more than just the Capitals and Wizards who leave D.C. News4’s Mark Segraves reports an internal report obtained by News4 reveals the plan includes moving the Georgetown Hoyas as well as dozens of large concerts and other events that are currently held Capital...
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‘She was amazing': Georgetown coach dies of breast cancer at 41
Georgetown women’s basketball coach Tasha Butts died of breast cancer at 41. News4’s J.P. Finlay tells how she’s being remembered.
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Georgetown women's hoops coach steps away to focus on ongoing battle with breast cancer
Georgetown women’s basketball coach Tasha Butts is taking time away from the team to focus on her health in her ongoing battle against breast cancer the school announced. Associate head coach Darnell Haney will take over in her absence. Butts was diagnosed with advanced stage breast cancer in 2021. The diagnosis inspired the Tasha Tough campaign which has brought awareness...
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Descendants of enslaved people get together in St. Mary's County
More than 450 descendants from those who were forcibly enslaved and then sold off to Louisiana are going to St. Mary’s County for educational meetings and tours of the places their forefathers and mothers were held in captivity. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.
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Ed Cooley Takes Over at Georgetown With Lofty Aspirations
Ed Cooley is taking over as Georgetown’s coach with lofty aspirations about bringing the once-storied program back to the top of college basketball. Cooley joins the Hoyas after 12 years at Providence in which he led the team to seven NCAA Tournament appearances. Georgetown has just one March Madness appearance in eight years under previous coaches Patrick Ewing and John...
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Ed Cooley Introduced as New Georgetown Men's Basketball Coach
Ed Cooley was introduced Wednesday as Georgetown’s new men’s basketball coach.
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Patrick Ewing Fired by Georgetown After Latest Losing Season
Patrick Ewing has been fired as men’s basketball coach at Georgetown after the latest in a series of rough seasons for the school he led to a national championship as a player in the 1980s. The school announced Thursday it would begin searching for a successor. Ewing’s last game was an 80-48 loss to Villanova in the Big East Tournament...
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Adnan Syed Hired by Georgetown's Prison Reform Initiative
Adnan Syed, who was released from a Maryland prison this year after his case was the focus of the true-crime podcast “Serial,” has been hired by Georgetown University as a program associate for the university’s Prisons and Justice Initiative. The university says Syed started working this month for the initiative. In his new role, Syed will support Georgetown’s “Making an...
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‘We're All Hoyas': Georgetown Students Hold Sit-In After Student Reports Racism on Campus
A Georgetown University student filed a report after she said a white student yelled racist slurs from a residence hall window. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
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Georgetown University Students Protest After Student Reports Racism on Campus
A Georgetown University student filed a report after she said a white student yelled racist slurs from a residence hall window. News4’s Derrick Ward reports that several students don’t believe the incident is being taken seriously enough.