Jim O'Donnell
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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 ...
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Jim O'Donnell: When Michael Jordan's Garden Party spawned the enduring 'for the ages'Apr 19, 2022 1:00 am - APRIL 20 REMAINS ONE OF THE landmark days in the history of the Chicago Bulls. Quite rightfully, it can be said that the date "belongs to the ages." All modest cloaking ...
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Jim O'Donnell: From Mount Prospect to 52 years with the Bucks, John Steinmiller rolls onApr 15, 2022 1:00 am - A LITTLE MORE THAN A DECADE AGO, Theo Epstein wrote a memorable essay for The Boston Globe suggesting executives should change jobs every 10 years to stay fresh. John St...
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Jim O'Donnell: Bittersweet broadcast farewell of Pat Foley straight aheadApr 13, 2022 1:00 am - IN A PERFECT HOCKEY WORLD — hah! — there would be an imposing, golden, helium-filled ice skate tethered outside the United Center tonight. Complete with passenger gondol...
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Jim O'Donnell: Dan Roan has stayed likable during his long run at WGNApr 12, 2022 1:00 am - ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHICAGO, nightly TV sportscasts mattered. Johnny Morris and Tim Weigel were the intensely combative kings. Chet Coppock was the first to fall on his ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Sox, Cubs, Lightfoot, Bears - a guide to 'ins' and 'outs' of the transiting sports terrainApr 08, 2022 1:00 am - ON A SPORTS WEEKEND brimming with action from tee to shining "C," a fleeting step back to categorize what's what and who's snoozy. An Incomplete Insouciant's Guide to cu...
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Jim O'Donnell: Betting The Masters? All Illini sentimentality says go with young 'Willie Z'Apr 06, 2022 1:00 am - GENERALLY, BETTING A PGA TOURNAMENT can be as excruciating as being forced to sit through a four-day Nicolas Cage film festival. And then there is the matter of young Wi...
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Jim O'Donnell: National title is great for Kansas, not so good for bettors who backed JayhawksApr 05, 2022 1:00 am - WAS IT BOB DYLAN or Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder who wrote: "You don't need a bunch of gambling touts to tell you which way your bet is blowing?" In the closing seconds of K...
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Jim O'Donnell: MLB Opening Day '22 - game is for Grandpa, drone racing is for dwindling knothole gangApr 02, 2022 9:00 am - THERE ARE POCKETS OF EXCITEMENT sprinkled throughout the Chicago area over the fact the 2022 Major League Baseball season begins later this week. There are also pockets ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Fighting Illini's extension of Underwood comes with predictable risk to programMar 30, 2022 1:00 am - FIRST, BEGIN WITH a clear acknowledgment: Few "Fan Nation" bases in America - students, alumni, former co-op record store owners still living in Champaign - deserve an N...