Jim O'Donnell
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O'Donnell: Shanahan, Shanahan and Belichick - Could Jimmy G possibly be more prepared for SB 54?Jan 31, 2020 12:00 am - WITHOUT SPECULATION, where would the Super Bowl be? A major national gaming association has estimated that at least 26 million Americans will have some sort of direct be...
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'It makes anything I do seem easy': The connect between Jimmy Garoppolo and his dadJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - If landing the labor vote is a key to winning Super Bowl 54, Jimmy Garoppolo and the Forty-Niners win. Father Tony Garoppolo of Arlington Heights was a card-carrying mem...
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O'Donnell: TNT 'wake,' fresh Super Bowl helping America mourn KobeJan 29, 2020 12:00 am - SPORTS MASS AMERICA has never needed a fresher, more distracting Super Bowl than it does this week. And Sports Mass America has seldom needed a very public video wake as...
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O'Donnell: Kobe and Michael — Two images who should stay forever youngJan 27, 2020 12:00 am - When Michael Jordan entered the NBA, he was laden with tempered expectations. He wasn't going to be the next Bill Russell. Nor the next Wilt Chamberlain or Kareem Abdul-...
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O'Donnell: More spin around Arlington Park - Track may open earlier than ever for 'leased' trainingJan 24, 2020 12:00 am - NO WORDS HAD TO BE SPOKEN for it to be understood at last Tuesday's monthly meeting of the flaccid Illinois Racing Board: When it comes to any aspect about the operation...
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O'Donnell: The Cubs, Sinclair Broadcasting and Comcast - did Ricketts have a PR death wish?Jan 22, 2020 12:00 am - LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, the Cubs had imaging problems with the specters of Joe Ricketts' emails and the return of Addison Russell from domestic entrails hovering over the ...
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O'Donnell: Scandal - what scandal? MLB dilemma is all about image, not integrityJan 17, 2020 12:00 am - THE FIRST STRATEGIC STEP in the management of any imaging crisis is quite simple: Stop the bleeding. Think Rob Manfred and the masters of Major League Baseball are anywh...
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O'Donnell: College basketball marquee swinging back toward Underwood and the Fighting IlliniJan 15, 2020 12:00 am - FUNNY HOW THE COLLEGE BASKETBALL MARQUEE can slip away. Or beckon a team back. Three weeks ago, DePaul was 12-1 and the toast of the region. Brad Underwood and Illinois ...
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O'Donnell: For canniest contrarians, flawed LSU-Clemson betting line is a golden opportunityJan 10, 2020 12:00 am - ONE OF THE GRAND DREAMS of a sports speculator is a flawed betting line. The line for the CFP championship game Monday night - LSU minus-6 over Clemson - is flawed. Taun...
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O'Donnell: 'Jeopardy!' James Holzhauer overcomes everything but Ken Jennings as Night One of ABC's 'Super Series' soarsJan 08, 2020 12:00 am - THE "BIG GAME" PRODUCTION VALUES were about as imaginative as a poinsettia inside a toll booth. And Naperville's wonder-buzz James Holzhauer had all the luck of a tour c...