Jim O'Donnell
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O'Donnell: No bye week for McCaskey and Phillips regarding Arlington Park, Pace, NagyNov 10, 2021 12:00 am - WITH THE BEARS IN A WELCOME BYE WEEK, the primary hope is that George McCaskey and Ted Phillips are keenly adept at multi-tasking. Two tasks loom far higher than anythin...
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Jim O'Donnell: Bears viewers must get past 'The Great Wall of Levy' on "Monday Night Football"Nov 06, 2021 1:00 am - THE FIRST APPEARANCE of the Bears on "Monday Night Football" was October 5, 1970. Keith Jackson, Don Meredith and Howard Cosell called the griddy pantomime. Mike Hull le...
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Jim O'Donnell: Former Blackhawks exec says Bill Wirtz would never have allowed abuse scandal to happenNov 03, 2021 1:00 am - THE SIGN MIGHT AS WELL HANG between two hot-air balloons above the United Center every day until it is conclusively and provably answered: What did Rocky Wirtz know and ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Garoppolo targeted for bittersweet curtain call at Soldier FieldOct 30, 2021 7:00 am - THERE IS A QUIET CUL-DE-SAC not terribly far from downtown Arlington Heights. It's hardly secluded. In front of one of the houses, a modest, square San Francisco 49ers ...
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O'Donnell: Does thoroughbred racing at Arlington Park still have a pulse?Oct 27, 2021 1:00 am - THAT PULSE? Faint, for sure, but it could mean more live thoroughbred racing at Arlington Park. With the global landmark widely perceived as a prime candidate for last r...
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Jim O'Donnell: Brady vs. Fields, OK — but there's also a young Buccaneer to watchOct 22, 2021 1:00 am - YEAH, YEAH, YEAH — Tom Brady over there, Justin Fields over here. But for NFL deep diggers, the most fascinating player on the field might not be playing QB when the Bea...
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Jim O'Donnell: From bad pitchout to pitch-perfect — Brian Wilson and Al Jardine set for WaukeganOct 20, 2021 1:00 am - WHEN THINGS GET TOO CROWDED around Chicago's Sports Mass, go long. Like in search of verifying a tale about the Beach Boys, endless summers and prep football. So today, ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Darling's restraint, timing gets TBS through wretched MLB momentOct 16, 2021 9:00 am - RON DARLING WAS ALREADY having a very good MLB postseason. Working for Turner alongside play-by-play man Brian Anderson, the former Yale QB was mic-side for Game 5 of th...
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Jim O'Donnell: It's a bird, it's a pain - it's 'Bunker' Bill Carstanjen at Arlington Trackside!Oct 13, 2021 1:00 am - THERE'S NOTHING LIKE a good Bill Carstanjen sighting at Arlington Trackside to draw the encrusted regulars away from their daily handicapping mortis. That 99-1 shot came...
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Jim O'Donnell: Expert eyes Las Vegas and Chicago - trying to figure a tale of two NFL citiesOct 08, 2021 1:00 am - WHEN THE BEARS MAKE their first visit to Las Vegas and the brand spanking new Allegiant Stadium Sunday, few people will be as conversant on "A Tale of Two Football Citie...