Jim O'Donnell
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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...
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Jim O'Donnell: Dan Roan has stayed likable during his long run at WGNApr 12, 2022 1:00 am - ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHICAGO, nightly TV sportscasts mattered. Johnny Morris and Tim Weigel were the intensely combative kings. Chet Coppock was the first to fall on his ...
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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...