Jim O'Donnell
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Jim O'Donnell: Olczyk's bittersweet return to the United Center all about unstated valuesOct 23, 2022 6:00 am - EDDIE OLCZYK WILL RETURN to the United Center Sunday afternoon. If he can stand the stink. After 16 seasons in the Blackhawks broadcast booth, the distinctive Chicago na...
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Jim O'Donnell: Will ESPN's "GameDay" continue to ignore the Bielema renaissance at Illinois?Oct 19, 2022 1:00 am - FOR THE FIRST TIME in a long time, University of Illinois football fans don't have to flip Big Ten-West standings upside down to see how their team is doing. The No. 18 ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Getsy should go, Fields should steady and more October Ins and OutsOct 16, 2022 6:00 am - CRAYOLA ORANGE HELMETS on the homies at Soldier Field and blue Bears fans - a perfect weekend for October Ins and Outs on a depressed Chicago sports scape: • In - Callin...
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Jim O'Donnell: On TV or on the field, the password at Soldier Field on Thursday will be 'struggle'Oct 12, 2022 1:00 am - FOUR STRUGGLING TEAMS will hover around Soldier Field Thursday night. On the Martian turf, it'll be the Bears vs. the listing Washington Commanders. Behind the cameras, ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Place blame on White Sox flop where it belongs: Jerry ReinsdorfOct 07, 2022 1:00 am - MAYBE IT'S NOT COMPLETELY fair to call all of the current Chicago sports media "mousey." But if a block of cheese was thrown into any media room or sports talk show arou...
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O'Donnell: Jerry Vainisi - GM of the Super Bowl champion Bears - was 'a Halas guy' to the endOct 06, 2022 1:00 am - WHEN JERRY VAINISI WAS abruptly ousted as general manager of the Bears in 1987 - less than 14 months after the team's iconic victory in Super Bowl 20 - Mike Ditka cried....
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Jim O'Donnell: Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder - will sports gaming media ever generate another one like him?Oct 01, 2022 1:00 am - JIMMY "THE GREEK" SNYDER has been betting with fellow spirits in the sky since his death in 1996. He exited network TV even earlier than that. In January 1988, CBS Sport...
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Jim O'Donnell: Eberflus inaugural Bears at 3-1 in October? Who would have dreamed it?Sep 28, 2022 1:00 am - THREE WEEKS AGO, anyone who called the Bears hitting the opening strides of October at 3-1 can now report to Marc Trestman Pavilion at Arlington Park to claim your used ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Adam Amin aiming to call more Aaron Judge history on Fox Thursday nightSep 21, 2022 1:00 am - HISTORY CAN FREQUENTLY be in the prejudiced sports brain. South of The Brat Stop, a Bears win in Green Bay is always big. A non-implosive decision by the current hierarc...
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O'Donnell: The September "in" crowd begins with Carlos Alcaraz plus the Bears and Miguel CairoSep 16, 2022 1:00 am - BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG AND GREEN DAY wanted to be awakened when September ends. For better or worse, in the sports media racket, that's not always possible. So, with the ...