Jim O'Donnell
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O'Donnell: Could Ozzie Guillen's hunger and spark be the perfect elixir for snoozin' Sox?May 15, 2022 1:00 am - THE FULL TRUTH IS, if Ozzie Guillen were completely - dangerously - untethered, he'd be the most direct and authoritative White Sox TV analyst since Jimmy Piersall. Inst...
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Jim O'Donnell: La Russa, Kreutz and other Ins and Outs on the blazing May sports panoramaMay 14, 2022 9:30 am - WITH THE PREMATURE SUMMER WINDS causing nothing but a surge in HVAC profits, presenting a weekend respite from the daily churn of sports and media redundancies. A new mo...
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Jim O'Donnell: Rich Strike's Kentucky Derby win can produce only laughter from the bunkerMay 11, 2022 1:00 am - LIKE GAMES ON A CARNIVAL MIDWAY, when American horse racing needs a favorable outcome, it can generate one. That's what a peak NBC Sports audience of 19 million got to w...
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Jim O'Donnell: Bears rebuff Wilson, say focus is on due diligence regarding Arlington ParkMay 04, 2022 1:00 am - THE BEARS HAVE DISMISSED an overture from Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson to discuss ways and means of keeping the team in Chicago. That's good news for fans hop...
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Jim O'Donnell: Run for the Roses or hold your noses as Kentucky Derby creeps on to NBC stage?May 03, 2022 1:00 am - FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, the Kentucky Derby has devolved into less and less ado about an increasingly devalued event soaked in a hollow cask of unhappy endings. The hap...
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Jim O'Donnell: Does mayoral hopeful Willie Wilson have enough gas left to keep Bears in Chicago?Apr 29, 2022 1:00 am - A COMPELLING "Y" FACTOR has emerged in an attempt to stymie the move of the Chicago Bears to Arlington Park. Willie Wilson - the well-resourced Chicago mayoral candidate...
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From Johnny Depp to Rece Davis, an incomplete guide to the brawny NFL DraftApr 27, 2022 1:00 am - IF THE IMMORTAL WAYLON JENNINGS was singing about it, he might ask, "Don't you done think this NFL Draft bit's done got out of hand?" Instead, beginning Thursday night o...
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Jim O'Donnell: Unlike Cubs in April '97, Sox fans have no option to shoot the goatApr 26, 2022 1:00 am - TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO - April 1997 - the Cubs opened the season 0-14. That sort of dark start makes the White Sox current pan dripping look positively Pale Hose by compa...
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Jim O'Donnell: Could a self-aware La Russa favor fans, read the histories and cancel himself?Apr 23, 2022 9:00 am - TONY LA RUSSA AND THE WHITE SOX have had better weeks. And yes, they scurried to Minneapolis for a weekend set as “a .500 team amid injuries.” But the expectations are s...
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Jim O'Donnell: Talent-free Chicago sports talk radio stations battered by the empty winds of MarchApr 20, 2022 1:00 am - CHICAGO'S TWO SPORTS TALK radio stations drifted farther down that dreaded Boulevard of Irrelevancy this week. In the latest Nielsen Audios, centered on a large portion ...