Jim O'Donnell
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Jim O'Donnell: If the Bears abandon Arlington, what about the Cubs and an alternative Wrigley Field?Dec 02, 2023 12:00 am - THE SPECULATION IS MERELY "in the wind." But the longer the Bears allow the land that once housed Arlington Park to lie barren, the more rumors will ripple that Tom Rick...
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Jim O'Donnell: Too much ragged history for the Bears to have a shot at Jim HarbaughNov 29, 2023 12:00 am - HERE'S A BOLD STATEMENT that's hard to pick apart: Jim Harbaugh is the most talked about unbeaten football coach in America. Love him or diss 'im, "My Way James" is show...
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Jim O'Donnell: Searching for gratuitous gratitude on a hollow sports Thanksgiving in ChicagoNov 23, 2023 6:00 am - IF THANKSGIVING WAS BASED on the current successes of the five major professional teams in Chicago, the holiday wouldn't be observed. Since "Passover" has already been t...
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Jim O'Donnell: Long football line just said "no" before Northwestern settled on David BraunNov 19, 2023 6:00 am - ONE WEEKEND AGO, David Braun and Northwestern stunned Wisconsin 24-10 at Camp Randall Stadium to move to 5-5 in 2023. On The Enchanted Lakefront, the sighs of relief cou...
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Jim O'Donnell: Theo Epstein's short list of new resurrection targets has to include the White SoxNov 15, 2023 12:00 am - THREE YEARS AGO — November 17, 2020 — Theo Epstein “gratefully” bid adieu to the Cubs. He left a measured, astonishing magnum opus titled “2016.” Since then, he's served...
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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...
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O'Donnell: Are Mark Aguirre and DePaul next in line to quake Our Town?Nov 08, 2023 12:00 am - CHICAGO - THE CAPTIVE SPORTS CITY - has been anything but dull lately. From Craig Counsell to Connor Bedard with Cole Kmet in between, there are more signs of organizati...
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Jim O'Donnell: Dream for the sportin' - if only Chicago fans could vote ownerships out of officeNov 05, 2023 7:00 am - A LOT OF AREA SPORTS FANS periodically wail about living in The Captive Sports City. But how many do anything about it? The ultimate Chicago fan protest would be a paid ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Jim Harbaugh as next head coach of the Bears – imperfectly perfectNov 01, 2023 1:00 am - IF THERE IS A PAPA BEAR IN HEAVEN, George McCaskey and associates must be monitoring events in Ann Arbor with the intensity of creatives at Marvel worrying about the ris...
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Jim O'Donnell: From father to son, Bagent family line is all about confidence and winningOct 25, 2023 1:00 am - THERE WAS A WEEKLY TV SHOW in Martinsburg, W. Va., last fall titled "Monday Night Mayhem." It aired rather modestly on Channel 10, a Comcast cable option. The broadcast ...