Jim O'Donnell
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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 ...
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O'Donnell: Jimmy de Castro will carry his oversight of The Score into OTNov 13, 2019 12:00 am - JIMMY DE CASTRO isn't talking. But Jimmy de Castro also isn't walking ... for now. The facile media top gunner will not be departing as chief of Entercom's Chicago clust...
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O'Donnell: November start to ACC basketball leaves Jim Boeheim seeing mean TV greenNov 08, 2019 12:00 am - WAS IT THE O'JAYS OR JERRY REINSDORF who first sang "For the Love of Money?" Buzz in whenever, but the theme certifiably belonged to college basketball this week. Most p...
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O'Donnell: Minnesota's P.J. Fleck could make big week even happier by reconciling with NIU mentor Joe NovakNov 06, 2019 12:00 am - P.J. FLECK IS IN THE MIDST of what could be one of the greatest weeks of his life. On Tuesday, the Northern Illinois grad (Class of '04) signed a $33 million contract ex...
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O'Donnell: Fox/NFL enters its own twilight zone with weird segment on Ronnie LottNov 01, 2019 1:00 am - AS SURE AS PRO QUO follows quid - and amateur quo stays forever hidden - it's guaranteed that if you watch enough football on TV, you're going to experience some bizarre...