Media
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Jim O'Donnell: If Kyle Shanahan can't pick a winner, how can America?Feb 11, 2024 6:00 am - AN ESTEEMED ANTIGUA-BASED ODDSMAKER once said: “Everything in life starts out at 50-50. It happens or it doesn't.” Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs +2 today? It hap...
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Here’s what you can expect from Super Bowl commercials this Sunday
Feb 09, 2024 6:21 am - NEW YORK — Big name advertisers will be pulling out all the stops on Super Bowl Sunday — enlisting high-profile actors, investing in dazzling special effects and, they ho...
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Jim O'Donnell: Live from Las Vegas, Dan Patrick continues to own Super Bowl week chatterFeb 08, 2024 6:00 am - IF THERE WAS ANY LINGERING QUESTION about Dan Patrick being the most engaging daily sports talker in America, he's putting it to rest in Las Vegas this week. Patrick ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Is DraftKings weighing a plan to shake up sports media in Chicago?Feb 04, 2024 6:00 am - WHEN THE THIRD-LARGEST RADIO MARKET in America has two reeling sports talk stations, rumors will rumble. Hottest one going around Chicago right now is that a major sp...
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Think the news industry was struggling already? The dawn of 2024 is offering few good tidings
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Prince Harry hails court victory as ‘great day for truth’ after judge finds tabloid hacked his phoneDec 15, 2023 7:30 am - LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry won his historic phone hacking lawsuit Friday against the publisher of the Daily Mirror and was awarded over 140,000 pounds ($180,000) in the f...
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The voice of NIU: After 44 years, Baker hanging up the microphone for the HuskiesNov 23, 2023 12:00 am - DeKALB - Bill Baker almost always did as he was told while growing up in Chicago. Clean your room. Be home before the streetlights come on. Go to bed. Yes, Mom. Yes, Dad...
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Voice of NIU radio held many jobs, including one as WWF ring announcerNov 23, 2023 12:00 am - While Bill Baker has spent more than 50 years on the radio calling football and basketball games, he's also held down quite a few other jobs. Beer truck driver. Ad sales...
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A former Fox News reporter who is refusing to divulge her sources could be held in contempt of court
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O'Donnell: Benetti's sudden South Side farewell brings back memories of Jim DurhamNov 12, 2023 5:00 am - WHEN JASON BENETTI TOLD JERRY REINSDORF to take his White Sox TV job and shove it this week, somewhere the spirit of Jim Durham was chortling. Durham was the global-clas...