Jim O'Donnell
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O'Donnell: Question will always linger - Did Chet Coppock love Chet Coppock?Apr 18, 2019 1:00 am - For Chet Coppock, it was easy being CHET COPPOCK! It was much more complex being Chet Coppock. He was born to live in the limelight. He died so far away from it. News of...
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O'Donnell: No Bull, but Chicago can still find a reason to cheer in NBA playoffsApr 11, 2019 1:00 am - Well, at least part of Chicago has a rooting interest in the NBA playoffs. On his final day of rest before the Houston Rockets begin their possible dream of a new-mill c...
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O'Donnell: Bruce Pearl's past presents a perplexing problem for Final Four credibility of CBS SportsApr 04, 2019 1:00 am - TO SOME, THE SPECTER OF BRUCE PEARL helping to cut down the nets after the NCAA championship game Monday night is about as heartening as hearing Roger Stone has been app...
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Big Ten Network to air Hoiberg's introductory news conference at Nebraska at 3 p.m.Apr 02, 2019 1:00 am - The Big Ten Network will air new Nebraska basketball coach Fred Hoiberg's introductory news conference at 3 p.m. today. Holberg, who was fired as head coach of the Bulls...
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O'Donnell: Caray, Piersall and truth would help cut through the looming Chicago baseball fogMar 21, 2019 1:00 am - Oh for the days of Jimmy Piersall and "South Side" Harry Caray in an untethered Chicago baseball broadcast booth. Truth. No sycophancy. No ceaseless word dancing to appe...
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O'Donnell: Bill Raftery back in the spotlight as memories of Deford, McGuire swirl around NCAA tournamentMar 21, 2019 1:00 am - THE NONPAREIL FRANK DEFORD said it best: "The NCAA (men's) tournament is the only major sporting event in America where there's more interest at the beginning than at th...
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O'Donnell: Is Northwestern's Collins on the threshold of falling in with the haunted?Mar 14, 2019 1:00 am - THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A FEELING the basketball life of Doug Collins was haunted. When his on-court existence looked like Easy Street - en route to Munich, Philadelphia, Mi...
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O'Donnell: Can Loyola return to Final Four? It doesn't look likelyMar 07, 2019 12:00 am - Bouquets, brickbats and other pertinent scraps from a cluttered notebook, in tribute, thank you Gary Deeb: ARCH MADNESS in St. Louis will begin March Madness for the Loy...
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O'Donnell: Will Duchossois retiring from Churchill board push Arlington Park closer to tilt?Feb 28, 2019 12:00 am - THE FUTURE OF ARLINGTON PARK moved closer to the brink of uncertainty Thursday with confirmation that Dick Duchossois is retiring from the board of directors of parent c...
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O'Donnell: Visions of Eloy's coming can only help shake midwinter sports bluesFeb 21, 2019 12:00 am - MANNY MACHADO COULD HAVE saved a lot of sports prattle this week if only he had signed with Zion Williamson and the Duke Blue Devils. That thought was much less blue bef...