Ohio State University has fired womenâs basketball coach Jim Foster. Fosterâs dismissal came after the team had a losing record in the Big Ten Conference and failed to qualify for the NCAA tournament. Foster coached OSU women for 11 seasons, and was the winningest coach in the programâs history in terms of winning percentage and total wins. His record was 279 wins and 82 losses. OSU Athletics Director Gene Smith called Foster a wonderful representative of the university who provided exceptional mentoring to young people on and off the court. "The Ohio State women's basketball program was made better under Jim's leadership," said Smith in a statement. A national search for Fosterâs replacement is underway.
Mike Thompson spends much of his time correcting people who mispronounce the name of his hometown – Worcester, Massachusetts. Mike studied broadcast journalism at Syracuse University when he was not running in circles – as a distance runner on the SU track team.