Jim O'Donnell
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O'Donnell: The anniversary of Keith Reinhard's disappearance sparks fresh perspectivesAug 06, 2023 5:30 am - TWO KEENLY MEMORABLE EVENTS happened 35 years ago this week on the Chicago sportscape: • The Cubs played the first official night game at Wrigley Field. They beat the Me...
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O'Donnell: Tauchman's leap year with Cubs tracks from Palatine to little bit o' SeoulAug 02, 2023 1:00 am - ONE YEAR AGO THURSDAY NIGHT — Aug. 3, 2022 — Mike Tauchman was exactly where he should have been in a professional baseball lineup. That would be batting first and p...
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Jim O'Donnell: The final hockey legacy of Rocky Wirtz is framed by three glorious Stanley CupsJul 26, 2023 1:00 am - WHEN THE SAD AND STUNNING NEWS about Rocky Wirtz broke Tuesday, the best sports lede would have been the most straightforward: "Rocky Wirtz, a man born into wealth and c...
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Jim O'Donnell: Keen young ears laud the Cooperstown weekend of Pat HughesJul 22, 2023 1:00 am - PAT HUGHES WAS HONORED with the Ford C. Frick Award at Cooperstown on Saturday. For the Cubs radio play-by-play man, his family, friends and fans, it is a weekend to cel...
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Jim O'Donnell: Some readers rage, while some support the decision to fire Pat FitzgeraldJul 16, 2023 5:30 am - NINE DAYS AFTER THE INITIAL SALVO involving Pat Fitzgerald exploded at Northwestern, intense analysis of the disposition of the matter by university president Michael Sc...
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Jim O'Donnell: A minority of one - without more complete facts, Pat Fitzgerald is being railroadedJul 12, 2023 1:00 am - IN A FORUM AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, Ted Koppel told host Marvin Kalb, "We're so enchanted with our ability to be fast that I think we've sometimes lost connection wit...
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Jim O'Donnell: Carstanjen, Baffert going longer on Kentucky Derby battle of willsJul 09, 2023 5:30 am - THE IMPERIAL ATTITUDE CONTINUES to ooze out of the money-gulping halls of the burgoo kings at Churchill Downs Inc. The decision of Bunker Bill Carstanjen to extend the b...
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O'Donnell: Fight over Bears at Arlington Park grows as CDI sends statue to SaratogaJul 05, 2023 1:00 am - BATTLE LINES ARE BEING intensified between some residents of Arlington Heights and elected village officials over the specter of the Chicago Bears building a new sta...
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Jim O'Donnell: For Fourth of July barbies, Arlington Heights is still the one to beat in Bears derbyJul 02, 2023 5:30 am - THE DATE WAS JULY 3, 1776, and the city was Philadelphia. Ben Franklin and others on The Committee of Five were deadline dashing toward the final draft of The Declaratio...
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O'Donnell: NASCAR, NBC bringing non-muffled nonsense to the streets of ChicagoJun 28, 2023 1:00 am - THE CITY OF CHICAGO NEEDS A NASCAR street race on the Fourth of July weekend like Talladega needs an infield exhibit of Chagall on a race day. Nonetheless, Confederate-f...