Spiegel & Holmes Show

Former Chicago Bear but more recently former Score midday host Patrick Mannelly joins us for a Score Stories segment as we celebrate our 30th anniversary. What players listened and who hated these guys the most? Couldn’t have been the PUNTER, right?!? Why did Pat decide to get into sports talk radio and then basically immediately get right out? Also, seems like the White Sox are pressing a bit too hard, right, Tony La Russa? Good thing the spry manager has some awesome advice for his boys.

Former MLB pitcher and current musician Bronson Arroyo jumps on the show to discuss the upcoming "Hot Stove, Cool Music" event in Boston and baseball today. How much would the game benefit from instituting a pitch clock and what the hell is Theo Epstein even doing anymore? Then, there are some big-picture roster decisions to be made by Bulls executive Arturas Karnisovas and Marc Eversley. Stacey King spoke on that on the broadcast Wednesday evening. Lastly, there's an UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY out there to cover the NFL Draft.

Somehow, Bulls Radio play-by-play man Chuck Swirsky found a way to insert positivity into his final call of the season Wednesday. Another guy with some positivity? TV analyst Stacey King talking about young forward Patrick Williams. A massive MLB star also returns against the Cubs on Thursday evening. You pumped to have Ronald Acuna Jr. back, baseball fans? Then, our very own Cody Westerlund tells us how the Bulls could handle Zach LaVine's free agency and the upcoming possibility of a max deal for him.

Twitter users did NOT like our interview with former umpire Joe West on Wednesday. ​​Then, Marshal Miller of the Mic’d Up podcast joins to break down how the Bears might attack the NFL Draft. Even with the character concerns surfacing as of late, is Georgia receiver George Pickens worth a flier at No. 39 overall? If not, whom should the Bears be targeting early in the second round?

Parkins and Spiegel show executive producer Shane Riordan put Matt Spiegel's mom's meatloaf recipe to the test.

Mark Grote brought his Harry Caray impression out from the attic.

We share inside sourcing from Spiegs on the character of Georgia receiver George Pickens ahead of the NFL Draft.

In the final hour, Matt Spiegel and Mark Grote discussed the White Sox's 7-3 win against the Royals on Wednesday. Grote then shared a story about interviewing White Sox manager Tony La Russa. Later, the guys discussed the severity of Bulls guard Zach LaVine's knee injury.

The White Sox have ended their eight-game losing streak in part thanks to shutout eighth and ninth innings from reliever Kendall Graveman. Health is of course an issue, but the bounce-back win with a dominating start from Dylan Cease could turn it around for the White Sox. Then, let’s again recap the Joe West interview. Also, we share some inside sourcing from Spiegs on the character of Georgia receiver George Pickens before the NFL Draft.

Former MLB umpire Joe West joins the show to talk Ozzie Guillen, Hawk Harrelson, the Mark Buehrle balk incident, his music, modern day umpiring and all the folks he’s met along the way. Then, NFL Draft analyst Eric Edhlom breaks down this wide receiver class that's available to the Bears, including George wideout George Pickens.