Jim O'Donnell
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O’Donnell: Moving night for Charles Barkley and crew from TNT to ESPN/ABCMay 31, 2025 10:00 am - “Inside the NBA” is moving to ESPN from TNT as part of the league’s network shift.
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O'Donnell: Caitlin Clark’s hurtin’ quad strains CBS, Chicago fans and the WNBAMay 27, 2025 5:00 pm - Columnist Jim O’Donnell writes about how Caitlin Clark’s quad injury will hurt CBS and Chicago fans.
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O’Donnell: Flanders Fields puts a Wrigley Field All-Star Game in perspectiveMay 24, 2025 5:10 pm - THE GRAY-HAIRED FELLOW WAS ONCE a high school second baseman with a determined spirit but weak bat. He later missed Vietnam only because a fortunate opening put him in a ...
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O’Donnell: Bears get a Ditka-class dig from the father of Caleb WilliamsMay 17, 2025 10:00 am - WAS IT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WHO FIRST WROTE: “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death, taxes and annual hikes in Bears season-ticket prices?” Maybe, pr...
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O’Donnell: Jordan and NBC are happening because M.J. feels like itMay 13, 2025 5:30 pm - WHITE SMOKE OUT OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL last week signaled the selection of a new Pope for the Roman Catholic Church. White smoke out of 30 Rock in Manhattan on Monday was ...
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O’Donnell: Lee Corso made it with a big boost from Jimmy Piersall and NIU footballMay 10, 2025 10:43 am - WHEN LEE CORSO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED that he'll end his 37-season run on ESPN's “College GameDay” in August, some grayheads in his audience could probably remember the three...
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O’Donnell: Sports talk radio in Chicago slipping into darknessMay 06, 2025 3:06 pm - Columnist Jim O’Donnell details how sports talk radio continues to struggle in Chicago.
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O’Donnell: NFL will add spring to its list of American sports conquestsMay 03, 2025 10:00 am - ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, the grand trifecta of a classic sports spring was Major League Baseball's Opening Day, the Masters and the Kentucky Derby. The public said so...
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O’Donnell: Dishing Kentucky Derby adviceApr 29, 2025 2:41 pm - Columnist Jim O’Donnell analyzes the upcoming Kentucky Derby.
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O’Donnell: With his life force and Lone Star ways, Steve McMichael wonApr 26, 2025 11:52 am - THE HONKY TONKS IN TEXAS could easily have been Steve McMichael’s natural second home. Where you tip your hat to the ladies and the Rose of San Antone. Instead, powered b...