Jim O'Donnell
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Jim O'Donnell: Curious yellow pixies greatly weakened CBS, Super Bowl 55Feb 10, 2021 12:00 am - VIEWERS TUNED INTO Super Bowl 55 with the expectation that The Weeknd was the star of the halftime show. Few realized that in the end, "weakened" would be a fair summary...
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Jim O'Donnell: Will the NFL push Patrick Mahomes as its Michael Jordan?Feb 05, 2021 12:00 am - A BILLION DOLLAR ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS founded by bookmakers and vagabond jocks will once again rule the American pop cultural skies Sunday. Pandemic be damned, Super B...
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Jim O'Donnell: Bruce Arians is another one the McCaskey Bears let get awayFeb 03, 2021 12:00 am - ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS about being a Bears fan is that you seldom have to budget for blue-and-orange Super Bowl party favors. History says once every 20 years or so and...
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Jim O'Donnell: Frisk, Whisler helped Travelers blaze lost local CBA trailJan 29, 2021 12:00 am - IN HIS 50 YEARS SHEPHERDING the sports department of The Daily Herald, Bob Frisk assigned himself to be the primary reporter on a pro sports beat only once. That rarity ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Should Aaron Rodgers have waved off the field goal unit?Jan 27, 2021 12:00 am - AARON RODGERS HAD ONE brief, beckoning moment last Sunday to forever enter the American sports contrarian Valhalla. It came on that now notorious fourth-and-goal vs. Tam...
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Jim O'Donnell: Was Aaron Rodgers playing in a concussed fog at Tampa?Jan 20, 2021 12:00 am - HANDICAPPING THE NFL can be such a funny game. None may offer a past performance more curious than Sunday's NFC Championship Game between Tampa Bay and Green Bay (Fox, 2...
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Jim O'Donnell: McCaskey parlor games beg for a Jerry Jones cloneJan 13, 2021 12:00 am - WITH A WEEK AHEAD when sports should mean so little, let's cut to the chase: Until the Bears get dynamic new ownership, the organization is a cork on the NFL ocean. The ...
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Good chance Drew Brees will head to broadcast booth next seasonJan 13, 2021 12:00 am - Bears fans better remotely cheer or jeer Drew Brees while they can (Sunday, CBS & Nickelodeon, 3:40 p.m.). Age (42) plus residuals from 11 fractured ribs and a punctured...
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Jim O'Donnell: A simple formula for picking winners on Wild Card WeekendJan 06, 2021 12:00 am - WEEK 18 OF THE 2020 NFL SEASON could be called a lot of things. At Halas Hall, George McCaskey and his bottom-lining Bears buds might opt for "Ball of Confusion." Nation...
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Jim O'Donnell: What to expect from Sports world in 2021Dec 31, 2020 12:00 am - SO THIS IS New Year's. And who would believe? The sports figures still scurry around inside the giant TV screens, the stadiums empty. Final scores are posted and bets a...