The Score drops morning show co-host Mike Mulligan after nearly 20 years at the Chicago sports station
The Score, WSCR-AM 670 has parted ways with longtime morning show co-host Mike Mulligan.
A former Sun-Times sportswriter, Mulligan has been morning co-host since 2008, teamed up for the past eight years with David Haugh, making the “Mully and Haugh Show” a morning staple on Chicago’s leading sports radio station.
On Monday, the station will announce a new morning show co-host for Haugh, a former Tribune sportswriter, according to an employee memo sent out Friday by Mitch Rosen, vice president of The Score.
“Today, we made some very difficult programming decisions,” Rosen said in the memo, which was obtained by the Tribune. “After more than 20 years with The Score, we have parted ways with Mike Mulligan of the ‘Mully and Haugh Show.’”
In addition to jettisoning Mulligan, the station has also cut loose midday co-host Marshall Harris. The show will continue Monday with his two former partners, Leila Rahimi and Mark Grote, still behind the mic.
Mulligan became morning co-host in 2008, shifting from middays with his then on-air partner Brian Hanley. The “Mully and Hanley Show” supplanted Score mainstay Mike North in morning drive.
While Mulligan left the Sun-Times to become a full-time radio host at The Score, he returned to print as a special contributor to the Tribune from 2011 to 2017, filing regular sports columns for the newspaper.
In 2018, the Score dropped Hanley, also a former Sun-Times sportswriter, replacing him with Haugh. Now after 20 years at The Score, Mulligan has been excised from the on-air lineup as well.
“Mully has been a vital part of The Score family and a major part of our history and success,” Rosen said in the memo. “We are incredibly grateful for his many contributions over the past two decades.”
Launched as a daytime-only AM station more than three decades ago, The Score has long been the Chicago sports radio leader, from the Bulls three-peat glory days to Sox, Hawks and Cubs championships — and many lean years in-between. Mulligan has been part of the mix for much of that run, in the most prominent daypart, making him perhaps the signature personality for the station during the new millennium.
In February, station owner Audacy began simulcasting The Score on co-owned 104.3 FM, converting the classic hip-hop station to the sports format in a bid to expand the station’s reach. The Score’s programming includes Cubs and Bulls play-by-play, along with a full roster of sports talk hosts.
The ratings, however, have remained flat this year, with the WSCR AM/FM simulcast ranked No. 13 among Chicago stations in July with a 2.7 share, according to Nielsen. Shaking up the morning and midday shows may be an effort to improve ratings for the all-sports station.
Harris joined The Score in 2022 and became midday co-host with Dan Bernstein in 2024. When Bernstein was fired in March 2025 over a social media incident, Harris was soon paired with Rahimi, a veteran TV sports anchor who became the first female lead sports radio host on The Score.
At the time, the nascent “Rahimi and Harris” show featured station Bears reporter Grote as a recurring guest. Starting Monday, the show will be billed as “Rahimi and Grote,” with Harris already posting the #opentowork hashtag on his LinkedIn page.
“We thank Marshall for his time with The Score,” Rosen said in the memo. “He has been a great teammate and an important part of our team, and we wish him the very best in the future.”
rchannick@chicagotribune.com