Jim O'Donnell
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Jim O'Donnell: Former Bears executive talks in realities about the team and Arlington ParkAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - JERRY VAINISI IS ONE OF THE MOST ill-starred responses on any possible “Chicago Sports Jeopardy!” board. The answer would play in the $1,600-$1,800 range and would speak...
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Jim O'Donnell: Is Churchill Inc. planning a quick 'Meigs Field' on Arlington Park?Aug 04, 2021 1:00 am - YET ANOTHER OMINOUS CLOUD is drifting northward from Louisville regarding any possible future horse racing at Arlington Park. And this one is right out of The Richie Dal...
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Jim O'Donnell: Simone Biles scores a victory for the enduring glory of independent thoughtJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - ROBERT FROST CALLED IT "The Road Not Taken." The Beatles sang, "Think For Yourself." The fierce French nationalist Charles de Gaulle referred to it as the unique sort of...
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Jim O'Donnell: WaPo's Sally Jenkins working OT to spotlight treachery of the OlympicsJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - SPORTS COLUMNISTS SELDOM win Pulitzer Prizes. And a female sports columnist? Ain't never been done. But the inspired Sally Jenkins of The Washington Post could be in the...
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Jim O'Donnell: Petrillo's improbable history of the Arlington Million leaves 'em laughingJul 21, 2021 1:00 am - THREE OF THE GREAT LAUNCH POINTS influencing much comedic anarchy eventually produced by the Baby Boomer generation were “MAD” magazine, any live TV that Steve Allen did...
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Jim O'Donnell: Churchill Downs requests 2022 live racing application - but why?Jul 16, 2021 1:00 am - THE THOROUGHBRED RACING FUTURE of Arlington Park is ... what? With almost all interested parties braced for the eternal end of live horse racing on the legacied site Sat...
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Jim O'Donnell: Addison Rae carries her social influencing all the way through UFC 264Jul 14, 2021 1:00 am - ADDISON RAE IS ALL ABOUT what's happening now in the outer hangs of contemporary American pop culture. She's 20 years old with an extended-stay Ulta Beauty sort of Carme...
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Jim O'Donnell: Third rails rule reporting of ESPN's Rachel Nichols-Maria Taylor divideJul 09, 2021 1:00 am - THE INK IS BLACK, THE PAGE IS WHITE and the matter involving Rachel Nichols and Maria Taylor at ESPN is replete with enough third rails to make a hot-coal walker put on ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Another twist: New Arlington bidder has history with Churchill partner Neil BluhmJul 07, 2021 1:00 am - THE PLOT SURROUNDING the sale of the 326 acres still doing business as Arlington Park continues to thicken. And one of the newest thickeners could help settle an old gru...
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Jim O'Donnell: Talk of Arlington Park 'Astrodome' began more than 50 years agoJul 02, 2021 1:00 am - A LITTLE MORE THAN FOUR MONTHS AGO, The Daily Herald ran the headline "It's time for George S. Halas Stadium at Arlington Park." The core concept wasn't new. Still, skep...