Sports Columns
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O'Donnell: Foley and Olczyk - Nick Olczyk - will call NHL Winter Classic on radioDec 21, 2022 12:00 am - SOME STILL CALL IT West Madison Street. Others use the more apropos "Bleak-Hawk Boulevard." The Chicago season is a sloth parade that gives rebuilds a bad name. The orga...
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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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Do we need an MVP trophy to celebrate Michael Jordan?Dec 18, 2022 12:00 am - As I recall, Michael Jordan used to accept his MVP trophies between tee times, a late spring ritual that intruded on more important matters, like winning another NBA tit...
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A heartfelt 'Thank you' from Hub ArkushDec 16, 2022 12:00 am - Hello, everybody. I'm writing for a few reasons today, but as much as anything, I'm writing to try to find a way to say thank you in a way that will really mean somethin...
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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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Lincicome: This edition of the greatest NFL rivalry is a real loser takes allDec 04, 2022 5:00 am - A quick check of the old glossary finds seven synonyms for losing, the same number as deadly sins. Although losing is not one of the sins, I suppose sloth is close enoug...
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Jim O'Donnell: Bears are as thick as a brick if Fields plays vs. Green BayDec 04, 2022 5:00 am - THERE IS DUMB, there is inept and then there is Chicago Bears-style thickheadedness. If Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull could still play a halftime show, they would call it...
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Jim O'Donnell: Keith Reinhard selected for media wing of prep basketball Hall of FameNov 30, 2022 12:00 am - KEITH REINHARD WAS ONCE one of the most energizing, intellectually eclectic members of the Chicago sports media community. He loved life, adventure and the possibilities...
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Lincicome: This Buckeye misses the good old days of Michigan vs. Ohio StateNov 27, 2022 5:00 am - As I write this column, I do not know who won the Ohio State-Michigan game. Deadlines still nag in my world. It does not matter, not as it once did, when the calendar ha...