Jim O'Donnell
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O’Donnell: Forget Dr. Seuss — Bears people can cry because it’s overJan 20, 2026 10:00 am - AND AS THE CHARGE OF THE LATE BRIGADE fades to lakefront silence, select takes after one of the most theatrical seasons in the history of the Chicago Bears: Ben Johnson —...
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O’Donnell: Good, better, don’t implode — three easy pieces for Bears over L.A.Jan 17, 2026 10:00 am - PSYCHOLOGISTS MAINTAIN THAT a key part of being a fan is anticipation and that's a good thing. Whether that good thing extends to the 60,000 or so who will be anticipatin...
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O’Donnell: Manufacturing belief — how high is the winter zoom for the Bears?Jan 13, 2026 10:48 am - THE PATH TO SPORTS PHENOMENON normally rises from interest to fandom to mania. Sometimes teams take years. Sometimes an alpha or two can greatly accelerate the ascent. At...
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O’Donnell: The evolution of a wild-card point spreadJan 10, 2026 11:29 am - OF THE 12 NFL TEAMS PLAYING on this wild-card weekend, the Bears were drawing the largest percentage of betting handle in any of the six head-to-head matches. That's publ...
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O’Donnell: Playoff Bears go from ’dog to chalk, now have to beat historyJan 06, 2026 10:00 am - BEGIN WITH THE CURRENT POSITIVES AT 1920 FOOTBALL DRIVE: Ben Johnson has transformed the football culture within Halas Hall. Caleb Williams has established a football rés...
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O’Donnell: ESPN rebounds after rough starts to the New Year’s CFP partyJan 03, 2026 10:00 am - THE DANDY LIONS AT ESPN/ABC have a growing list of reasons to try and explain away the steady erosion of broadcast quality on their multiple platforms. From cord cutters ...
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O’Donnell: ‘Review of Media ‘25’ bumps up against Bears, Bears, BearsDec 30, 2025 10:00 am - SPORTS RELEVANCE IS IN THE PSYCHE OF THE CONSUMER, most frequently further defined by geography. That's why, on the threshold of New Year's Day 2026, the convenient thing...
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O’Donnell: For Bears, beatdown at SF could be the start of something even biggerDec 27, 2025 10:00 am - OF MIKE DITKA, WINSTON CHURCHILL AND SIMBA, “THE LION KING,” one who said, “Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal.” For devotees of deductive logic — since the ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Bears should ask themselves — what would Walt Disney do?Dec 20, 2025 1:21 pm - ON ONE OF THE LAST BUSINESS TRIPS OF HIS LIFE, Walt Disney did a second flyover above the vast expanse of Florida swampland that would one day become Walt Disney World. D...
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O’Donnell: In new stadium derby, humbled Browns have a big lead over the BearsDec 16, 2025 11:42 am - AT CRISPLY COLD SOLDIER FIELD, what transpired Sunday could best be described as “no contest.” Not ready for “Prime” time, rookie QB Shedeur Sanders and the Cleveland Bro...