Jim O'Donnell
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O'Donnell: Michael Jordan to Eloy Jimenez - tales behind two mammoth arrivalsJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Thursday - June 20, 1984 - Chicago awoke to the somewhat hopeful clarion, "Bulls Draft Michael Jordan." Now long forgotten was a Chicago Tribune he...
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O'Donnell: Resilient Mike Leiderman set to leave Chicago an unquestioned victorJun 14, 2019 1:00 am - MIKE LEIDERMAN IS finally leaving this town. More than four decades after a resolute young man from Great Neck, N.Y., set out to conquer Chicago sportscasting, he and wi...
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O'Donnell: Vegas Stats and Info aiming to cash in on Chicago TVJun 13, 2019 1:00 am - What happens in Vegas continues to further impact that growing media intersection of Sports and Gaming. And with segments of Illinois business and leisure anxiously awai...
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O'Donnell: American women bend into ugly during 13-0 overkill of ThailandJun 12, 2019 1:00 am - "THE UGLY AMERICAN" isn't anything new. From the USS Maine to Allen Dulles to now, it's a global virus that only gets more virulent. There was no missing the ugly when t...
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O'Donnell: New sports gaming bill means absolutely nothing to currently credible bookiesJun 07, 2019 1:00 am - So Illinois has a new sports gaming bill-plus. Translated in "Combine" - John Kass's clever description of the bipartisan sneak oilers who manipulate some affairs of the...
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O'Donnell: Bears wide receiver Johnny Morris is winner with a heart of a lionJun 05, 2019 1:00 am - THE DIFFICULTY WRITING about Johnny Morris isn't where to start. It's about how deep to go. The public Johnny breaks down into two easy pieces: Star wide receiver with t...
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O'Donnell: Bouquets, brickbats and a whole lotta hustle to get the full Wolves Calder Cup Finals on local TVMay 31, 2019 1:00 am - THE ON-ICE HUSTLE it took to get the Chicago Wolves to the Calder Cup Finals was matched by the back checking bang-bang of team management to get the full silver skate s...
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O'Donnell: AM-1000 bosses should have taken 'Silent Cal' route over minor ratings correctionMay 29, 2019 1:00 am - SILENT CAL COOLIDGE said, "Sit down and keep still." Toni Preckwinkle didn't ask for a recount after Lori Lightfoot defeated her by more than 47 percentage points in the...
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O'Donnell: Danica Patrick will make NBC's Indy 500 look like an inspiring chariot raceMay 24, 2019 1:00 am - WHO WOULDN'T want to be inspired by Danica Patrick? She's smart, fearless, exceedingly goal-driven and self-reliant. She's also quick-witted with a tremendous sense of h...
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O'Donnell: Would Holzhauer benefit by pulling his own 'Jeopardy!' buzzer?May 22, 2019 1:00 am - EMPIRICALLY OR MERELY in the pop cultural mind, who's ever retired gracefully undefeated? Rocky Marciano? Johnny Carson? Susan B. Anthony? Not Ali. Not Jordan. Not Ruth....