Jim O'Donnell
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Jim O'Donnell: La Russa non-speak could be the basis for a great TV game showAug 26, 2022 1:00 am - THE WHITE SOX ARE NO LONGER just the American League-Central's answer to "Ice Road Truckers." They are a rollicking, rolling comedy show. Maybe the funniest local improv...
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O'Donnell: Bears break with WBBM/WCFS could trigger major Chicago radio sports revampAug 24, 2022 1:00 am - THE FAULT LINES BELOW sports radio in Chicago are rumbling. Actually, the phrasing should be "sports audio." Is it multiple earthquakes dead ahead - for both sports talk...
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Jim O'Donnell: Right now, Matt Eberflus is one up on Vince LombardiAug 19, 2022 1:00 am - AS THE GLORY-BOUND HEAD COACH of the Green Bay Packers, Vince Lombardi was 42-8 in "exhibition" games. He insisted that winning was a habit. But he opened 1-1 in his fir...
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O'Donnell: With "Louisville Million," Churchill Inc. dissed the legacy of Dick DuchossoisAug 17, 2022 1:00 am - CHURCHILL DOWNS INC. HAS a market capitalization that touches $8 billion. That's a nice number for a corporation that specializes in little more than gaming pies in the ...
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O'Donnell: August 'Ins' begin with plea for Jerry Rich to ashcan LIV Golf at Rich Harvest FarmsAug 12, 2022 1:00 am - THE SLUMBERING SUMMER crawls along in the No. 1 Captive City of Sports in America. The Cubs and Blackhawks are miles from nowhere. The Bears are confused. The White Sox ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Weak Cubs-Reds game could turn Fox/MLB cornfield dream into a nightmareAug 10, 2022 1:00 am - THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT bad baseball is that it's easily recognizable as bad baseball. A Casey Stengel or a Bob Uecker might milk baselines of laughter out of it. Inst...
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Jim O'Donnell: Hot flash - Jay Mariotti considers an unauthorized biography of Jerry ReinsdorfAug 05, 2022 1:00 am - IT IS A MATCH MADE in sports publishing heaven: Jerry Reinsdorf and Jay Mariotti. Two longtime antagonists, as simpatico as Yosemite Sam and Bugs Bunny, inside of the sa...
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Jim O'Donnell: From 'The Cellar' to his final encore, Jimy Sohns knew no other way but to rock onAug 04, 2022 11:00 pm - IN THE END, ROCK 'N ROLL is all about attitude and energy. Somewhere on his path from Prospect High School to "American Bandstand" and beyond, Jimy Sohns was gifted with...
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From “The Cellar” to his final encore, Jimy Sohns knew no other way but to rock onAug 04, 2022 1:00 am - IN THE END, ROCK 'N ROLL is all about attitude and energy. Somewhere on his path from Prospect High School to “American Bandstand” and beyond, Jimy Sohns was gifted with...
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Jim O'Donnell: Russell and Scully pursued excellence - and both surpassed itAug 03, 2022 1:00 am - A FAVORITE JOHN F. KENNEDY QUOTE - one he used multiple times - was: "The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along the lines of excell...