A native of Northlake, Illinois, the 7'2" (218 cm)[1] Dore played basketball at East Leyden High School in Franklin Park, Illinois, where he was an All-America honoree during the mid-1970s.
Afterwards, he played professionally in France and New Zealand before turning to a broadcasting career.
Along with Dore leaving, the Bulls' WGN-TV play-by-play man Wayne Larrivee was also let go.
[2] Dore was also the radio voice of the Arena Football League's Chicago Rush.
For two of those seasons his color man was former sports-radio "shock-jock" Mike North.