Jim O'Donnell
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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...
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Jim O'Donnell: Handicapping the Arlington Park land sale - Good luck!Jun 30, 2021 1:00 am - TRYING TO PICK THE WINNER of the impending sale of the Arlington Park land is such a bittersweet pursuit. Gov. J.B. Pritzker told Chris Placek of The Daily Herald there ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Boom or doomed? An expert's views on the Bears and Arlington ParkJun 27, 2021 1:00 am - David Trandel looks at the 326 acres currently housing Arlington Park and sees a once-in-a-century opportunity for an inspired NFL ownership. Then the 57-year-old commer...
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Jim O'Donnell: Mike Ditka says Bears should stay in ChicagoJun 24, 2021 1:00 am - THAT GROWING MOMENTUM to get the Bears into a new stadium at Arlington Park received a jolting forearm shiver Thursday. Mike Ditka — one of the greatest Bears of 'em all...
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Jim O'Donnell: Departing Pat Foley flew over the blue lines to scale Mount PettitJun 23, 2021 1:00 am - BEFORE PAT FOLEY, all Blackhawks broadcasters could be broken down into two distinct categories: 1) Lloyd Pettit; and, 2) everyone else. Through sheer will, talent and p...
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Jim O'Donnell: Bears could be feeling earth move all the way to host and play in Super Bowl 67Jun 18, 2021 1:00 am - WHEN CAROLE KING WROTE “I Feel the Earth Move” all those platinum sales ago, did she realize she was laying down a new rallying cry for future generations of Chica...
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Jim O'Donnell: One man has the power to make the Bears at Arlington Park happenJun 17, 2021 1:00 am - THAT SOUND FROM Halas Hall on Thursday. Was it boldness? Or merely daring? Whatever the semantics, Bears CEO Ted Phillips potentially laid the cornerstone for an unprece...
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Jim O'Donnell: Inspired Bob Sirott pushing for permanent Jack Rosenberg memorialJun 16, 2021 1:00 am - THERE ARE CHIP SHOTS in life and then there are two-inch "gimmes" that even an overweight Sumo wrestler could wheeze in. Bob Sirott is working on an inspired gimme. Siro...