Jim O'Donnell
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Jim O’Donnell: From Bubba Wallace to Ben Johnson and beyond, February ins and outsFeb 15, 2025 10:51 am - JUST IN TIME TO COMPLETE all salting on a winter-laced Valentine's Day weekend, presenting another edition of Daily Herald sports & media ins and outs. Still awaiting des...
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O’Donnell: Jauron a good man who couldn’t overcome Halas HallFeb 11, 2025 8:53 pm - Jim O’Donnell: Former Bears head coach Dick Jauron, who died last week at 74, was a good man who couldn’t overcome the obstacles at Halas Hall.
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O’Donnell: KC dancers and Philly brutes will all lead to an illogical outcomeFeb 08, 2025 10:00 am - SO TODAY IT WILL BE PATRICK MAHOMES AND THE CHIEFS on this side and Jalen Hurts and the Eagles on that side. America will watch — the darting red dancers vs. the midnight...
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O’Donnell: Goodell leaves ‘em laughing with Bears’ stadium commentsFeb 04, 2025 8:24 pm - Jim O’Donnell: NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s comments about the Bears’ progress toward a new stadium were difficult to take seriously.
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O’Donnell: The voice and versatility of Bob Costas still matterFeb 02, 2025 10:10 am - Broadcaster Bob Costas remains positioned to be the senior moral sentinel of sports in America. But will he? When will his intellect, empathy and sense of purpose next meet a sweeping contemporary broadcast window?
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O’Donnell: ‘Mahomes fatigue’ a figment of imaginationsJan 28, 2025 6:18 pm - Jim O’Donnell: The idea of Patrick Mahomes fatigue is a figment of some weak media imaginations.
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Jim O’Donnell: Commanders showing the Bears how quick a turnaround can beJan 25, 2025 1:07 pm - WHAT INFO-SATURATED NFL FAN EXPECTED such progressive news so rapidly out of Washington, D.C., in 2025? If only the dateline could be, “Lake Forest, Ill.” Sunday is simpl...
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O’Donnell: Mike Spellman Scholarship Fund to get another boostJan 21, 2025 9:12 pm - The scholarship fund dedicated to former Daily Herald sports writer Mike Spellman, who died 10 years ago this week, will get a boost on Saturday.
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Jim O’Donnell: Attainable answer to Bears’ scramble is Kliff Kingsbury 2.0Jan 19, 2025 6:00 am - A FLAWED INTERVIEWING PROCESS by a flawed NFL franchise continues to play out in Lake Forest as the Bears' biff-Zoom-biff search for a new head coach plods on. Eventually...
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O’Donnell: The more the warier with Bears’ coaching searchJan 14, 2025 5:11 pm - Jim O’Donnell believes the Bears’ coaching search has become a case of the more the warier.