Chicago Sports Radio Legend Terry Boers Will Retire

CHICAGO, IL - Chicago sports radio legend Terry Boers has announced his retirement.

A charter member of WSCR 670 “The Score,” the first all-sports radio station based in Chicago, Boers will co-host his final afternoon show come January after 25 years on the station and on the air.

Boers made his decision official on Tuesday with a goodbye column titled “It’s Time to Say Goodbye.”

“As I write this, I’m 66 years old and I’m going to retire, leaving behind one of the greatest jobs you can have, talking sports or movies or TV or life for five hours a day on a station I couldn’t be prouder of,” he wrote. “The day of my final show will be Jan. 5, 2017, which will make my tenure at the Score exactly 25 years and three days.”

His timing will allow him to be a part of The Score’s 25th anniversary party on Jan. 2, Robert Feder reports.

The retirement announce does not come as a total surprise to fans of Boers and The Score. After an incredible 24-year run, Boers missed several months of air time this year while dealing with serious illnesses and recovering from surgery.

He returned after a longer-than-expected absence, but told readers that he underwent a second surgery earlier this month.

“This has been the worst year of my life health-wise,” Boers wrote. “I’ve been forced to miss way more time than I ever dreamed I would. There’s no part of me that thought I would ever be gone for more than four months following a major surgery that continues to plague me.”

Some aren’t fans of his. He’s been criticized for being in often agreement with longtime co-host Dan Bernstein and for how the pair deal with callers.

But it’s that same bold attitude that has Boers in the Chicago sports media legend category.

His contributions to Chicago sports radio include the never old “Who Ya Crappin'” segment, which is based off a 1992 interview Boers had with then-Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka. Ditka replied “who ya crappin'” to Boers when asked about his demeanor.

The segment, based on callers who point out the hypocrisy in what someone related to sports said that week, became a weekly segment of the afternoon “Boers and Bernstein” show which airs from 1-6 p.m. on weekdays.

The gunshot that sounds when unintelligible callers are about to be hung up on and the "Terry Boers Roar of the Day" have helped Boers and Bernstein reach status as the longest running sports talk program in Chicago. The duo has been intact since 1999.

“Terry can never be replaced, but I’m confident I will add a host that listeners will love and interact with through all of our platforms,” Mitch Rosen, program director of The Score, told Feder on Tuesday.

Boers was a newspaper columnist, known for his reporting role at the Chicago Sun-Times, for 20 years before his quarter-century run at The Score.

If you missed it earlier, here's Terry Boers' goodbye column https://t.co/2geZrGNYOE pic.twitter.com/HHdchjqRK0
— 670 The Score (@670TheScore) November 30, 2016

Patch file photo: Terry Boers (left) and Dan Bernstein make a 2011 stop in Grayslake as part of The Score's famous "Who Needs Two" tavern tour.