The Score of a Lifetime
25 Years Talking Chicago Sports
Triumph Books · Print & ebook · November 15, 2017
For 25 years, Chicago sports fans invited Terry Boers into their homes, cars, and offices as one of the premier voices of WSCR radio.
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- Who it’s for
- Chicago sports fans interested in the people behind local sports radio
- Themes
- Chicago sports culture, Sports media career, Memoir and personal reflection
- Pacing
- Mixed
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For 25 years, Chicago sports fans invited Terry Boers into their homes, cars, and offices as one of the premier voices of WSCR radio. Covering the latest championships and trades, Boers was a Windy City constant until his retirement in 2017.
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In his highly-anticipated memoir, Boers delivers a trove of lively anecdotes and personal reflections from journey through sports media—from raucous banter with Mike Ditka during The Score's early days to the Cubs' World Series celebration in 2016. A must-read for any of the thousands who made Boers part of their daily routine, The Score of a Lifetime is a freewheeling, frank portrait of a man, a career, a station no one thought would survive, and a city that loves its sports.
Who it’s for
- Chicago sports fans interested in the people behind local sports radio
- Listeners who followed Terry Boers and WSCR's daily coverage
Where it sits
| Sports Lives | 83% |
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Publisher categories
- Biography & Memoir
- Sports Lives
- Sports & Recreation
- Sports Writing
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- Sports History
- Midwest: East North Central
- Authors
- Terry Boers
- Publisher
- Triumph Books
- Published
- November 15, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Chicago sports culture · Sports media career · Memoir and personal reflection
- Reading lane
- Biography & Memoir