Jim O'Donnell
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O'Donnell: Wow - Fox Sports and Ch. 32 will actually air the correct NFL game SundayDec 13, 2019 12:00 am - WHAT'S THE OLD FARMER'S adage? Even the most feeble man can find a blind squirrel in the rain? Or was that Booger McFarland? Whatever, that robo-lite channeling from Fox...
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O'Donnell: Costas, Halberstam have their say on Harrelson as Frick winnerDec 11, 2019 12:00 am - HAWK HARRELSON HAS ALWAYS had a hustler's charm. And guile. Throw in some major league hand-eye coordination and a knack for embracing windows of opportunity and that su...
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O'Donnell: DePaul's dream of going unbeaten dies hard in 74-69 lossDec 08, 2019 12:00 am - If Frederick Nietzsche covered DePaul men's basketball, he'd probably write it off to the eternal recurrence of the same. If the Grateful Dead had played halftime of the...
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O'Donnell: Four decades later, Dick Vitale is still keeping an eye on DePaulDec 06, 2019 12:00 am - FORTY YEARS AGO this week, an unemployed basketball coach walked into DePaul's Alumni Hall to call his first game on a three month-old cable TV sports network. "I though...
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O'Donnell: Pitchforks and pillories for fans who want a 6-10 finish by the BearsDec 04, 2019 12:00 am - MANY WOULD CALL IT civic blasphemy. It is the love that dare not speak its name. But more history-wearied Bears fans are calling it "intuitively intelligent." And they'r...
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O'Donnell: Could 'The Irishman' help make Netflix a platform player with the NFL?Nov 29, 2019 12:00 am - FORGET ABOUT A HOLIDAY with the Bears, Lions, Cowboys, Bills, Saints and Falcons. If purely unscientific monitoring this Thanksgiving week has been any indicator, a prim...
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O'Donnell: Giving thanks for the DVR and other holiday options on the sports media spray listNov 27, 2019 12:00 am - IF THE PRIMARY LURE of the first Thanksgiving had been a Bears-Lions watch party, there's a very good chance the Wampanoags would have been no-shows. Then there might no...
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O'Donnell: Renewed Olczyk set to float above Macy's Thanksgiving Day ParadeNov 22, 2019 12:00 am - ON THURSDAY, EDDIE OLCZYK WILL BE riding on an NBC float in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. He might as well be floating. It will mark the first time that "Ed...
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O'Donnell: Slumping NASCAR couldn't buy Michael Jordan's energized endorsement on NBCNov 20, 2019 12:00 am - MICHAEL JORDAN LONG AGO confirmed why he frequently had his tongue hanging out when he played basketball: "My dad used to do that when he was working on cars out in our ...
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O'Donnell: Godfather of 'Black Power' salute at Olympics says Bears could use KaepernickNov 15, 2019 12:00 am - THE BEARS NEED ANOTHER NEW ACT in their 2019 circus like the Congress of The United States needs more partisan divide. But when it comes to Colin Kaepernick, don't tell ...