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Author:  Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Fri Jan 20, 2023 11:44 am ]
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He tweets like every second and each one is crazier than the last one.

Play golf. Or tennis. Or pickleball. Or fish. Hunt. Snowmobile. Somethin'..
Author:  Zippy-The-Pinhead [ Fri Jan 20, 2023 11:47 am ]
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care to post a few for those of us that are too lazy to look for them?
Author:  Spaulding [ Fri Jan 20, 2023 11:48 am ]
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Are you okay? You're reading Mike North's crazy tweets.
Author:  Caller Bob [ Fri Jan 20, 2023 11:49 am ]
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Author:  Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Fri Jan 20, 2023 11:54 am ]
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Spaulding wrote:
Are you okay? You're reading Mike North's crazy tweets.


I am not.
Author:  RFDC [ Fri Jan 20, 2023 11:54 am ]
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Spaulding wrote:
Are you okay? You're reading Mike North's crazy tweets.

Indiana beating the Illini last night really took it out of him. Gotta give him some grace.
Author:  good dolphin [ Fri Jan 20, 2023 12:22 pm ]
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He's kind of like Henry Hill in witness protection now. He retired far away from the old gang at Tony's Deli, where he liked to sit and bullshit each day.

as an aside, I met the son of his old Basta Pasta pal. The kid is in the restaurant business as well with some places in Park Ridge. Nice guy.

even further aside, I was driving down Belmont last night for a thing and I saw the old bunker studios for SCR and XRT. The building still has the station names on the front.
Author:  Seacrest [ Fri Jan 20, 2023 12:37 pm ]
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RFDC wrote:
Spaulding wrote:
Are you okay? You're reading Mike North's crazy tweets.

Indiana beating the Illini last night really took it out of him. Gotta give him some grace.


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Author:  BigW72 [ Fri Jan 20, 2023 2:49 pm ]
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Has Mike North ever been ok?
Author:  Bagels [ Fri Jan 20, 2023 8:07 pm ]
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Maybe Mike North knows ?
Author:  W_Z [ Fri Jan 20, 2023 8:53 pm ]
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Don’t fade me.
Author:  Clawmaster [ Sat Jan 21, 2023 9:50 am ]
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The daily show at the lunchtable at Shady Acres is still more entertaining and entergetic than the...I guess they are still calling it sports talk radio going on at WSCR each day.

Find the gambling and fantasy football talk on the radio at best tedious, but nothing makes me PTFB faster than Parkins droning on and on about gambling, at least North wraps it in a goofy presentation, if he were a younger dude he would be on one of the dozens of sports gambling shows you see on the regional sports networks.

Good point about retirees that do not have hobbies, they don't tend to live very long because they end up handing at the end of the bar at a local watering whole or club each day.
Author:  This Ends in Antioch [ Sat Jan 21, 2023 10:14 am ]
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Idk, I had North in this morning for a 3 minute drive to get donuts and had to PTFB.

He was doing an old man rambling bit about his Eagles handicapping knowledge. It mostly consisted of listing a bunch of players from 50 years ago, all of whom are probably dead. It was like listening to Grobstein give gambling advice.
Author:  Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Sat Jan 21, 2023 10:49 am ]
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I think Mike has gone at life pretty damn hard. Why is he wearing a stocking hat inside his home?
Author:  polster [ Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:35 am ]
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What's interesting is many in sports journalism/ sport talk look like they haven't been to a gym in 20 years but are somehow experts on all sports.. North included. Reminds me of the reporter on the UFC fights (John Morgan) that always asks the first question has a double/triple chin with huge belly.

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Author:  Bagels [ Sun Jan 22, 2023 11:19 am ]
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polster wrote:
What's interesting is many in sports journalism/ sport talk look like they haven't been to a gym in 20 years but are somehow experts on all sports.. North included. Reminds me of the reporter on the UFC fights (John Morgan) that always asks the first question has a double/triple chin with huge belly.

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Wait isn’t that like how all the health experts are fat pieces of shit ?
Author:  Dignified Rube [ Sun Jan 22, 2023 1:40 pm ]
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Besides B&B, my fondest memories of Chicago Sports Radio was the North and Buffone show.

That duo worked great together. In the mid 2000s, I had to drive home from UIC downtown every day all the way to Wheaton, and that show kept me entertained and sane in spite of all of the traffic on Roosevelt Rd. and the Eisenhower.

For Chicago sports fans the only person more likable than North on the Score or ESPN is Boers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD8bDpl ... rth2north1
Author:  Seacrest [ Sun Jan 22, 2023 2:28 pm ]
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This Ends in Antioch wrote:
Idk, I had North in this morning for a 3 minute drive to get donuts and had to PTFB.

He was doing an old man rambling bit about his Eagles handicapping knowledge. It mostly consisted of listing a bunch of players from 50 years ago, all of whom are probably dead. It was like listening to Grobstein give gambling advice.



Not Joe Donut?
Author:  This Ends in Antioch [ Sun Jan 22, 2023 2:29 pm ]
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Seacrest wrote:
This Ends in Antioch wrote:
Idk, I had North in this morning for a 3 minute drive to get donuts and had to PTFB.

