It depends on who's telling the story. Telander would have you think Hood was just being a straight up jerk but from my understanding, he had some pretty good reasons to be pissed off.

One story I've heard on-air about a month ago (can't remember who was telling it) was that they witnessed an interview Telander was doing and noticed Hood was just reading the paper the entire time. Seems kind of douchy of Hood to do. But upon further investigation, the host learned that Hood was "not allowed" to ask any questions and that this was pretty much how it always went.

I do recall an exchange from back in the day where Telander said something like "Well, I invited you to the game the other day and you weren't available" to which Hood replied "No. You told me I was coming to the game. I told you I was not." They obviously couldn't stand eachother, but Hood got the rap of being the bad team guy. I tend to be more on his side....

Tons of busting balls by Hood on that show, which I dont think Telander cried to anyone about, as he didnt need to, it just came off poorly.

And the ball busting was always about Telander living in Lake Forest and how tough it must have been or going to Northwestern.

Its the kind of ball busting you might do to a real FRIEND of yours, that you would not do to someone you just met, or in this case just started working with.

At the same time, Telander tried really hard to show his street cred on a daily basis, but growing up in Peoria, attending NU and living in Lake Forest is not really 'street'...while it was not the actual topic of the disagreements, it was always an underlying issue as Telander did live in NYC, for a sometime playing hoops on every court he could....but he did it so he could write about it......so it's not like he grew up in the projects and this was his escape or something like that.

What people do forget is that Doug Buffone was the 3rd man in the booth on that show!

Telander is a quintessential Baby Boomer. That fact is reflected in every column he writes. Forgetting about the professional situation and how Hood may have felt he was being mistreated by his bosses, I can see how a hard-shelled Generation-Xer like Jonathon would just be utterly annoyed by the likes of Telander.

I recall one very very bad segment, though it may have been a recurring bit, was a Blues band of some sort. Am I remembering this correctly? Telendar was actually singing and I believe a harmonica was involved at some point as well. Never tuned back in after that.

I recall one very very bad segment, though it may have been a recurring bit, was a Blues band of some sort. Am I remembering this correctly? Telendar was actually singing and I believe a harmonica was involved at some point as well. Never tuned back in after that.

It was like a jug band thing. Doug on harmonica, Rick on guitar and singing and some intern playing spoons? They did it like once a week for a while but I don't remember how long.

It was like a jug band thing. Doug on harmonica, Rick on guitar and singing and some intern playing spoons? They did it like once a week for a while but I don't remember how long.

Of course he had good reason to be pissed. Hood had worked from assitant to having a full shift at night (at which he was excellent) and now had finally gotten a day show with top billing in the name. Management hired Telander out of nowhere, renamed it the Telander Show and expected Hood to handle all the heavy lifting of driving the show. Telander was unprepared for a daily radio show.

That said, this is the entertainment business. That position is guaranteed to no one and there are 100 guys who would give there left arm for the chance Hood was given. It was a raw deal and everyone knew it. Handle it like a professional and people will take notice. He did the exact opposite and has pretty much been blackballed from the Score, at least until Mitch is gone. Anyway, his anger should have been directed at management, not at Telander but he took it out hard on Telander.

I cant even imagine how bad this was. Must have made a Gary in Evanston crap look like radio gold.

I cant even imagine how bad this was. Must have made a Gary in Evanston crap look like radio gold.