Jim O'Donnell
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Jim O'Donnell: After that embarrassment, Illini should dump Underwood and hire Porter MoserMar 22, 2021 1:00 am - IT WILL BE FOREVER REMEMBERED as the game that launched 100,000 emotions. On the Loyola side, among them, unbridled joy, dancing in the Zooms, warm fuzzies about the sev...
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Jim O'Donnell: 'No action' for legal books and bettors in Illinois on Illini-LoyolaMar 19, 2021 1:00 am - WANT TO LEGALLY BET Sunday's round of 32 NCAA Tournament match between Andre Curbelo's Fighting Illini and Cameron Krutwig's Loyola in the state of Illinois? Not today, ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Former Bulls play-by-play voice brutalized in Lyft carjackingMar 17, 2021 1:00 am - WHEN "THE LAST DANCE" aired on ESPN last spring, Bill Hazen had some renewed pep in his step. Snippets of Hazen's work as Bulls play-by-play man alongside Johnny "Red" K...
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Jim O'Donnell: Chasing the brackets - 4 steps to a perfect Final FourMar 12, 2021 12:00 am - YES, OPRAH DID a marvelous job with Meghan and Harry. But she failed to ask the Brexiting royals for their NCAA men's selections. Because it's that weekend again. It's w...
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Jim O'Donnell: Stop devouring their own - a cure for Big Ten men's basketballMar 10, 2021 12:00 am - AS W.C. FIELDS ONCE SAID, "Start a day with a smile and get it over with." Maybe that thought contributed to the foundational philosophy when they started the Big Ten me...
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Jim O'Donnell: Wavelengths say Giangreco's next first stop could be ESPN RadioMar 05, 2021 12:00 am - FOR CLOSE TO FOUR DECADES, when writing about Mark Giangreco, normally the hardest thing is to find a synonym for "puckish." (Devilish? Sardonic? Buffalo-bred?) This wee...
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Jim O'Donnell: Churchill Inc. perfectly positioned to donate land for Halas StadiumMar 03, 2021 12:00 am - FUTURE TOP COLLEGE CURRICULA may one day refer to it as, "The Audacity of Ask." Or, "How the village of Arlington Heights constructively worked with Churchill Downs Inc....
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O'Donnell: It's time for George S. Halas Stadium at Arlington ParkFeb 24, 2021 12:00 am - THE TIME TO HESITATE is through. Churchill Downs Inc. has made its decision regarding Arlington Park. Now it is urgently incumbent upon regional politicians and civic pl...
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Jim O'Donnell: Even Michael Jordan couldn't save an endless Daytona 500Feb 17, 2021 12:00 am - FOR FANS OF NASCAR INCLUSIVITY, last Sunday's Daytona 500 was supposed to be a momentous event. Probably the most momentous stock car happening since Black country singe...
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Jim O'Donnell: Doc Rivers, Fred Hampton and two very different lives 'Made in Maywood'Feb 12, 2021 12:00 am - THERE IS A COMPELLING CROSS of multimedia convergence going on this weekend. At nba.com - as part of the league's "Black History Month Inspirations" - Doc Rivers is feat...