Jim O'Donnell
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O'Donnell: AM 1000 shocks the market with hiring of Boston's 'Hub happening' ThomasOct 09, 2019 1:00 am - FROM MUNDANE to pandering to unlistenable trash, few can argue sports talk radio in Chicago doesn't have it all. As a point of civic pride, the numbing genre checks in s...
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O'Donnell: Theo rambles, Bears amble and surrealism rules the week in Chicago sportsOct 04, 2019 1:00 am - SOME ARE NOW CLEVERLY calling Theo Epstein's Monday news conference "an 81-minute filibuster." They're not wrong. The acrobatic linguist could have held podium for 81 da...
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O'Donnell: Announcement of Neil Funk's retirement only recalls sad tale of Jim Durham and the BullsOct 02, 2019 1:00 am - NEIL FUNK IS RETIRING after 28 years of play-by-play with the Bulls. The announcement was released Wednesday afternoon and wasn't unexpected. He will call regular-season...
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O'Donnell: Euro playcations of Bears and Blackhawks signs of even more globe-trotting to comeSep 27, 2019 1:00 am - THE PASSWORD IS: "Globalization." And for the Bears and the Blackhawks, it will be a week unprecedented involving multiple major Chicago pro teams. Both will be playing ...
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O'Donnell: WGN-TV staff says farewell to Cubs games at Wrigley with class and styleSep 25, 2019 1:00 am - GRACE. Tone. Dignity. Staff at WGN-TV had it all last Saturday as the station bid adieu to Cubs games at Wrigley Field after a 72-season association. A link that once se...
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O'Donnell: Theo Epstein, Joe Maddon, Arlington Park … going, going … going?Sep 20, 2019 1:00 am - SHAKESPEARE'S SOOTHSAYER warned Julius Caesar about the Ides of March. Could he have also foretold Chicago sports detectives about the leaves of autumn? Three majors are...
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O'Donnell: McCauley emerges as voice of the people in Arlington Park situationSep 18, 2019 1:00 am - TO THOSE FAMILIAR with his bona fides, Tom McCauley is not an unlikely hero. In 1983, as a young attorney, he represented Dick Duchossois, Sheldon Robbins, Joe Joyce and...
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O'Donnell: Broadcast giant Dennis Swanson once again helping to boost Illini athleticsSep 13, 2019 1:00 am - AS A BROADCAST EXECUTIVE, Dennis Swanson has moved Olympics. Literally. He was also the critical accelerant in the rise of Oprah Winfrey. In Chicago, his masterwork was ...
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O'Donnell: Pedigreed Karmazin preparing to take his shot with moribund AM-1000Sep 11, 2019 1:00 am - CRAIG KARMAZIN is 44 years old, indisputably pedigreed to the highest level of radio achievement in North America and a fellow of no small ambition. That's why recent ne...
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O'Donnell: Bears mistakes by the lake lead to some intense postgame radioSep 06, 2019 1:00 am - IF THERE WEREN'T MISHAPS, there wouldn't be gaper's blocks. And there certainly was a mishap for Bears fans Thursday night. Green Bay's 10-3 win over the sluggish homies...