Posted by chicagomedia.org on June 12, 2008 at 10:14:29:
Boers, Bernstein rip coach out of gate
Mock Del Negro's answers with 'wink'
WSCR-AM 670 afternoon hosts Dan Bernstein and Terry Boers were not exactly hospitable Wednesday to new Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro.
The station carried his news conference live, but Boers and Bernstein continued their tradition of speaking over some of the question-and-answer session with sarcastic comments and employing audio "drop-ins."
Among them: the Rev. Michael Pfleger screaming, "I'm white!" Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat character asking, "What?" and Pat Summerall, from the "Golden Tee" video game saying, "He's headed for the drink."
At one point Del Negro responded to a reporter by saying: "Those are fair questions..."
"Then answer them," Bernstein interjected.
Later Bernstein said of Del Negro: "I would say that in five months, he'll be a full-blown alcoholic ... standing in the middle of the street waving a paper bag."
Boers then added facetiously: "I'm done with this guy."
Bernstein said Wednesday night that listeners had come to expect a level of irreverence from him and Boers.
"It's a satirical sports radio show," he said. "We do lampoon, but we do it with a wink. For nine years our audience has understood that sports needn't be taken as seriously as the things that really matter."
The Score is not the Bulls' flagship station. WMVP-AM 1000 will carry Bulls games through the 2011-12 season.