Score of a Lifetime: 25 Years Talking Chicago Sports

by Terry Boers

Overview

For 25 years, Chicago sports fans invited Terry Boers into their homes, cars, and offices as one of the premier voices of WSCR radio. Covering the latest championships and trades, Boers was a Windy City constant until his retirement in 2017. In his highly-anticipated memoir, Boers delivers a trove of lively anecdotes and personal reflections from journey through sports media—from raucous banter with Mike Ditka during The Score's early days to the Cubs' World Series celebration in 2016. A must-read for any of the thousands who made Boers part of their daily routine, The Score of a Lifetime is a freewheeling, frank portrait of a man, a career, a station no one thought would survive, and a city that loves its sports.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781629375755
Publisher:	Triumph Books
Publication date:	11/15/2017
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	494,907
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Terry Boers is a legend in Chicago sports media. Before launching his radio career, he served as a reporter and columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times.

Table of Contents

Prologue 7

Chapter 1 Integer, USA 9

Chapter 2 Radio Calling 17

Chapter 3 Mom and Dad 25

Chapter 4 Is Anybody Listening? 35

Chapter 5 Bob 45

Chapter 6 Ditka 55

Chapter 7 Life in the Fast Lane 65

Chapter 8 The Trial of the Century 79

Chapter 9 The Love of My Life 87

Chapter 10 Murph 97

Chapter 11 John 105

Chapter 12 Trouble 117

Chapter 13 John E 127

Chapter 14 The Shows Go On 135

Chapter 15 To the Motor City and Back 147

Chapter 16 Celebrity? 155

Chapter 17 Covering the 1980s 163

Chapter 18 My Toughest Assignment 189

Chapter 19 Cancer 195

Chapter 20 Thanks 209

Epilogue 219

Acknowledgments 223