{"id":20934,"date":"2019-03-07T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=20934"},"modified":"2019-03-07T06:08:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T12:08:10","slug":"espn-1000-betting-mike-north-sports-gambling-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2019\/03\/07\/espn-1000-betting-mike-north-sports-gambling-show\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN 1000 betting on Mike North sports gambling show"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Mike North<\/p><\/div>\n

You didn\u2019t really<\/em> think Mike North was retiring from radio, did you?<\/p>\n

Nineteen months after he announced he was quitting sports radio<\/a> for good, North is joining ESPN Radio flagship W<\/a>MVP 1000-AM<\/a> as host of a weekly show on sports betting.<\/p>\n

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Carmen DeFalco<\/p><\/div>\n

Starting this week, North and Carmen DeFalco will host \u201cThe Odds Couple\u201d from 6 to 7 p.m. Fridays. DeFalco will continue to co-host from noon to 2 p.m. weekdays on ESPN 1000 with John Jurkovic.<\/p>\n

\u201cMike isn\u2019t just a sports talk legend, but his expertise in sports handicapping is second to none,\u201d Adam Delevitt, senior program director of ESPN 1000, told me. \u201cHis record speaks for itself, and he and Carmen are going to keep ESPN 1000 listeners not only entertained, but maybe make a few bucks along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Best known for his 16-year run as one of the founding stars of Entercom sports\/talk WSCR 670-AM, North later worked for Fox Sports Radio, hosted a podcast and wrote a column for the Daily Herald. Despite his retirement declaration in August 2017, he turned up twice last summer on ESPN 1000 as a fill-in host. The former hot dog stand operator and bookmaker\u2019s runner<\/a> fancies himself \u201cAmerica\u2019s No. 1 sports handicapper.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI started handicapping at age 14 and lost for 40 years, but haven\u2019t had a losing year in the last five,\u201d North said in a statement Wednesday. \u201cYou are judged by your picks and wins, and that\u2019s why this show will be No. 1. I\u2019ve always said gambling and winning is about believing and confidence. Scared money has no home.\u201d<\/p>\n

The addition of \u201cThe Odds Couple\u201d reflects a growing market for sports gambling information across multiple media platforms, including radio. Since May 2018 The Score has been affiliated with VSiN<\/a> \u2014 the Vegas Stats & Information Network, headed by Chicagoans Brian Musburger and Bill Adee. The Score also airs \u201cEarly Odds with Joe Ostrowski\u201d from 8:30 to 9 a.m. Saturdays.<\/p>\n

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ESPN Chicago 1000<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cAs sports betting moves from the shadows to the spotlight, we expect to be a destination for those who participate and those who want to be entertained,\u201d Jim Pastor, vice president and general manager of ESPN 1000 Chicago, said in a statement. \u201cThis isn\u2019t only going to be about updated betting lines and hot tips. It\u2019s about the highs, the lows and how to succeed and have fun whether you\u2019re a grizzled veteran or a newcomer to sports betting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose in betting circles already know of Mike\u2019s incredible track record as a longtime gambling expert.\u00a0Bringing Mike back to Chicago\u2019s airwaves to become a lead voice in local sports betting was too good to pass up.\u00a0Pairing him with ESPN 1000\u2019s resident gambling guru, Carmen DeFalco, was a no brainer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Dave Heller:<\/strong> \u201cChicago on Vacation\u201d [on WTTW] was delightful to watch. As a baby boomer it brought back a lot of memories plus beautiful classic station wagons of the past.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You didn\u2019t really think Mike North was retiring from radio, did you? Nineteen months after he announced he was quitting sports radio for good, North is joining ESPN Radio flagship WMVP 1000-AM as host of a weekly show on sports betting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20934"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20934"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20942,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20934\/revisions\/20942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}