He was doing an old man rambling bit about his Eagles handicapping knowledge. It mostly consisted of listing a bunch of players from 50 years ago, all of whom are probably dead. It was like listening to Grobstein give gambling advice.



Not Joe Donut?

Yessir, Joe Donut
Author:  Seacrest [ Sun Jan 22, 2023 2:32 pm ]
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This Ends in Antioch wrote:
Seacrest wrote:
This Ends in Antioch wrote:
Idk, I had North in this morning for a 3 minute drive to get donuts and had to PTFB.

He was doing an old man rambling bit about his Eagles handicapping knowledge. It mostly consisted of listing a bunch of players from 50 years ago, all of whom are probably dead. It was like listening to Grobstein give gambling advice.



Not Joe Donut?

Yessir, Joe Donut


Grandkids aren’t a fan.

Call him Joe DoNots… :lol:
Author:  Regular Reader [ Sun Jan 22, 2023 3:09 pm ]
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He used to seem like a nice guy. Then he started believing the hype about himself and got insulated by his money. It wouldn’t occur to me to turn one of his shows on now. Even as he slipped out of relevance everything he did was predictable and dull.

Not to mention grotesquely unlikeable.
Author:  IkeSouth [ Sun Jan 22, 2023 6:06 pm ]
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And he was hated by his peers for not going to 4 semesters of "broadcasting" school even though that false premise is proof all of their careers are bullshit
Author:  Nas [ Sun Jan 22, 2023 6:19 pm ]
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I'm here because of Wise Guys. I can't figure out if that's a good thing. I imagine I could have found better ways to waste years of my life.

North is still entertaining. I would listen if he had a regular show.
Author:  good dolphin [ Mon Jan 23, 2023 9:23 am ]
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Nas wrote:
I'm here because of Wise Guys. I can't figure out if that's a good thing. I imagine I could have found better ways to waste years of my life.

North is still entertaining. I would listen if he had a regular show.


same boat with some of RR opinion mixed in as well

His move from Roger's Park to Park Ridge was both physical and a state of mind.

I loved his work but he was also the guy who killed the golden age of the station. His arrogance was his downfall. Imagine turning down an 800K contract. The great Bee Bee negotiated him right out of the industry. Then they took down half of the veteran broadcasters with them with Webio.

I enjoy that Oddscouples show when I get a chance to listen.
Author:  One Post [ Mon Jan 23, 2023 10:12 am ]
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good dolphin wrote:
Nas wrote:
I'm here because of Wise Guys. I can't figure out if that's a good thing. I imagine I could have found better ways to waste years of my life.

North is still entertaining. I would listen if he had a regular show.


same boat with some of RR opinion mixed in as well

His move from Roger's Park to Park Ridge was both physical and a state of mind.

I loved his work but he was also the guy who killed the golden age of the station. His arrogance was his downfall. Imagine turning down an 800K contract. The great Bee Bee negotiated him right out of the industry. Then they took down half of the veteran broadcasters with them with Webio.

I enjoy that Oddscouples show when I get a chance to listen.


I might have stolen this from someone else on the board but essentially when Mike North stopped being Mike North and started playing the role of Mike North, his entertainment value dropped precipitously.
Author:  Spaulding [ Mon Jan 23, 2023 10:19 am ]
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Has he ever had any affiliation with Barstool?
Author:  One Post [ Mon Jan 23, 2023 10:44 am ]
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Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:


I think Mike has gone at life pretty damn hard. Why is he wearing a stocking hat inside his home?


I will say this, I'm not sure what type of home Mike North has, but I have a house that was constructed during FDR's first term as president and I'll say this for architects/builders back then they had the amazing ability to design and construct a home that is freezing fucking cold in the winter, and hot as balls in the summer.

I'm constantly wearing a stocking hat inside. (Tip of the cap for "stocking hat" use. I think most people now use beanie, snow cap, ski cap, etc.)
Author:  Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Mon Jan 23, 2023 10:50 am ]
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One Post wrote:
(Tip of the cap for "stocking hat" use. I think most people now use beanie, snow cap, ski cap, etc.)


I'm old.
Author:  The Division [ Mon Jan 23, 2023 1:00 pm ]
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One Post wrote:
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:


I think Mike has gone at life pretty damn hard. Why is he wearing a stocking hat inside his home?


I will say this, I'm not sure what type of home Mike North has, but I have a house that was constructed during FDR's first term as president and I'll say this for architects/builders back then they had the amazing ability to design and construct a home that is freezing fucking cold in the winter, and hot as balls in the summer.

I'm constantly wearing a stocking hat inside. (Tip of the cap for "stocking hat" use. I think most people now use beanie, snow cap, ski cap, etc.)


Nice toque, eh.
Author:  Clawmaster [ Tue Jan 24, 2023 11:25 am ]
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This Ends in Antioch wrote:
Idk, I had North in this morning for a 3 minute drive to get donuts and had to PTFB.

He was doing an old man rambling bit about his Eagles handicapping knowledge. It mostly consisted of listing a bunch of players from 50 years ago, all of whom are probably dead. It was like listening to Grobstein give gambling advice.


Yet still better than anything you would find on WSCR
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