George Ofman

George Ofman has been at this for 39 years. Starting at Southern Illinois University in 1974 through his years as a free lance reporter, anchor for several Chicago radio stations and host of a popular baseball show, George has had the pleasure of being part of some memorable sporting events.

He covered the Bulls during their 6 championship runs; was reporting in Houston where the White Sox won the World Series and Philadelphia where the Blackhawks captured the Stanley Cup. He also covered NCAA final fours, witnessed Pete Rose tie the major league hits record at Wrigley Field and saw Cigar win his record 16th straight race at Arlington Park.

George spent 17 years at WSCR “The Score” where was the station’s principle anchor when it premiered in 1992. He also spent three years on the baseball beat and co-hosted “Hit and Run”, the popular Sunday baseball he helped create.

George also spent some time at WMAQ all news and WGN Radio. As an accomplished journalist, George also wrote and produced hundreds of stories for National Public Radio, CBC Radio and the BBC.

George is the proud recipient of an A.I.R award for broadcast journalism and the Personality of the Year award from the Pitch and Hit Club. And he’s extremely proud to be a member of WBBM Newsradio 780, “The best news shop in the country.”

And George always reminds everyone he knows he’s the only person ever to see both the highest scoring game in NBA and NHL history. He’s still waiting for a call from the Guinness book of World Records.