Terry Foster

Infobox Radio Presenter

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name = Terry Foster
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birthplace = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
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show = Valenti & Foster
station = WXYT, WXYT-FM Detroit, Michigan
timeslot = 2–6 pm, Monday–Friday
style = Sports radio
country = USA
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web = [http://info.detnews.com/terryfosterblog/index.cfm Terry Foster blog]

Terry Foster (born February 12 1959 in Detroit, Michigan) is a sports columnist and radio personality in Detroit. He co-hosts "Valenti & Foster" on WXYT-FM The Ticket, a sports radio station, with Mike Valenti. Foster recently co-wrote the book "The Great Detroit Sports Debate" with fellow Detroit writer Drew Sharp. He is a sports columnist for the "Detroit News" and also writes enterprise pieces on the Detroit Lions. He began his broadcasting career in the 1990s on WDFN in Detroit before moving to the WXYT. Of the many broadcasters whom have moved between the Detroit sports radio rivals, only Foster has worked at WDFN twice and WXYT twice.fact|date=July 2008

A native Detroiter, he began his journalism career in 1981 with the "The Grand Rapids Press." He later moved to the "Detroit Free Press" in 1982 where he covered high school sports in Macomb County. He stayed with the "Free Press" until 1988 when he left for the "Detroit News" after being approached by the newspaper for the second time. He earned his Journalism degree from Central Michigan University and was once was a bartender and cook at the legendary Lindell Athlectic Club in downtown Detroit.fact|date=July 2008

From 1988–1994, he was the Pistons beat writer for the "News" during the Bad Boys era. During that time he also covered Michigan football, golf, tennis and auto racing. Foster has covered: Super Bowls, World Series, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals, 1996 Summer Olympics, and Wimbledon. Foster has also contributed to other broadcasts and the "Grand Rapids Press." In 2006, Valenti and Foster broadcast from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.

Bibliography

*Foster, Terry with Drew Sharp. "The Great Detroit Sports Debate" . Sports Publishing. 2006. ISBN:"978-1596700482".

External links

* [http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPORTS08 Detroit News columns]
* [http://www.sportsinferno.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=33 Sports Inferno biography]
* [http://www.sportsinferno.com/ Sports Inferno official site]