Ben Johnson was feisty to the media at Bears OTAs (Hour 4)

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.2 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In the final hour, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes were joined by Score reporter Mark Grote, who shared the latest news and notes from Bears practice as OTAs continued. Even in the offseason, head coach Ben Johnson is all business. After that, Spiegel and Holmes discussed how Cubs third baseman Alex Bregman is desperately trying to drive the baseball at the plate.

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0:00.0	Broadcasting live from the Hyundai Studios, presented you in part by your local Hyundai dealers.
0:05.2	This is Chicago's number one most listened to Sports Station.
0:08.5	1043 The Score is Chicago Sports.
0:11.5	Chicago Sports is 1043 The Score.
0:14.2	Always live on the free Odyssey app.
0:16.4	WSCR, WSCRFM and HD1, Chicago in Odyssey Sports Station.
0:23.3	The score!
0:25.2	Here's the man that you fear most in football staring you right in the face.
0:30.0	Mark Grody.
0:30.9	I called him a mania.
0:32.6	Stone mania.
0:34.2	Covering the Bears for 1043.
0:36.1	The score.
0:36.7	You had to overcome the mystique. It was almost like an odor.
0:40.5	He exuded a kind of a presence.
0:42.4	His whole damn life was football.
0:44.5	Wasn't driving a pretty car.
0:46.3	Wasn't going to the local baron, pounding your chest on the greatest.
0:50.0	It was the opposite.
0:51.1	Mark Grody.
0:52.5	He was Moby Dick in a goldfish bowl.
0:55.8	Mark Grody with Spiegel and Holmes on 1043.
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