Tom Dore is a retired American basketball player and former

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announcer for the

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. A native of

Northlake, Illinois Northlake is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,840 at the 2020 census. The city's moniker is "The City of Friendly People". The name "Northlake" comes from two streets, North Avenue ( IL 64) and Lake Street (US ...

, the 7'2" (218 cm) Dore played

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East Leyden High School East Leyden High School is a secondary school located in Franklin Park, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) which educates grades 9-12. Together with West Leyden High School in Northlake, Illinois, they serve the suburban communities in Franklin ...

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, where he was an

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honoree during the mid-1970s. Dore then played at the

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, where he appeared in two NCAA Tournaments and became the school's all-time leader in tournament

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. Afterwards, he played professionally in

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and

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before turning to a

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career. During the 1980s and early 1990s, he did

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and

work for

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and the University of Missouri sports events on the

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. Dore joined the Chicago Bulls broadcasting crew in 1991. The trio of 7'2" (218 cm) Dore, 6'9" (206 cm) color commentator

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, and 6'11" (211 cm) color commentator

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arguably formed one of the tallest broadcasting crews in sports history. On May 6, 2008, Dore was let go by the Chicago Bulls and replaced by

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, the former Bulls radio play-by-play man. Along with Dore leaving, the Bulls'

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play-by-play man

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was also let go. Johnny "Red" Kerr, who did all games on

and WGN, had his role reduced, working only pre-game and half-time shows for home games. Dore was also the radio voice of the

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's Chicago Rush. For two of those seasons his

color man A color commentator or expert commentator is a sports commentator who assists the main (play-by-play) commentator, typically by filling in when play is not in progress. The phrase "colour commentator" is primarily used in Canadian English and the ...

was former sports-radio "shock-jock"

Mike North Mike North (born c. 1952) is an American radio sports personality, formerly working for Clear Channel Communications as a cohost with Andy Furman on ''Fox Sports Daybreak'' Mon-Friday from 5am-8am CST on their Fox Sports Radio subsidiary, until ...

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