Jim O'Donnell
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Jim O'Donnell: Arlington Park already sold? Please hold all ticketsJun 02, 2021 1:00 am - MAYBE IT'S ALL ABOUT the residual energy and giddiness of a three-day holiday weekend. And maybe it's not. In any case, multiple sources - at least one with a high degr...
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Jim O'Donnell: A small quiet park in Arlington Heights where spirits forever bound with honorMay 30, 2021 1:00 am - ALMOST ALL DAYS ARE QUIET at Memorial Park in Arlington Heights. That's probably the way it should be. A visitor has to know the compact tract is there. It's a triangula...
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Jim O'Donnell: Next owner of the Bears — Pat Ryan, Jeff Bezos or Neil Bluhm?May 26, 2021 1:00 am - THE QUESTIONER WAS SHARP and creative. “Which do you think will happen first?” he asked. “The Bears will be sold or the main grandstand building at Arlington Park will b...
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Jim O'Donnell: Piersall would guffaw over La Russa's new status as a baseball classicistMay 21, 2021 1:00 am - SOMEWHERE, JIMMY PIERSALL is laughing. He's busting a gut over the idea Tony La Russa has suddenly emerged as lord keeper of all that is august and sacred about Major Le...
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Jim O'Donnell: Pending retirement of Marv Albert is like recalling the peach basketsMay 19, 2021 1:00 am - TRYING TO IMAGINE AN NBA without Marv Albert is like trying to imagine an NBA without basketballs. But that's the way it will be next month when the 79-year-old sportsca...
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Jim O'Donnell: Vegas-wise Brent Musburger isn't bullish on the 2021 BearsMay 14, 2021 1:00 am - A WHOLE LOT OF OVER/UNDERS AGO, a green Northwestern grad was honing his chops as a beat writer covering the 1963 NFL champion Bears for The Chicago American. Brent Musb...
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Jim O'Donnell: Baffert's asterisked Preakness run should be on Court TV, not NBCMay 12, 2021 1:00 am - IF THE GODS OF RACING had a sense of humor, Bob Baffert's two starters in Saturday's diminished Preakness Stakes would be named "Due Process" and "Crisis Management." Al...
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Jim O'Donnell: Horses and Bears at Arlington Park would be an amazing daily doubleMay 05, 2021 1:00 am - THE STORY IS LIKELY APOCRYPHAL, but George Stanley Halas reportedly once said, “Make no small manhole covers.” So, Ditka-diming aside, presenting the newest sports capit...
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O'Donnell: Pay to play at Arlington Park this year? Don't bet on itApr 28, 2021 1:00 am - THE SPECTER OF AN OPENING DAY at Arlington Park was once so deliciously nefarious. Naive goslings down on the apron breaking their virgin betting bones alongside aged bu...
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Jim O'Donnell: A year later, 'The Last Dance' remains a very neat TV featApr 23, 2021 1:00 am - ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEKEND, the United States was reeling as the COVID-19 pandemic steamrolled into its second month. There was no light at the end of the tunnel. The dim...