Jim O'Donnell
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O'Donnell: Notre Dame had no greater lucky charm than Regis PhilbinJul 29, 2020 1:00 am - OUTLINED AGAINST A CLEMENT OCTOBER SKY, there was no need for any further juice in the press box at Notre Dame Stadium. Not even a sudden appearance by Regis Philbin. In...
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O'Donnell: Marquee-Comcast deal ends a tedious TV stakes raceJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - ROOTING FOR A WINNER in the Marquee-Comcast match race was like rooting for a winner in a “Favorite Mitch McConnell Anecdote” contest. In one gate was Comcast, one of th...
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O'Donnell: Nuttiness is no stranger to Arlington ParkJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - SINCE IT OPENED IN 1927, Arlington Park has survived a lot. Catastrophic fire. ... Owner petulance. ...Goofball executives. Until this summer, the nuttiest president was...
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O'Donnell: All about restarts, retreads and Erin Andrews - a midsummer buffetJul 15, 2020 1:00 am - OF RESTARTS, RETREADS AND ERIN ANDREWS, a midsummer buffet of thought that might even draw Charlie Weis away from the Turkey Alfredo: MLB restart - Lost in a scheduled e...
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O'Donnell: Happy Lake Erie days rooting with Chief WahooJul 10, 2020 1:00 am - IN THE MATTER OF the renaming of the Washington NFL team, forget about "the cancel culture" or the micro-vigilant New Brain Police. Pragmatically, three considerations: ...
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O'Donnell: Masur hoping to bring Peoria magic to Sox radiocastsJul 08, 2020 1:00 am - THERE APPARENTLY STILL IS a tree with magical broadcast limbs that grows in Peoria. Andy Masur - the new voice of the White Sox on WGN-AM (720) - knows all about it. The...
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O'Donnell: Fourth-and-folly — Who's going to watch all of these summer games?Jul 03, 2020 1:00 am - WHERE WOULD AMERICA BE without summer's whiff of spectacle? Fireworks. Pennant races. NFL training camps. Where would American TV be without the profitable lure of fresh...
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O'Donnell: Determined Thomas trying to keep hope alive at AM-1000Jul 01, 2020 1:00 am - THERE ONCE WAS A TIME when sports talk radio in Chicago was fresh. That would have been when Bill Clinton was in the White House, "The Lion King" was about to happen and...
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O'Donnell: Georgeff never called any rocketing doctors over ArlingtonJun 26, 2020 1:00 am - NO FIREWORKS AT ARLINGTON PARK next weekend reminds of a great holiday-themed local TV racing tale: Gerry Gallitano was a fair-to-middlin' jockey on the Chicago-Florida ...
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O'Donnell: Arlington 2020 more about melancholy than horse race meetJun 24, 2020 1:00 am - WILLIE NELSON ONCE SANG, "Love is like a dying ember." Maybe the Redheaded Stranger could summon up some fresh melancholia for the boned round of swill to be known as "A...