And parting his veil of secrecy, Thompson brings us into his negotiation with a D.C. What were the origins of the the phrase 'Hoya Paranoia'? You'll see.

We experience riding shotgun with Celtics icon Red Auerbach and coaching NBA Hall of Famers like Patrick Ewing and Allen Iverson. Chockful of stories and moving beyond mere stats (three Final Fours, four-time national coach of the year, seven Big East championships, 97 percent graduation rate), Thompson's book drives us through his childhood under Jim Crow segregation to our current moment of racial reckoning. After five decades at the center of race and sports in America, Thompson-the iconic NCAA champion, Black activist, and educator-was ready to make the private public at last, and he completed this autobiography shortly before his death in the historically tumultuous summer of 2020. John Thompson was never just a basketball coach and I Came As A Shadow is categorically not just a basketball autobiography. The long-awaited autobiography from Georgetown University's legendary coach, whose life on and off the basketball court threw America's unresolved struggle with racial justice into sharp relief.

14 For by a single offering ( S)he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.About the Book The autobiography of the legendary coach of the Georgetown Hoyas, whose achievements on and off the basketball court reflect America's unresolved struggle with racial justice.

12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he ( Q)sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time ( R)until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 10 And by that will ( K)we have been sanctified through the offering of ( L)the body of Jesus Christ ( M)once for all.ġ1 And every priest stands ( N)daily at his service, ( O)offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, ( P)which can never take away sins. ( H)“Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,ħ Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,Īs it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”Ĩ When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in ( I)sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), 9 then he added, ( J)“Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second.

I came as a shadow