Jim O'Donnell
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O'Donnell: Savvy Larrivee said it loud - Nagy's offensive 'arrogance' could lance Bears seasonSep 04, 2019 1:00 am - THURSDAY NIGHT IN CHICAGO, dawn is breaking everywhere. Light a candle. Curse the glare. Khalil Mack and the Bears begin anew on a massive center stage, against the visi...
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O'Donnell: Tafoya returns as the reliable backbeat among 'Sunday Night Football' Fab FourAug 30, 2019 1:00 am - WHEN SHE WANTS TO BE, Michele Tafoya is Ringo Starr. Steady and star-worthy. A critical part of an extremely successful slice of show biz. Back-beating and restrained un...
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Duchossois: It's not over for Arlington until the legislature says it's overAug 28, 2019 1:00 am - Did the death knell grow louder for Arlington Park on Wednesday? Or was it instead some high-stakes chin music served up by management of Churchill Downs Inc. toward Ill...
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O'Donnell: Fremd's Tolzien shared public shock over the decision of close pal Andrew LuckAug 28, 2019 1:00 am - SHORTLY BEFORE 8 P.M. last Saturday, in an Italian restaurant not far from the west bank of the Hudson River, ESPN's Adam Schefter sent his desk a tweet that would rock ...
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O'Donnell: Lovable elitists - can Northwestern and its football program have it all?Aug 23, 2019 1:00 am - NORTHWESTERN ATHLETICS WANTS to be loved. And Northwestern University wants to be elite. Didn't Bob Seger address that disconnect in "Beautiful Loser" when he sang: "Rea...
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O'Donnell: Bill Walton's one-off underscores tedium of Chicago baseball broadcastingAug 21, 2019 1:00 am - KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR got "Airplane!" Bill Walton got to work the White Sox-Angeles game last Friday night alongside Jason Benetti for NBCSCH. Ah, fate is a fickle tickle,...
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O'Donnell: 'State' high — Melissa Isaacson's new book bounding toward national radarAug 16, 2019 1:00 am - WAS IT EDDIE CANTOR or Jay-Z who first said, “Likability is 90 percent of the game?” Melissa Isaacson is liked. And she's certifiably got game. So it's no surprise her n...
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O'Donnell: When Ben Zobrist finally speaks, what's he supposed to say?Aug 14, 2019 1:00 am - THERE IS A GROWING CLAMOR among some segments of baseball media for Ben Zobrist to speak. He is the Eureka!-to-riches Cubs hero who was apparently blindsided early this ...
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O'Donnell: Could Iowa legal action block Sox-Yankees 'Field of Dreams' game?Aug 09, 2019 1:00 am - THEY MOWED PARADISE and put up a "Field of Dreams." And now they're going to further disrupt some bucolic lifestyles by bringing an MLB game between the White Sox and th...
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O'Donnell: CDI, gaming puzzles in Illinois much more interesting than Arlington MillionAug 07, 2019 1:00 am - WHEN THEY RAN the first Arlington Million in 1981, it was a grand international event. NBC Sports sent an A-list crew headed by Dick Enberg and the chase-fevered Pete Ax...