Jim O'Donnell
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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...
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Jim O'Donnell: NFL's honeymoon with legal gambling all about 'Confidence'Sep 09, 2020 1:00 am - WAY BACK WHEN THE NFL first began to harvest some real TV money, Pete Rozelle and CBS commissioned a vibrant theme song called “Confidence.” It was rousing. It quickly b...
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Jim O'Donnell: 'Amazing' growth for The Mike Spellman Scholarship FundSep 02, 2020 1:00 am - THE HEARTENING, ORGANIC GROWTH of The Mike Spellman Scholarship Fund continues. Despite no formal organization or annual fundraising event behind it, the core endowment ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Memories come flooding back on a visit to French Lick, IndianaAug 28, 2020 1:00 am - FRENCH LICK, Ind. - Socially, the hamlet is miles from nowhere. That includes the bloodstained streets of Kenosha. It's roughly an hour west-northwest of Louisville, ver...
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Jim O'Donnell: Brennaman up against business and brand maintenanceAug 21, 2020 1:00 am - THE CUBS AND THE REDS are two of the oldest franchises in Major League Baseball. Either could have had President Ulysses S. Grant or the inimitable Horace Greeley throw ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Jim Thompson got to write the sad legacy of Otto KernerAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - WHEN JIM THOMPSON DIED last weekend, he left behind loving family, friends and at least one asterisk. That asterisk would belong to the legacy of Otto Kerner, like Thomp...
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Jim O'Donnell: Is Wes Unseld Jr. the curse breaker for the Bulls?Aug 14, 2020 1:00 am - "THE CURSE OF THE BREAKUP" is the expanding NBA legend that the Bulls will never win another championship as long as the name "Reinsdorf" is affiliated with the franchis...
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Jim O'Donnell: AM-1000 trying to look back up with lineup changesAug 12, 2020 1:00 am - WAS IT FRANZ KAFKA or Jim Morrison and Robby Krieger who wrote: "I've been down so very damned long that it looks like up to me?" The Doors earned royalty rights from th...