Mike North

Mike has the sports knowledge and experience necessary to help you win games – along with contacts nationwide – critical information and insights from the sharpest bettors in the nation. Every selection on this site is guaranteed at Mike North Sports.

Among Mike’s frequent customers at BeBe’s Hot Dog stand in Chicago was the staff of Diamond Broadcasting, owners of WXRT-FM and WSBC-AM. After suggesting the idea of a sports show to the Diamond management team, North launched the “NFL Handicap Show” on WSBC in 1990. Then, in 1992, the first Chicago-based sports radio station, The Score Sports Radio 820, was born. Mike was offered a job to host a radio show with former Chicago Bear, Dan Jiggetts, and soon they became “The Monsters of the Midday”, delivering a unique brand of opinionated, street-smart, sports talk to Chicago sports fans.

In September of 1999, the Score changed signals and line-ups. The frequency became 1160AM and Mike began hosting his own show, “The Mike North Show”, from 12-4pm Monday through Friday. “My show is like sports with all the trimmings,” says North, “it’s everything you want—exactly how you want it.”

Two years later Mike teamed up with another former Chicago Bear, Doug Buffone, and they soon became known as “The Wise Guys”.

Mike left the Score in 2008. Mike wrote three columns a week for the Chicago Sun-Times for two years and also was a featured writer for The Chicago Defender. North presently co-hosts Daybreak, a morning radio show with Andy Furman on Foxsports Radio Mon-Fri from 5 AM-8 AM CST.

Mike has gone one on one with many well-known sports figures such as Pete Rose, Dick Butkus, Walter Payton and Wilt Chamberlain - while hosting his TV shows. Mike has won two Emmys: one for his North Side segments on Fox TV and one for his Primetime TV show.

Mike was featured on HBO’s Bob Costas Now as one of the premier sports radio hosts in the country.

Mike has the sports knowledge and experience necessary to help you win games – along with contacts nationwide – critical information and insights from the sharpest bettors in the nation. Every selection on this site is guaranteed at Mike North Sports.