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Elia’s professional baseball career spanned more than 50 years as a player, coach, manager and executive, but his name will ...
Les Grobstein in a publicity photo when he worked at WLS-AM 890, circa 1986. If it was a Chicago sports fact and Grobstein confirmed it, you didn’t have to go to the internet to fact-check.
SPORTSCASTER Les Grobstein was found dead on Sunday afternoon in his Elk Grove Village home. Grobstein was 69 years old and had been a Chicago radio sportscaster for more than 50 years. Les ...
Les Grobstein’s death Sunday at age 69 created a flood of “Grobber” stories from his family, friends and radio colleagues. The storytelling continued Thursday at a funeral service… ...
On Nov. 21, 1980, the TV show “Dallas” aired the episode “Who Done It?” which answered the question that captivated the nation for months: Who shot J.R. Ewing? It was, at the time, the ...
Les Grobstein, known in Chicago as The Grobber, passed away at 69 on Sunday after a 50-plus year career on the radio.
Les Grobstein, 670 The Score overnight host, dead at 69 The Chicago sports broadcasting icon died Sunday at his home, the station announced Monday.
Les Grobstein spent more than 50 years in sports broadcasting. He's best known for preserving Cubs manager Lee Elia's profane rant after a 1983 loss.
(WSCR) This week's Crap of the Week goes out to Les Grobstein. This, from Joe B. Sunday night, after the Super Bowl, Les joked with a caller who speculated the reason for the power outage. "People ...
Les Grobstein, a legendary figure among the Chicago sports broadcasting community, has died. He was 69. Grobstein, known to his 670 The Score (WSCR 670-AM) radio listeners as “The Grobber ...
(CBS) 670 The Score host Les Grobstein, one of America's leading critics against the idea of implementing robot umpires in baseball, continued to wage war against the utilization of technology in ...