Jim O'Donnell
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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...
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O'Donnell: Boo Ricketts, pity frosted Bears season-ticket holders - December Ins and OutsDec 18, 2022 5:00 am - WAY UP NORTH where the air gets cold or way down south where Willy B. Hills currently rolls, a postcard Sunday for the December edition of Ins and Outs. So, the sometime...
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O'Donnell: Is misuse of Fields a bad sign of things to come for the Bears and Arlington Park?Dec 14, 2022 12:00 am - WHEN THE SUPER BOWL-BOUND EAGLES visit Soldier Field Sunday, Justin Fields could score 7 TDs in a 55-27 Bears victory. On-site fans would "ooh." Stay-at-homes would be c...
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Jim O'Donnell: Pat Hughes always the good guy in Cubs broadcast worldDec 11, 2022 6:00 am - WHEN PAT HUGHES ACCEPTS the Ford C. Frick Award at Cooperstown next summer, in intent it will be for "broadcast excellence." Full truth, for those who have tracked the m...
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Jim O'Donnell: Bears are as thick as a brick if Fields plays vs. Green BayDec 04, 2022 5:00 am - THERE IS DUMB, there is inept and then there is Chicago Bears-style thickheadedness. If Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull could still play a halftime show, they would call it...