BONUS | Honoring an Original: A Terry Boers Celebration of Life
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What is the significance of Terry Boers' legacy?
This is a somber day in the score. It's a difficult one. Dark times at the score. We lost a legend. We lost a score original. A titan in Chicago's sports talk radio. Terry Bores passed away yesterday at 75. His comedic and sports sensibilities defined this station's voice in a way that still resonates and makes it what it is today.
People, very nice, you know, condolences, sorry for your loss. It's all of our losses. It's listeners, current people we work with, former people.
He was the last original score member who was on the air here. In the afternoon, Dan McNeil with Brian Hanley and Terry Moore. Chicago's most...
Fitting because he was the best. The most popular man in the history of this radio station, Terry Bores. I don't know if I'm the most popular guy in here.
I met the most popular guy in my own house.
I was Terry's assignment editor at the Sun-Times.
I always wanted to be Terry Bores. You and I, being former sportswriters, Terry was in Chicago one of the first to pave the path there.
You know, you stand on the shoulders of giants.
When it comes to Boers and Bernstein, I said this before, I'll say it again, they were my inspiration's inspiration.
Very pleasant good afternoon. I'm going to make you several promises for the next four and a half hours or thereabouts. We're going to do this. We can keep you informed and entertained. Perhaps have a elaborate tool along the way, a lot of precision rubbing in someone's back door. This is Radio Hill's best combination of divisive, outrageous, appalling, objectionable, offensive, and occasionally inhospitable. I'm Terry Boers. Every single day, I couldn't wait for this show to start. every damn day for five hours for 17 years no matter what time and it's because i got to work with you to listen to all the people who have weighed in since his passing and it gives you the indication of how much he meant beyond the station itself terry having been at the score for 25 years he was a part of everybody's life terry's always been my baseball whisperer in a sports station filled with white socks fans over the years you always find terry and he would understand me you know
I do. He would sit me down and go, Lynn, it's going to be okay. Not today, maybe not next year, maybe not in five years, but it's going to be okay.
How did Terry Boers impact his colleagues and listeners?
And it's really been okay knowing you all these years.
For all of us in the hallways where if you saw any of us having a bad day or struggling through something or dealing with the day in and day out problems that go on at a radio station, you're always the guy that'll stop us, grab us. Hey, how you doing? Put your arm around us. Walk us down the hall. Sit there. Talk to us. That's what I'll remember about what you've done at this radio station.
The most pleasing thing that I can leave behind is that people, they listen to this station. I mean, there is a connectivity to this that I never would have dreamed possible. And it is real. It is lasting.
It's gone on a long time, kids. And it'll go on for a lot damn longer now.
I'm going to say goodbye to my friend. Terry Boers was the best sports talk show host ever.
Honoring an original, a Terry Boers celebration of life, an all-day remembrance of our friend, and a day one score legend. Here's your host, Matt Spiegel.
All right. Well, after that opening montage from Chris Tannehill. Good night, everybody. Thanks so much for listening. Thanks so much for being a part of it. God, that got me good. Hello, everyone. There's a small box of tissues. Right here on the studio console, there's another one in front of the guest spots because we'll have some people in studio. I'm sure folks who are joining us on Zoom, and there will be many today, and they'll be on Twitch, on the Scores Twitch stream and the YouTube stream. We'll have tissues as well. Maybe you will too. But if you don't, don't worry about it. Because grieving is weird, you know? Sometimes you cry. Sometimes you laugh. Sometimes you don't feel the feelings you're expecting to feel.
And then they hit you like a ton of bricks when you least expect it.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the significance of Terry Boers' legacy?
0:01–2:19
2
How did Terry Boers impact his colleagues and listeners?
2:19–8:38
3
What personal stories highlight Terry Boers' character?
8:38–1:28:48
4
What lessons did Terry Boers teach about accountability?
1:28:48–1:30:02
5
How did Terry Boers influence the dynamics of sports radio?
1:30:02–1:30:42
6
What impact did Terry have on those who worked with him?
1:30:42–3:01:52
7
What reflections does the host share about Terry Boers' impact?
3:01:52–3:02:44
8
How does the discussion highlight Terry Boers' unique qualities?
3:02:44–4:40:19
Speakers
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