I think it goes beyond talks that broke down and the story about Audacy wanting Jason Goff to end his own podcast via The Ringer.

With Goff following the Bulls to their new TV home at CHSN, there would also be days when the Bulls would be playing basketball in the Eastern time zone. For road games in places like Detroit, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Philadelphia, New York & Boston, Goff would have to leave The SCORE early to accommodate his CHSN schedule. Hypothetically, of course.

With Goff now officially out of the mix, it's unclear if 670 AM The SCORE will hire from within and promote one of its part time hosts as a full time choice to work with Matt Spiegel.

They've been utilizing guys like Anthony Herron, a SCORE Football analyst also with FOX 32 & the Big Ten Network, NBC 5 sports anchor/reporter Ruthie Polinsky, former B96 morning man Gabe Ramirez, SCORE Bears' reporter & part time host Mark Grote & former CBS 2 sports anchor Marshall Harris among the guest co-hosts since Danny Parkins bolted for FS1 in New York about 3 weeks ago.

There's also a school of thought that The SCORE might not want to fill the void now that Parkins has made the transition from sports talk radio to TV full time. I don't know if that's a possibility having Spiegel fly solo long term, but stay tuned.