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Dollars and sense: Can anyone fill Les Grobstein’s shoes on Score overnights? We have some ideas


Dollars and sense is a column about Chicago sports business and media

Who could replace Les Grobstein? In life, no one. On the air, maybe also no one.

“I don’t know if anyone else could do that,” former and occasional 670 The Score host Chris Rongey said during the first overnight show since Les Grobstein’s passing at the age of 69 on Sunday. “I’m not sure he’s replaceable. You can have a younger person do it and they might be really good. Someone who’s hungry and wants to work all night. Or someone who just likes being up all night. But it’ll never be what that was, what his show was.”

So, the question is who should replace Les Grobstein? Or, I guess, who would want to? The overnight shift isn’t for everyone. It’s barely for anyone. Let’s be honest, it was really just for the Grobber.

“No one can replace the legend,” 670 The Score’s operations director Mitch Rosen texted me.

As you could tell from the outpouring of affection over the last few days, Grobstein was more than just a trivia savant firing off Beavis & Butthead drops at 3:30 a.m. He was beloved in this city and he will be missed by his family, his co-workers, his peers and his listeners. Check out Mark Grote’s special overnight session honoring Les or Bruce Levine’s heartfelt eulogy to his close friend.

Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser honored him on their long-running ESPN show, Pardon The Interruption.





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