Jim O'Donnell
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Jim O'Donnell: The Bears at Arlington Park trending tepid as a telling 2022 approachesDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - WITH CHRISTMAS 2021 CLOSING IN, increasingly complex puzzles should be left only to the most beautiful minds at places like MIT. Unfortunately, that compact list might ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Live, from Green Bay, it's a new NBC version of an old NFL game show!Dec 11, 2021 4:00 am - OFFICIALLY, NBC SPORTS will be presenting a “Sunday Night Football” game between the Bears and Green Bay. Unofficially, it's really a TV game show called “Organic or Non...
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Jim O'Donnell: Adaptive genius of Belichick provides a lesson for windy cities everywhereDec 08, 2021 12:00 am - AT ITS CORE, the National Football League is a band of illusion. Gambling houses hang a point spread on a game. Officiating crews generally hold audience into the fourth...
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Jim O'Donnell: The way it was - fresh insights into 'The NFL Today' recall a golden era at CBSDec 04, 2021 7:00 am - AS THE SOUND OF MASKED SLEIGH BELLS grows louder, the roughest part of being invited to a "Bears Watch Party" is the possibility that an invitee may actually be expected...
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Jim O'Donnell: Double guaranteed - someone will coach The Fighting Irish next seasonDec 01, 2021 12:00 am - MAYBE THE BIG FOOTBALL INTELLIGENCE - the cosmic force that calls all of the shots on and around gridirons everywhere - has a sense of humor. If it does, Matt Nagy will ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Frenzied week means that All Things Bears are in play, including Arlington ParkNov 27, 2021 12:00 am - LAST MONDAY MORNING, the Chicago Bears were worth an estimated $4 billion. Today, those same Bears are estimated to be worth $4 billion. In between was the week that was...
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Jim O'Donnell: A thankful respite from the noise of nonsense - 'Chip Shot Jeopardy!'Nov 24, 2021 12:00 am - FOR PURPOSES OF AMUSEMENT ONLY, presenting the inaugural - and quite possibly only ever - Daily Herald sports & media Thanksgiving Day family event: "Chip Shot Jeopardy!...
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O'Donnell: Churchill Inc. / Arlington proves that it can still put on quite a clown showNov 20, 2021 12:00 am - SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, Bunker Bill Carstanjen — the deadpan slap-schticker running Churchill Downs Inc. — must have studied “A Little Night Music.” That's the 1973 St...
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Jim O'Donnell: Alderman's plan for Chicago to buy Bears is a non-starterNov 17, 2021 12:00 am - WHO CAN FORGET WHEN Daniel Burnham — the great Chicago urban planner — almost said, “Make no little nonsense?” Alderman George Cardenas, one of Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Ci...
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O'Donnell: Scottie Pippen's new book fails to factor in the phenomenon of Michael JordanNov 13, 2021 12:00 am - FOR THE THIRD GAME of Michael Jordan's NBA career, Quintin Dailey staged a defiant, lonely protest by staying home and watching cartoons. A few weeks later, Dailey made ...