Jim O'Donnell
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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 ...
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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 ...