Results tagged “thescore”

We had an idea that this would happen when Dan McNeil was canned by ESPN 1000 (WMVP) back in January. And now it's official: Danny Mac will return home to the Score AM 670. Beginning June 15, the former host of ESPN radio's afternoon "Mac, Jurko and Harry Show" will take the air at The Score solo from 9am - 1pm on his new "The Danny Mac Show." McNeil, who earned about $600,000 in his last contract, likely took a big pay cut to get back on the radio. "Everybody takes a haircut in '09," McNeil said. more ›

There's a lot going on in the world of sports, and we're busy working on our baseball season preview, so we'll just give you the quick shots: more ›

It was only weeks ago that Chicagoist was pleased to find that even national media had the same respect for the White Sox's radio duo of John Rooney and Ed Farmer that we do. Sadly, that team will soon bebreaking up after 14 years on-air together. more ›

No, not to another city! The Sox are moving south on your AM dial next year, having reached an agreement to move their game broadcasts to The Score 670 (WSCR) from their current home at ESPN 1000 (WMVP). The 5-year deal will pay the White Sox only $2.5 - $2.7 million per season, about half what they get in their current deal. Chicagoist isn't sure why they didn't wait until after winning the World Series... more ›

On Thursday, the local Arbitron radio ratings came out, and they signaled a major shift in Chicago's sports radio market. The incumbent WSCR 670 AM was passed by relative newcomer WMVP 1000 AM. Personally, Chicaogist isn't surprised. We try to listen to both, but usually find our radio turned to ESPN 1000. WMPV is owned by ESPN, which dominates the cable TV and online sports markets, and benefits from both the cross-marketing and stable of... more ›

Acting legend Marlon Brando, known for being as much of a character offscreen as on it, died yesterday at age 80. Over his long, storied career – which helped define modern American movie acting – he worked with some of film's best directors (Elia Kazan, Bernardo Bertulucci, Francis Ford Coppola) in some of their best works (On the Waterfront, The Godfather, Last Tango in Paris). One of the sexiest men to ever wear a wifebeater – Chicagoist says this with the utmost security in our heterosexuality – he was raised in our own great state of Illinois (first Evanston, then Libertyville). From the land of Lincoln, he went on to a Minnesota military academy (from which he was expelled) and moved off to New York at study at the Actor's Studio, an institution he helped make famous. more ›