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Mitch Rosen discusses the legacy of Score legend Terry Boers
26 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What is the legacy of Terry Boers as discussed by Mitch Rosen?
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Save big money at Menards. And you sort of stood up before the media and said, well, you know, this is the way it is. Are you resigned to this fate? Well, you're the same guy that wrote about me when I did have the fire, that that was the wrong thing to do. So who are you crapping? Well, I'm just asking. Don't crap me. No, no, no.
I had an injury last year during the season that kind of shut me back. But it didn't bother you, say, before last year's training camp began, because that was the rumor that you knew you were hurting and that you came and tried anyway. So it was all accumulated during last season? I believe we had a bad connection. Did they still crack door-to-door? Yeah, but Crawford is a texter.
Just like Les is calling, you're giving traffic boards. Oh, a texter said that? You know why? Because Les cares about mankind. In the afternoon when I would drive back to the city, Bors and Bernstein, right? That was the show. So I got my fill of that, and they made my hour-long drives memorable. Memorable, right? Yes. Well, we've banned a little bit of the creamy. It's creamy.
You're flying boars, and everybody gets peanuts, and if you have an allergy and die, we just throw you off the plane. Screw you. Stop flying. Your comfort is not more important than the other 140 people on the plane. Now we're talking. Lizard bastard, get off the plane, then. Go somewhere else.
So my favorite thing that's happened in the three hours that we've been here is watching Terry and Layla talk. Like just seeing the two of you interact because you're the two people that have done the most with the least.
Well, you know already, don't you? I'm grateful to them for being so kind to me today. I appreciate that. And I appreciate them in general. As I've said before, and I wrote that without guys like these and women like, there's no show, there's no Boris and Bernstein, nothing happens. So they're the ones, you know, they always say they're grateful to me. No, I'm grateful to you.
So how do I say goodbye to someone who's been with me for my whole damn life?
I leave feeling great about what's happened in the last 25 years to this station, and better yet, about what the future is. Because I used to worry about the future. I used to think, what happens? What happens now when all of the old veterans are gone and we're all done? I don't worry anymore. I don't give it a second thought.
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Chapter 2: How did Terry Boers impact the Score and its community?
He was a legend. He was one of the founding on-air people at the score. January 2nd, 1992 on Belmont Avenue. For those that don't know, the score was a daytime station. The sun would go down and turn the station off. Could you imagine a Bears-Packers Monday? You're all excited. And at, for instance, 4.42 in the afternoon, well, we've got to shut it down. There was no streaming, dating ourselves.
But He was just incredible, an incredible person. He cared about people. He took young producers, young on-air hosts under his wings. A great father, four sons, a lovely wife, Carol, who I've been in touch with since Friday. I'll tell a quick story. Terry and I stayed in touch a lot. And we would either email or call around Christmas, just sent him an email, how you doing?
No response, not totally unusual. And then Friday morning, this past Friday around 9.30, I sent him a text, hey, how you doing? And his son Joe called me and said, my dad's in hospice. Hospice? You know, I didn't expect that. And he goes, we don't expect you to last much longer. And at 1.30, he called me and said he had passed. But He was the scorer.
I don't think any of us, you know, the station would be as powerful as it is today without Terry Bores.
It's interesting 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 and really not just even in Chicago, but his impact was everywhere, and it's still... resounds in people who never even met the man, right?
Right. I mean, there's a radio host in Nashville, Chris Childers, who's from the Chicago area. He put out like 150, 200 words on why he's in the business because of Terry. And then electronic media, Tony Kornheiser, you know, from ESPN said Terry kind of set the movement of print journalists moving over to TV and radio because of Terry Boers.
Terry Boers' sense of humor was unmatched. You know, it's inspired, I think, generations of people around the country when it comes to Boers and Bernstein, especially in how they impacted. I said this before, I'll say it again. They were my inspiration's inspiration. You might be surprised as to how that reach affects people you don't even know. Terry, I think, knew that better than anybody.
