Jim O'Donnell
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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...
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Jim O'Donnell: Consequences of Will Smith's 'slap shot moment' extend beyond any sports movieMar 29, 2022 1:00 am - FOR EVERYDAY PEOPLE who like Will Smith, generally good things have happened every time he's touched a movie steeped in some aspect of sports or athleticism. That horizo...
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Jim O'Donnell: How the assassination of JFK changed Krzyzewski coaching careerMar 25, 2022 1:00 am - ON NOV. 19, 1963, two days before he left for his planned five-city tour of Texas, President John F. Kennedy sat in the Oval Office chatting with Evelyn Lincoln, his lon...
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Jim O'Donnell: 8 winners no waiting! Navigating the men's Sweet 16Mar 23, 2022 1:00 am - TAKE A NEW TRANSFER PORTAL CULTURE, add in some odd officiating and boom, zappo: Presenting the improbable Sweet 16 of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Five of the ...
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Jim O'Donnell: For local college hoops, March tourneys are uncertain and the end always nearMar 18, 2022 11:00 pm - WHEN BIDDING ADIEU, the great Phil Georgeff was fond of borrowing from Shakespeare to puckishly say, “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” But then, “The Voice” would always a...
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Jim O'Donnell: Elegant memories of Duchossois, Million too much for CDI to leave aloneMar 16, 2022 1:00 am - NEWS THAT THAT SOME KNOCKOFF of the Arlington Million will be held in August at Churchill Downs is like hearing the Bears are being forced to relocate to south central L...