Jim O'Donnell
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O'Donnell: Ben Zobrist's dad is grateful for media restraintJul 24, 2019 1:00 am - THE REV. TOM ZOBRIST is nothing if not a man of faith. And patience, hope and charity, too. He tends to a congregation of 300 or so at the Liberty Bible Church in downst...
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O'Donnell: Bzdelik to Pelicans; Arkush back for 32nd season of "Pro Football Weekly"Jul 19, 2019 1:00 am - SIGNING WILL BE SUCH sweet payback for Jeff Bzdelik, the Prospect High grad (Class of '71) who disconnected as associate head coach of the Houston Rockets in May. Bzdeli...
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O'Donnell: Please hold all tickets on the future of Arlington ParkJul 17, 2019 1:00 am - THERE IS SOMETHING in the air at Arlington Park. And no, it's not the seasonal waft out of the oval's deteriorating backstretch. Credible reports are that an individual ...
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O'Donnell: Even Dick Clark probably couldn't save Chicago's ESPN radioJul 12, 2019 1:00 am - IF DICK CLARK WERE still around to host "The Pyramid," the clues might be: The Hindenburg. A George Lopez talk show. Chicago's ESPN AM-1000. A contestant would snap, "Di...
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O'Donnell: Dan Jiggetts on how Chet Coppock assisted in the rise of Oprah WinfreyJul 10, 2019 1:00 am - A GREAT DAN JIGGETTS TALE prepping for "The Life and Times of Chet Coppock" Wednesday night at Mike Taffe's Eddie's Lounge in Arlington Heights: It's about how Chet play...
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O'Donnell: Fireworking on The Fourth, an incomplete guide to the mid-year in Chicago sportsJul 03, 2019 1:00 am - AS A FOURTH OF JULY SPECIAL - to be mounted right alongside images of Samuel Adams, James Cagney and Sally Hemings - a holiday update on the state of Chicago's major tea...
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O'Donnell: Mike Spellman Scholarship Fund continues to growJun 28, 2019 1:00 am - MIKE SPELLMAN WAS one of the all-time great people associated with The Daily Herald sports department. He touched many with his journalistic vigor and his enormous capac...
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O'Donnell: Draft daze 2019 — Bulls flatline; does clock continue to tick on Stan Bowman?Jun 26, 2019 1:00 am - THEY NEED TWO MORE statues outside of the United Center. One can be called “Hope.” The other could be named “Rebuild.” In the wake of the NBA and NHL drafts last week, t...
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O'Donnell: Will Cubs' Kasper and Deshaies be together next season?Jun 21, 2019 1:00 am - THE MOST EARTHSHAKING CHANGE ever in the Cubs TV booth began as a whisper. With the Cubs' dicey Marquee Network set to launch next winter, the same kind of whistling win...
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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...