Jim O'Donnell
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O'Donnell: Clumsy McCaskey Bears dilute what should have been a breakout weekApr 24, 2024 6:00 am - Jim O’Donnell says the McCaskey family’s dysfunctionality is diluting what should have been a breakout week for the Bears.
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Jim O'Donnell: No reason that Reinsdorf’s ’24 buck turners can't ‘flush’ to 123 lossesApr 21, 2024 6:00 am - LOVE HIM OR NOT, one certainty about Jerry Reinsdorf must be acknowledged: The man has no aversion to turning a buck. “Pissants” of the press box like Malibu-based ex...
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O’Donnell: Clark needs the WNBA — for nowApr 17, 2024 6:00 am - O’Donnell: Caitlin Clark, basketball’s new “Princess America,” needs the WNBA — for now.
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Jim O'Donnell: O.J. should have sat out the final two quarters of his shattered, battering lifeApr 14, 2024 6:00 am - O.J. SIMPSON CAME TO NATIONAL CELEBRITY during a reset decade in which America thought disco had legs and Black and White could finally forever live on in harmony.
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O’Donnell: Women's basketball owns the month but the Clark comet now dips to the WNBAApr 10, 2024 6:00 am - The popularity of women’s basketball surged during the NCAA tournament, but what happens when Caitlin Clark heads to the WNBA?
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Jim O'Donnell: Will Iowa-South Carolina provide the fairy tale ending so much of America wants?Apr 07, 2024 6:15 am - DID ANYONE REALLY EXPECT the headline to read: “Controversial foul call dooms Caitlin, Iowa in NCAA semifinal loss to UConn?” Fairy tales don't play out that way. Esp...
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O’Donnell: Clark flourished but UConn women held betting eyes to anxious endApr 03, 2024 6:00 am - WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL sliced deeply into the psyches of the most cynical sports fans in America Monday night. And the supremely charismatic Caitlin Clark and Iowa we...
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Jim O'Donnell: Spirits past and fresh money playing into the last furlongs of the 2024 Final FourMar 31, 2024 6:00 am - GHOSTS TO THE LEFT, ghosts to the right and it's the only NCAA men's basketball tournament in town.
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O’Donnell: Will Mulkey profile touch on Morrow transfer from DePaul?Mar 27, 2024 6:00 am - Will the upcoming Washington Post profile on LSU coach Kim Mulkey reference Aneesah Morrow’s transfer from DePaul?
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Jim O’Donnell: Eagle hoops ahead with NCAA men’s baton from NantzMar 24, 2024 6:00 am - AS CORONATIONS GO, the NCAA men's basketball ascendancy of Ian Eagle had plenty of circumstance but little pomp Friday. Out of a midday promo for “Young Sheldon” on C...