Jim O'Donnell
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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...
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Jim O'Donnell: Classy Jack Rosenberg prevented mayhem on the Wrigley Field catwalkDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - ON A SUMMER EVENING at The Sports Page in north Arlington Heights, Jack Brickhouse once looked over a double J & B at a bearded "Celebrity Trivia Night" host and said: "...
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Jim O'Donnell: Masked Sports Santa can only hope for no reindeer positivesDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - FROM WAY UP NORTH where the air gets cold, Masked Sports and Media Santa is set to roll. He's made a list, tossed it out twice and will be winging it Christmas Eve when ...
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Jim O'Donnell: The secret of Jeannie Morris was no grand secret at allDec 16, 2020 12:00 am - THE ABSOLUTE ESSENCE of Jeannie Morris as a journalist was markedly ingenious: Charm and disarm. Whether it was Mike Ditka or Michael Jordan or one of the state of Illin...
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Jim O'Donnell: Al Michaels will have Frick and memories of a Caray block with the SoxDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - WHEN PANDEMIC PERMITS, Al Michaels will be the recipient of the 2021 Ford C. Frick Award. Since 1978, the Frick has attempted to be consistently emblematic of excellence...
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Jim O'Donnell: Pat Fitzgerald is much too happy to coach the BearsDec 09, 2020 12:00 am - PAT FITZGERALD HAS one glaring blind spot. It's called "excessive loyalty." Amid the upheaval and maneuvering of 2020, that should be downright refreshing. But once in a...
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Jim O'Donnell: Sox to find out if Kasper milquetoast travelsDec 04, 2020 11:00 pm - SO, AS FIRST SUGGESTED in this space 17 months ago, Len Kasper is leaving Cubs TV. To work White Sox radio. Since it involves Kasper, the first impulse is to reach for t...
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Jim O'Donnell: Curious irony frames Philadelphia's backdoor cover on 'MNF'Dec 02, 2020 12:00 am - WHEN ALANIS MORISSETTE released her charmingly manic "Ironic" all those NFL decisions ago, it's a shame she couldn't have had the foresight to include a verse about the ...