Jim O'Donnell
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Jim O'Donnell: Online series about Arlington Park auctions is Kleenex reading for someFeb 05, 2023 4:30 am - AS A GENERAL RULE, autopsy reports are not recommended reading for the "Headspace"/meditation crowd. And some might say that Patti Davis did not produce merely a summary...
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Jim O'Donnell: Both "The Score" and AM-1000 remain lost in spaceFeb 01, 2023 12:00 am - TAKE ONE FLOUNDERING CAPTIVE SPORTS CITY and mix in two feeble sports talk radio stations and what's the result? Like Billy Preston once sang, "Nothin' from nothin' leav...
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Jim O'Donnell: Swanson, Benintendi stoke the hot stove Ins and Outs of a clement JanuaryJan 22, 2023 5:00 am - MILD ADO ABOUT SOMETHING, spotlighting highs and lows as the inexorable trek toward Super Bowl 57 rambles on: In - Applauding the return of some Hot Stove League to Chi...
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O'Donnell: Kevin Warren is no saint and that's the way Bears fans should like itJan 15, 2023 5:30 am - THE FIRST WAVE OF CHICAGO MEDIA REACTION to the hiring of Kevin Warren as next president of the Bears pushed the man to the doorstep of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It...
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Jim O'Donnell: Amid the softballs, Ryan Poles faced nary a query about the lost impact of Roquan SmithJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - IF BEARS MANAGEMENT EVER HAS TO fill out a loan application to complete the purchase of the Arlington Park land, there's one asset that should be high up on any list. Th...
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O'Donnell: Damar Hamlin's collapse recalls only NFL player to die on field, in 1971 Bears gameJan 02, 2023 11:05 pm - THE CATASTROPHIC INCIDENT involving Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin on "Monday Night Football" brought terrible memories back to more seasoned Bears fans. On Sunday afternoo...
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Jim O'Donnell: So this is New Year's? No shaking the shackles in The Captive Sports CityJan 01, 2023 12:00 am - THE GHOSTS OF HOLIDAYS PAST - for whatever torturous reason - commanded a December eve trip to Chicago's black-magicked Boul Mich. There were no flash mobs, which was a ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Even when Ditka didn't want him, Jim Harbaugh and his iron will never waveredDec 28, 2022 12:00 am - THE FIRST MEETING WITH JIM HARBAUGH was memorable. So memorable that it's odd to likely be pulling for Harbaugh and No. 2 Michigan (13-0) to beat Max Duggan and No. 3 TC...
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Jim O'Donnell: Churchill Inc. moving Arlington Million from Kentucky to Virginia - but why?Dec 25, 2022 12:00 am - BEFORE THE MAIN BUILDING at Arlington Park is taken down, Bunker Bill Carstanjen and cohorts at Churchill Downs Inc. may want to sift through all of the cinders on the m...
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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...