
Jim Thompson
Radio and Television Arts ’66
Jim Thompson has had a lifelong love affair with sports. After graduating from Ryerson's Radio and Television program, he launched a sports broadcasting career in 1966. Over the next 30 years, he covered most amateur and professional sporting events across the country, and around the world. In the mid-1980's, he moved to the new cable network TSN, where he rose to become President and General Manage of TSN and Netstar Sports. he also served on a wide variety of sports organizations and committees, such as the Hockey Hall of Fame Board, and the Canadian Special Olympics Board. Shortly after taking on a new challenge as Chief Executive Officer and Secretary General of the Canadian Olympic Committee, Mr. Thompson died suddenly. The University extends its condolences to the family of Jim Thompson.
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