Jim O'Donnell
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Jim O'Donnell: Bears rebuff Wilson, say focus is on due diligence regarding Arlington ParkMay 04, 2022 1:00 am - THE BEARS HAVE DISMISSED an overture from Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson to discuss ways and means of keeping the team in Chicago. That's good news for fans hop...
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Jim O'Donnell: Run for the Roses or hold your noses as Kentucky Derby creeps on to NBC stage?May 03, 2022 1:00 am - FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, the Kentucky Derby has devolved into less and less ado about an increasingly devalued event soaked in a hollow cask of unhappy endings. The hap...
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Jim O'Donnell: Does mayoral hopeful Willie Wilson have enough gas left to keep Bears in Chicago?Apr 29, 2022 1:00 am - A COMPELLING "Y" FACTOR has emerged in an attempt to stymie the move of the Chicago Bears to Arlington Park. Willie Wilson - the well-resourced Chicago mayoral candidate...
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From Johnny Depp to Rece Davis, an incomplete guide to the brawny NFL DraftApr 27, 2022 1:00 am - IF THE IMMORTAL WAYLON JENNINGS was singing about it, he might ask, "Don't you done think this NFL Draft bit's done got out of hand?" Instead, beginning Thursday night o...
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Jim O'Donnell: Unlike Cubs in April '97, Sox fans have no option to shoot the goatApr 26, 2022 1:00 am - TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO - April 1997 - the Cubs opened the season 0-14. That sort of dark start makes the White Sox current pan dripping look positively Pale Hose by compa...
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Jim O'Donnell: Could a self-aware La Russa favor fans, read the histories and cancel himself?Apr 23, 2022 9:00 am - TONY LA RUSSA AND THE WHITE SOX have had better weeks. And yes, they scurried to Minneapolis for a weekend set as “a .500 team amid injuries.” But the expectations are s...
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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...