Media
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Feder: NBC 5 anchor Rob Stafford sues Sterigenics over blood diseaseAug 26, 2019 1:00 am - Rob Stafford, the veteran news anchor at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5, said he contracted a rare blood disorder after he was exposed to toxic chemicals emitted by the west s...
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O'Donnell: Lovable elitists - can Northwestern and its football program have it all?Aug 23, 2019 1:00 am - NORTHWESTERN ATHLETICS WANTS to be loved. And Northwestern University wants to be elite. Didn't Bob Seger address that disconnect in "Beautiful Loser" when he sang: "Rea...
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O'Donnell: Bill Walton's one-off underscores tedium of Chicago baseball broadcastingAug 21, 2019 1:00 am - KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR got "Airplane!" Bill Walton got to work the White Sox-Angeles game last Friday night alongside Jason Benetti for NBCSCH. Ah, fate is a fickle tickle,...
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O'Donnell: 'State' high — Melissa Isaacson's new book bounding toward national radarAug 16, 2019 1:00 am - WAS IT EDDIE CANTOR or Jay-Z who first said, “Likability is 90 percent of the game?” Melissa Isaacson is liked. And she's certifiably got game. So it's no surprise her n...
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Bulls expert Mark Schanowski cutting back at NBC Sports ChicagoAug 16, 2019 1:00 am - Mark Schanowski, the affable and authoritative Chicago Bulls basketball analyst who's been a prominent player on the local sports media scene for three decades, is cutti...
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Feder: WBEZ CEO Goli Sheikholeslami resigns in surprise moveAug 14, 2019 1:00 am - The most powerful woman in Chicago journalism is leaving town after five years for a new job in New York. In a surprise announcement today, Goli Sheikholeslami said she ...
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O'Donnell: When Ben Zobrist finally speaks, what's he supposed to say?Aug 14, 2019 1:00 am - THERE IS A GROWING CLAMOR among some segments of baseball media for Ben Zobrist to speak. He is the Eureka!-to-riches Cubs hero who was apparently blindsided early this ...
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O'Donnell: Could Iowa legal action block Sox-Yankees 'Field of Dreams' game?Aug 09, 2019 1:00 am - THEY MOWED PARADISE and put up a "Field of Dreams." And now they're going to further disrupt some bucolic lifestyles by bringing an MLB game between the White Sox and th...
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O'Donnell: CDI, gaming puzzles in Illinois much more interesting than Arlington MillionAug 07, 2019 1:00 am - WHEN THEY RAN the first Arlington Million in 1981, it was a grand international event. NBC Sports sent an A-list crew headed by Dick Enberg and the chase-fevered Pete Ax...
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Feder: The Score's Parkins, Ostrowski to lead fantasy sports podcastAug 07, 2019 1:00 am - Entercom Communications has enlisted a couple of hosts from sports/talk WSCR 670-AM as regular contributors to a new four-hour nightly podcast on sports betting and fant...