You know, his humility paired with his sense of humor and paired with his wit and his knowledge was one of a kind, to say the absolute least. The hard part about all of this is he created such a community, Mitch. And the good part of that is we all got to learn and spend time with him together and play old audio together and learn about the thumbprint that he has left.
The hard part is that we all grieve this together.
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Chapter 3: What personal stories highlight Terry Boers' character?
Because every day I sit in this seat and I look through that window and it's honorary Terry Boer's way. And it just kind of sits as this foundational stone of what this station has become. How difficult is it for you personally just weighing like the... The idea that you're obviously honoring his life, but also celebrating it. I think that's the thing.
It's the balance of trying to deal with the pain of it all, but at the same time... The legacy is real.
Yeah. You know, it's funny. So Speaks, Tani, and I, Russ, Matera, our creative production boys, and Ryan Porth, we're on this text chain. And it's like we're reaching out to people and booking people for tomorrow. And I called Speaks. I said, it feels kind of weird. Like, this is kind of fun. And he goes, it should be. We're celebrating, Terry. And we're booking guests and former co-workers.
And Tani, I called Tani. Like, I'm like... Everybody's hurting, right? Everybody had a special relationship with Terry. It's emotional, but it also feels good putting this together. And again, I've been in touch with the family every step of the way, and they feel good about this. Terry did not want a funeral. Those were his wishes. But something like this, they said he would love this.
So when you ask that, everybody's mourning. Everybody mourns in different ways. We know that. But to put together, I think, tomorrow what people are going to enjoy between noon and 7 p.m., you're going to hear voices you haven't heard in years. You're going to hear current voices.
You're going to hear unbelievable production of former elements from the shows in the past that Tani and Russ are working on. We're excited. But again, it was kind of weird when I called Speaks. And he goes, no, we should enjoy this. And I think we should enjoy it. That's what a celebration of life is, right?
Yes, it is. I think honoring Terry's wishes is the best thing that we can do. So tomorrow from 12 to 7 p.m. right here on The Score, we will have a remembrance of Terry Boers. Honoring an original Terry Boers celebration of life. And as you mentioned, yes, a lot of former co-hosts will be a part of this. Please listen to what I am trying to say. But I think that that's the important thing.
Terry was celebrated by everyone. And I laugh because the conversation that Lawrence was talking about in Tyler Buterbaugh's wonderfully prepared open was Terry and I talking about his audio that Wex had set up for him.
The little guys.
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Chapter 4: What memorable moments did Mitch Rosen share about Terry Boers?
And part of what made the 30th anniversary party so fun was just listening. Mm-hmm. You know, that was a reunion of Terry and Dan, and Matt Abadacola came in, and Chris Tannehill was just standing there listening. I'm like, no, no, no, no, no. I want to get to listen to this, now knowing what I know. And Tannehill got to be a part of it. He details that in his column.
He also talks about what Terry meant to him in his life. And I think that's a part of this. Terry having been at the score for 25 years, he was a part of everybody's life. And... We do want people to call in today. I think it's the right thing to do. So 312-644-6767. We've already gotten a lot of texts. Our Twitch mob as well is chiming in in their chat, twitch.tv slash Chicago670, the score.
But this is the time to remember him and say what you want to say, because I know he meant so much to so many. For him to come out battling his health issues for us, for that party, and you wouldn't even know he had missed a step. That was such a mark that was left on me as to just who he was as a person. If we needed more proof, which we don't.
I agree. Just to see him that day, and again, I was fortunate that we would see each other a couple times a year, but he loved being part of this station. He loved being part of this brand. He loved talking to people. We try to, once a year, get a group of people together for dinner, and those are special.
It could be Russ, it could be Tanny, it could be Bernstein, Jason, Lawrence, and we'd laugh. There'd be a little crying along the way. And there was this restaurant. Terry lived in Mokena. He was very open about that. And there was this old-school kind of supper club called Mr. Benny's. And we'd go in a private room, and it was great. And, you know, at the end, we'd always take a picture.
