Jim O'Donnell
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Jim O'Donnell: Arlington Million Day media gets parting gift - Petrillo throws all out of press boxAug 16, 2021 1:00 am - FOR DECADES, DICK DUCHOSSOIS saw to it that at the conclusion of Million Day, most working media received a gracious memento for their toil. Early Saturday evening at Ar...
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Jim O'Donnell: Hopefully a splendid day awaits the last Arlington farewell of Dick DuchossoisAug 12, 2021 1:00 am - THE GREEK DRAMATIST SOPHOCLES WROTE, "One must wait until evening to see how splendid the day has been." The evening of Dick Duchossois has arrived. He is 99 years old. ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Frank Calabrese is still dreaming big - just not on low-budget 'Million Day'Aug 11, 2021 1:00 am - ARLINGTON PARK'S GREATEST CHAMPION of the new millennium may be at the track for its probable last hurrah on Saturday. And then again, maybe Frank Calabrese won't be. Hi...
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Jim O'Donnell: Former Bears executive talks in realities about the team and Arlington ParkAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - JERRY VAINISI IS ONE OF THE MOST ill-starred responses on any possible “Chicago Sports Jeopardy!” board. The answer would play in the $1,600-$1,800 range and would speak...
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Jim O'Donnell: Is Churchill Inc. planning a quick 'Meigs Field' on Arlington Park?Aug 04, 2021 1:00 am - YET ANOTHER OMINOUS CLOUD is drifting northward from Louisville regarding any possible future horse racing at Arlington Park. And this one is right out of The Richie Dal...
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Jim O'Donnell: Simone Biles scores a victory for the enduring glory of independent thoughtJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - ROBERT FROST CALLED IT "The Road Not Taken." The Beatles sang, "Think For Yourself." The fierce French nationalist Charles de Gaulle referred to it as the unique sort of...
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Jim O'Donnell: WaPo's Sally Jenkins working OT to spotlight treachery of the OlympicsJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - SPORTS COLUMNISTS SELDOM win Pulitzer Prizes. And a female sports columnist? Ain't never been done. But the inspired Sally Jenkins of The Washington Post could be in the...
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Jim O'Donnell: Petrillo's improbable history of the Arlington Million leaves 'em laughingJul 21, 2021 1:00 am - THREE OF THE GREAT LAUNCH POINTS influencing much comedic anarchy eventually produced by the Baby Boomer generation were “MAD” magazine, any live TV that Steve Allen did...
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Jim O'Donnell: Churchill Downs requests 2022 live racing application - but why?Jul 16, 2021 1:00 am - THE THOROUGHBRED RACING FUTURE of Arlington Park is ... what? With almost all interested parties braced for the eternal end of live horse racing on the legacied site Sat...
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Jim O'Donnell: Addison Rae carries her social influencing all the way through UFC 264Jul 14, 2021 1:00 am - ADDISON RAE IS ALL ABOUT what's happening now in the outer hangs of contemporary American pop culture. She's 20 years old with an extended-stay Ulta Beauty sort of Carme...