Les Grobstein was one of the few absolute constants in my life as a Chicago sports fan. His recall and passion for the games, players and coaches were unmatched. He was 1-of-1.

BELOVED radio host Les Grobstein, whose career in Chicago spanned more than 50 years, has died at 69. Grobstein was found dead in his Elk Grove Village home on Sunday afternoon, 670 The Score confi… ...

Les Grobstein in a publicity photo when he worked at WLS-AM 890, circa 1986. If it was a Chicago sports fact and Grobstein confirmed it, you didn’t have to go to the internet to fact-check.

Les Grobstein’s death Sunday at age 69 created a flood of “Grobber” stories from his family, friends and radio colleagues. The storytelling continued Thursday at a funeral service for ...

SPORTSCASTER Les Grobstein was found dead on Sunday afternoon in his Elk Grove Village home. Grobstein was 69 years old and had been a Chicago radio sportscaster for more than 50 years. How did Les… ...

Les Grobstein, the longtime overnight host on 670 The Score and a Chicago sports broadcasting icon, died Sunday at his home in Elk Grove Village, the station announced Monday.

The late Les Grobstein will be the subject of a book that fans of the longtime local sportscaster can contribute stories to, co-author Steven Leventhal told the Sun-Times.

Les Grobstein was at an indoor soccer game. “We’re in the Rosemont Horizon watching that soccer game and everyone else is watching ‘Dallas,’” he said 37 years later, the memory clear as day.

Les Grobstein's cause of death is still a mystery (Image via MrKenbwoyMsafi/Twitter) He made his debut as a sportscaster in December 1970 and shifted to the play-by-play sportscaster at Chicago Sting.

Les Grobstein, a longtime Chicago sports radio reporter and talk show host who recorded Lee Elia's famous profanity-laced postgame rant about Cubs fans, has died.

Scott Grobstein remembers calling in to his father’s radio show. The Illinois high school English teacher grew up with a dad, Les Grobstein, who had a famous voice and a career that ended with a ...