Jim O'Donnell
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O'Donnell: Will the NBA's new red-light camera calls ruin The Finals for ABC/ESPN?Jun 01, 2022 1:00 am - THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION has somehow found its own answer to those graft-ridden red-light cameras that plague the streets of select municipalities. For lack o...
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O'Donnell: Jed Hoyer is perfect for the paranoid down times of the Ricketts' Wrigleyville 3.0May 28, 2022 9:00 am - WERE RAY DAVIES AND THE KINKS aiming future vibrations at the Cubs of Jed Hoyer when they sang about "Paranoia, the destroyer?" "Paranoia" seems to be the password at Wr...
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O'Donnell: TNT merits sad props for quickly showcasing Steve Kerr's call against armsMay 25, 2022 1:00 am - NOW, IN THE WAKE OF Buffalo and Uvalde, the American capacity for outrage is once again overflowing. But in lobotomized lockstep, the American capacity for sustained, co...
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O'Donnell: Sox, Bears, Cubs ... is next Chicago champ about to wolf one down in Rosemont?May 21, 2022 9:00 am - EVEN THEIR MOST ARDENT FANS would probably acknowledge the Chicago Wolves are an acquired icicle. But on a Chicago sportscape filled with so many riddles and rebuilds, t...
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O'Donnell: Could Ozzie Guillen's hunger and spark be the perfect elixir for snoozin' Sox?May 15, 2022 1:00 am - THE FULL TRUTH IS, if Ozzie Guillen were completely - dangerously - untethered, he'd be the most direct and authoritative White Sox TV analyst since Jimmy Piersall. Inst...
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Jim O'Donnell: La Russa, Kreutz and other Ins and Outs on the blazing May sports panoramaMay 14, 2022 9:30 am - WITH THE PREMATURE SUMMER WINDS causing nothing but a surge in HVAC profits, presenting a weekend respite from the daily churn of sports and media redundancies. A new mo...
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Jim O'Donnell: Rich Strike's Kentucky Derby win can produce only laughter from the bunkerMay 11, 2022 1:00 am - LIKE GAMES ON A CARNIVAL MIDWAY, when American horse racing needs a favorable outcome, it can generate one. That's what a peak NBC Sports audience of 19 million got to w...
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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...