Ball State Settles with Coach over Racially-Based Hostilities

Ball State University has reached a settlement with former men's basketball coach Ronny Thompson after an independent investigator concluded that some members of the school’s athletic department acted with racially hostile or insensitive behavior toward Thompson.   That finding was issued by former Indiana Supreme Court Justice Myra Selby. Thompson, who recorded a 9-22 record in his only year on the bench, resigned last July, citing the abuse that was directed toward him because of his ra