Patrick Ewing, shown in February, enters the Big East tournament with a 20-game losing streak. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post) Perspective by Jerry Brewer There is no need for Georgetown and ...

When Patrick Ewing was at Georgetown as a player, the Hoyas went 121-23, including back-to-back three-loss seasons in 1984 and 1985. Georgetown made the national championship game in 1982, 1984 ...

Patrick Ewing was in his prime, but the franchise still couldn't get it right for him. As a dynasty grew in Chicago, frustrations piled up on the East Coast.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Patrick Ewing is coming home. The Knicks announced the franchise legend will be joining the franchise in a newly-appointed position of basketball ambassador Friday afternoon.

Ewing had also struggled to retain players: 17 transferred out of the program during his tenure, including Mac McClung, who left for Texas Tech and this year won the N.B.A. dunk contest, and Dante ...

Patrick Ewing playfully flips a towel over his shoulder like the signature towel used by his coach, John Thompson Jr. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) ...

Patrick Ewing wasted no time answering the question, responding in a fashion that would have made you think he just got done playing the games that helped shape the NBA in the late 1990s.

Patrick Ewing cuts down the nets at last year’s Big East Tournament. USA Today Sports Together John Thompson and Ewing built a juggernaut that reached three NCAA finals, winning one, and made ...

One night last March, John Thompson Jr., Georgetown University’s legendary former basketball coach, made a recruiting call. Thompson hadn’t coached the Hoyas since 1999, but this wasn’t your average ...

Patrick Ewing was one of the best centers of the 1980s and 1990s, firmly cemented as the superstar of the New York Knicks. He played against many of the league's best centers, like Hakeem Olajuwon ...

Patrick Ewing sits in the locker room after the Knicks lost to the Pacers in the 2000 Eastern Conference Finals. AP In 1998, he’d broken his right wrist, missed most of the year.