And those memories wereāI can't stop thinking about those nights. And they were just special.
and like i said people would go around the table almost like life updates what happened in your life this year and you know people you know not every we know it's life right stuff happens in life good and bad and um it was all about the only reason we got together and we should get together more is because of terry that was a common denominator and that's something we'll never forget do you have a favorite terry boars moment that you personally relish or is it just too many to count
Yeah, mine are like the one-on-ones. I'd say even, you know, post-score, going over to his house and just, you know, he'd ask me about my life and the station. And he was so proud of his grandchildren. And he'd talk about his grandchildren. This one's doing this and sports. And Carol, his wife, would talk. So I get my fondest memories are not even work-related. It was just about personal life.
You know, how you doing? And we'd sit down and talk in his living room. and the dinners. And to me, that's my takeaway. Work was great. He was so good at what he did and how he treated people. And again, you mentioned Tanny's article, Layla, on our website. That really hit home with me. That was work. Tanny talked about him teaching him how to be a good father. That was really special.
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Chapter 5: How did Terry Boers influence the careers of other radio personalities?
312-644-6767. We will take your calls in the next segment. And if you want to share your stories. And he has made the announcement that tomorrow from 12 to 7... Here on The Score, we are going to have a celebration of Terry Boer's life.
What inspired you guys when it was you and Chris Tannehill and Matt Spiegel, who will be hosting that show, and Russ Matera, when you wanted to put it all together, what meant a lot to you about how you guys did this?
Obviously, respect, but have fun with it. Bring on the right hosts that were impactful in Terry's career and life, and we'll have family members on at the end of the show. But play back some great audio, some great fun memories. Have caller-listener interaction. and bring that all together, a true celebration of somebody that's so special to our audience and to people in the country.
So we've been working the phones. I love old-school producing, Tanny, Spiegs, and I, and putting this together. So those are the elements that we're doing. And again, great involvement from Terry's family, and it's just going to be special. And putting that all together, we think the listeners and all of our SCORE family will really enjoy it.
I reached out to Julie Swyka today, who worked here early on, and such a sweet person. And without even saying, can you, she said, yes. People are excited to be part of this, and it's going to be great.
If you haven't had a chance to properly get what you feel like you need, you do need to go to 670thscore.com and read what was penned by both Matt Spiegel and Chris Tannehill. Beautiful, really, I don't know if I'd call it a eulogy, but just an honorarium of what he meant to each of them individually. And you get a real sense of the effects that you don't see necessarily on the air.
But as you mentioned, Mitch, it's the behind the scenes and off the air that carries just as much and really even more weight.
Yeah.
Yeah, and here's one other quick note. There are a lot of people maybe that didn't listen or didn't know him. There's people at our cluster of stations here, even in sales. People come from other markets. And I sent a note out today with Tanny's audio montage from the anniversary and some of the articles.
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Chapter 6: What were Terry Boers' contributions to the Score's culture?
And at first, oh, that's a lot of remotes. But I think looking back on it, I think they would both say to this day, that really helped. We got out in the community, live broadcast, and it really works. So those type of things. Yeah. Like anything else in life and in work, if you communicate and you're honest and you're upfront, you have a good relationship with people.
Terry was authentic. There's no doubt about that.
Very much so.
We miss him. And we will be celebrating his life today appropriately. As I've mentioned, we've gotten a lot of calls and texts, 312-644-6767. I want to let you guys talk and tell us what you want to say about Terry Boers today. Mitch, thank you for doing so. Thanks for joining us.
Thank you both, and thanks for talking about Terry, and we appreciate you both being here. Thank you. Thanks, Mitch.
Thanks, Mitch. That's Mitch Rosen. He is our supervisor here at the SCORE. He is the vice president, and as he made the announcement earlier, in case you missed it, it was Terry's wishes to not have a funeral. So we are having a celebration of life here on the score tomorrow from 12 to 7. Matt Spiegel will be hosting.
And if you have a question about who might be on, I think you should probably listen. So we remember Terry Bores. On Rahimi Harrison-Grody next, we will take your calls. 312-644-6767.
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