Jim O'Donnell
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Jim O'Donnell: Brady vs. Fields, OK — but there's also a young Buccaneer to watchOct 22, 2021 1:00 am - YEAH, YEAH, YEAH — Tom Brady over there, Justin Fields over here. But for NFL deep diggers, the most fascinating player on the field might not be playing QB when the Bea...
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Jim O'Donnell: From bad pitchout to pitch-perfect — Brian Wilson and Al Jardine set for WaukeganOct 20, 2021 1:00 am - WHEN THINGS GET TOO CROWDED around Chicago's Sports Mass, go long. Like in search of verifying a tale about the Beach Boys, endless summers and prep football. So today, ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Darling's restraint, timing gets TBS through wretched MLB momentOct 16, 2021 9:00 am - RON DARLING WAS ALREADY having a very good MLB postseason. Working for Turner alongside play-by-play man Brian Anderson, the former Yale QB was mic-side for Game 5 of th...
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Jim O'Donnell: It's a bird, it's a pain - it's 'Bunker' Bill Carstanjen at Arlington Trackside!Oct 13, 2021 1:00 am - THERE'S NOTHING LIKE a good Bill Carstanjen sighting at Arlington Trackside to draw the encrusted regulars away from their daily handicapping mortis. That 99-1 shot came...
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Jim O'Donnell: Expert eyes Las Vegas and Chicago - trying to figure a tale of two NFL citiesOct 08, 2021 1:00 am - WHEN THE BEARS MAKE their first visit to Las Vegas and the brand spanking new Allegiant Stadium Sunday, few people will be as conversant on "A Tale of Two Football Citie...
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O'Donnell: "The Dusty Bartman Residual" says the White Sox will sniff the sweeperOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - SOMETIMES IN LIFE, it doesn't take a niched sports insouciant to call which way an ALDS could be going. A writer for Jimmy Kimmel, or - from the ancient gallery - even J...
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Jim O'Donnell: NBC's Collinsworth says it's time for nothing but 'slow' for the Bears and Justin FieldsOct 01, 2021 1:00 am - NBC HAS EVERY REASON to hype Sunday night's main event between Tampa Bay and New England. It doesn't take any midnight ride by Paul Revere to signal the national conscio...
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Jim O'Donnell: Bears and Churchill Inc. make Louisiana Purchase look like child's playSep 29, 2021 1:00 am - AT THE END OF THE DAY, all Thomas Jefferson had to show for his guile was The Louisiana Purchase. The thunderclap over Arlington Park Wednesday produced a different shoc...
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Jim O'Donnell: Is Justin Fields prepared for Bears fans to keep falling in and out of love with him?Sep 24, 2021 1:00 am - IT'S A PRETTY SAFE BET Justin Fields has never heard of Pure Prairie League. That means Chicago's Latest Sports Savior isn't familiar with the band's enduring standard "...
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Jim O'Donnell: Maybe there will be some magic at midnight after Arlington Park closesSep 22, 2021 1:00 am - THEY SAY THEY ARE CLOSING a racetrack in Arlington Heights this weekend. For good. And who is left to push back? A disinterested governor? An overwhelmed suburban mayor?...