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The man who put Georgetown University basketball on the map and who was known as “Big John” has died. John Thompson, Jr, coached the Hoyas for 27 seasons taking a less than middling program and turned it into a national power. Thompson led the Hoyas to three Final Fours in the 1980’s winning a national […]

Three-time Emmy Award winner James Brown is one of nine luminaries that comprise the Class of 2020 of the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame that was announced on Tuesday. Brown, 69, is the host of The NFL Today on CBS and a special correspondent for CBS News. Brown is also an ordained minister and a […]

The Washington Football Team (WFT) named Bram Weinstein as their new radio play-by-play announcer on Tuesday. Weinstein, 47, grew up in Montgomery County graduating from Springbrook High School and the American University. He has worked at ESPN, ESPN radio and FOX5 over the last several years. In the late 1990’s he worked at Montgomery Community […]

Silver Spring native Dominique Dawes is known by many as a three-time Olympic gymnast and a gold medal winner. But this week Dawes is doing something she considers much more significant – opening the Dominique Dawes Gymnastics Academy in Clarksburg. Dawes talked to MyMCMedia’s Joe Yasharoff in the latest episode of MoCo’s Most Famous about […]

Attman’s Deli, which closed up shop in Cabin John Mall in Potomac in early April, is planning on reopening in mid-August at a new, nearby location. The deli is moving less than two miles away into the space formerly occupied by Zoe’s Kitchen, which closed in January, in Park Potomac. Attman’s new neighbors will be Sugo […]

PGA Tour member Denny McCarthy has withdrawn from the Travelers Championship prior to the second round after testing positive for COVID-19. McCarthy, 27, was born in Takoma Park, attended Georgetown Prep High School where he played golf and basketball all four years and graduated from the University of Virginia. “I was feeling pretty tired and […]

After three months of being closed due to the COVID-19, pandemic, Tastee Diner in Bethesda – a Montgomery County institution – will reopen its doors this Saturday at 6 a.m. Bethesda Magazine was the first to report the story. This comes as part of Phase 2 reopening in the County. The hours for the diner […]

All indications are that Bagel City in Rockville has gone out of business. For over 40 years, the popular deli has been serving up bagels at its familiar location at the Pike Center on Rockville Pike. MyMCMedia has not heard back from the owners for confirmation but all indications point to the shop being closed for […]

County Executive Marc Elrich responded Wednesday night on Twitter to Governor’s Hogan’s announcement that Maryland will begin Phase 2 of reopening this Friday: “We will be evaluating Governor Hogan’s new Executive Order and determining if any of his Phase 2 provisions will work with our Phase 1 policies and guidelines. With little notice and time […]

Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda is hosting a unique senior celebration Monday for its 620 seniors who will not have a “normal” graduation ceremony due to the coronavirus pandemic. One organizer said, “we wanted to creat a memory and to make it extra special.” Beginning at 10 am Monday, students will come to the […]