Media
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O'Donnell: Boo Ricketts, pity frosted Bears season-ticket holders - December Ins and OutsDec 18, 2022 5:00 am - WAY UP NORTH where the air gets cold or way down south where Willy B. Hills currently rolls, a postcard Sunday for the December edition of Ins and Outs. So, the sometime...
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O'Donnell: Is misuse of Fields a bad sign of things to come for the Bears and Arlington Park?Dec 14, 2022 12:00 am - WHEN THE SUPER BOWL-BOUND EAGLES visit Soldier Field Sunday, Justin Fields could score 7 TDs in a 55-27 Bears victory. On-site fans would "ooh." Stay-at-homes would be c...
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Jim O'Donnell: Pat Hughes always the good guy in Cubs broadcast worldDec 11, 2022 6:00 am - WHEN PAT HUGHES ACCEPTS the Ford C. Frick Award at Cooperstown next summer, in intent it will be for "broadcast excellence." Full truth, for those who have tracked the m...
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Jim O'Donnell: November ratings book keeps 'The Score' and AM-1000 on horizontal holdDec 07, 2022 12:00 am - A SPORTS TALK RADIO STATION that's No. 1 in its market? Philadelphia, yes. Boston, yes. Minneapolis-St. Paul, yes. How about Top 10? New York, yes, San Francisco and Det...
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Jim O'Donnell: The beat goes on - a holiday weekend to look back with gratitudeNov 27, 2022 5:00 am - TIM WEIGEL ALWAYS SAID that he thought his No. 1 professional "skill" was recognizing when a window of opportunity was opening. Too many years ago, a window for a sports...
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O'Donnell: Forget about Bobby Douglass, Justin Fields' new best friend is the safety slideNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - IF THE BEARS GET LUCKY, Justin Fields will never again rush for 178 yards as he did last Sunday at Soldier Field. He won't even come close. The Bears lost to Miami, 35-3...
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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...