Don`t send Debi Thomas` coach, Alex McGowan, anywhere as a goodwill ambassador. McGowan has stirred up international bad feelings at the World Figure Skating Championships by castigating East ...

A lot of the credit must go to McGowan, the outspoken and often controversial coach of 1986 world champion and 1988 Olympic bronze medalist Debi Thomas.

Crystal River diving coach Kelly Abrams wasn't sure what to think the first time she met freshman Alex McGowan. "He's challenging," she said. "He's funny, and he's tough. I give him credit for ...