Media
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Jim O'Donnell: One very public bump later, Rafer Weigel is set for a TV news comebackNov 02, 2022 1:00 am - THREE YEARS AGO, Rafer Weigel got caught in a wicked crossfire on Love Street. The talented Chicago TV journalist was scarlet-lettered by two ferociously battling women ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Even after ditching March Madness, Jim Nantz still has many CBS telecasts to goOct 30, 2022 6:30 am - SINCE JIM NANTZ CONFIRMED that the 2023 Men's Final Four will be his last for CBS / Turner, speculation has been swirling about when he's going to walk away from the Mas...
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Jim O'Donnell: Will ESPN's "GameDay" continue to ignore the Bielema renaissance at Illinois?Oct 19, 2022 1:00 am - FOR THE FIRST TIME in a long time, University of Illinois football fans don't have to flip Big Ten-West standings upside down to see how their team is doing. The No. 18 ...
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Capitol News Illinois to expand operations with $2 million McCormick Foundation grant
Sep 27, 2022 1:00 am - Capitol News Illinois will significantly expand its operations as it enters the fifth year of operations in 2023 because of a large grant from the Robert R. McCormick Fo...
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O'Donnell: Is Bears' Arlington Park redevelopment about to devolve into a beggars banquet?Sep 07, 2022 1:00 am - THERE WILL BE NO HONEY BEARS at Hersey High School Thursday night. There will, apparently, be Money Bears, though, and that's not good news for anyone rooting for the Ch...
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Sharp, Murray joining Vosters in Blackhawks TV boothAug 25, 2022 1:00 am - Some familiar faces are joining the Blackhawks television broadcast team for the 2022-23 season. Longtime radio analyst and former Blackhawk Troy Murray and three-time S...
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O'Donnell: Bears break with WBBM/WCFS could trigger major Chicago radio sports revampAug 24, 2022 1:00 am - THE FAULT LINES BELOW sports radio in Chicago are rumbling. Actually, the phrasing should be "sports audio." Is it multiple earthquakes dead ahead - for both sports talk...
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Rock mag Creem attempts comeback after more than 30 yearsAug 19, 2022 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Creem, which billed itself as "America's only rock 'n' roll magazine" during two decades of existence that ended in 1989, is being revived next month. The ret...
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Jim O'Donnell: Weak Cubs-Reds game could turn Fox/MLB cornfield dream into a nightmareAug 10, 2022 1:00 am - THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT bad baseball is that it's easily recognizable as bad baseball. A Casey Stengel or a Bob Uecker might milk baselines of laughter out of it. Inst...
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Jim O'Donnell: Hot flash - Jay Mariotti considers an unauthorized biography of Jerry ReinsdorfAug 05, 2022 1:00 am - IT IS A MATCH MADE in sports publishing heaven: Jerry Reinsdorf and Jay Mariotti. Two longtime antagonists, as simpatico as Yosemite Sam and Bugs Bunny, inside of the sa...