Jim O'Donnell
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Jim O'Donnell: Students' rush could speed exit of Notre Dame presidentNov 11, 2020 12:00 am - WHEN NOTRE DAME is at its best, even a devout atheist would likely admit it's among the top 20 private research universities in America. When it's not — as it low-cased ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Does Tony La Russa have Michael Jordan to thank for his new gig?Nov 04, 2020 12:00 am - DOES TONY LA RUSSA have Michael Jordan and "The Last Dance" to thank for his new autumnal roost as manager of the White Sox? Memorable works of drama are supposed to inc...
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Jim O'Donnell: A life of triumph - the improbable dream of Vaughn McClureOct 30, 2020 1:00 am - WHEN A YOUNG LAD from Conant High School in Hoffman Estates decided to pursue a longshot dream to become an acclaimed sports writer, there were no national headlines. Tw...
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Jim O'Donnell: Nobody walks in L.A. - unless you're betting against the Bears Monday nightOct 21, 2020 1:00 am - THERE IS A REGIONAL ENTREPRENEUR who is more than a little bit reminiscent of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Jay Gatsby. That's especially true if Gatsby made off-rack jeans and ...
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O'Donnell: Aikman knew that yellow pixies - not the Bears - beat Tampa BayOct 14, 2020 1:00 am - TROY AIKMAN WAS working very hard to hold his tongue last Thursday night. And he almost succeeded. The Hall of Famer is far too facile an NFL broadcaster to go overboard...
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Jim O'Donnell: Tom Brady visits Bears in prime time ThursdayOct 07, 2020 1:00 am - CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL FOR INSTANT HISTORY at Soldier Field Thursday night: For the first time since George Halas sat on a running board in that Hupmobile showroom in Ca...
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Jim O'Donnell: Touché of grades is in for Sox, Cubs broadcastersSep 30, 2020 1:00 am - THE SOX ARE ALREADY teetering on the brink and the Cubs stumbled out of the gate. But in a week when much of America wishes it was one, two interruptions and you're out,...
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Jim O'Donnell: Nothing but first class for Gale SayersSep 23, 2020 1:00 am - THE PASSING OF GALE SAYERS recalled a long ago summer Sunday morning at O'Hare. The teenaged United Airlines seasonal hireling - later appropriately deemed "The worst ga...
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O'Donnell: Sox-Cubs finale in Texas would be 'Snubway Series'Sep 18, 2020 1:00 am - PRESUMPTIVENESS IN 2020 would simply seem to be part of The Expanding American Charade. But, with both the White Sox and Cubs knockin' on heaven's door, thoughts of an a...
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Jim O'Donnell: Dan McNeil just 'did his business' and got firedSep 16, 2020 1:00 am - IF THE 16-YEAR-OLD SHEEPDOG - glassy-eyed, halting of gait, incontinent - suddenly shuffles into the living room and "does his business," does the family fire faithful o...