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Voice of Raptors leaving for Chicago
Published 5/6/2008 by Toronto Star at Doug Smith's Toronto Raptors blog
... play-by-play voice of the Chicago Bulls. "It's in the best interests of my family at this point," Swirsky said this afternoon. A tireless promoter of the sport and the team, the veteran broadcaster will continue as an afternoon host on the The FAN590 radio station "for the foreseeable future" but will be in Chicago at the start of the next NBA season. What do you think about Swirsky's departure? Submit your comments below. Click here to read the full story at thestar.com.

All good things
Published 5/7/2008 by The Reverend at Ghostrunner on First
... NOTE - Chuck Swirsky announced he's leaving Toronto to become the play by play voice for the Chicago Bulls beginning next season. I could get all ignorant and rant about why this kicks ass in so many ways, but am quite positive you all share the same sentiment in that regard. If not, I don't give a shit as I'm tired of listening to him blather on cluelessly about almost everything as I drive home from work. ...

Thanks, Chuck
Published 5/7/2008 by anj at Raptors' Lair
Best of luck, Chuck. See you in Chicago. You gave moments like these part of their magic:

The End Of Salami And Cheese...
Published 5/7/2008 by Navin Vaswani at Sports And The City
... Toronto's loss is Chicago's gain. Swirsky is returning to the Windy City and will be calling Bulls games on Chicago radio. It is, as Doug Smith so kindly reports, stricly a family-oriented move. Say what you want about the Swirsk, but you can't hate on him for putting family first. ...

The Roundup: Kobe Finally Wins MVP
Published 5/7/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... so rant away, folks. (Sports Underground) Peeking at the men’s basketball academic progress report. (Rush the Court) One week into the new job, that’s a helluva arrest. (AJC) Two weeks old, but somebody’s making an argument that with Big Brown using steroids, perhaps Eight Belles overworked herself in an effort to win, and that’s why she died. (NY Daily News) Raptors lose play-by-play man to the Bulls. (Star) Bears part with Adam Archuleta, which also means no more Jennifer Walcott. ( ...

Chuck Swirsky: Sick, Wicked, and Gone
Published 5/7/2008 by Marcel Mutoni at SLAM Online
The Raptors’ colorful play-by-play guy has left Canada for the Windy City. (In other words, you can now leave the mute button alone when watching Toronto games.) ...