Jim O'Donnell
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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...
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O'Donnell: Palatine's Mayor Schwantz hoping his multi-tasking includes a Bears Super BowlAug 02, 2019 1:00 am - JIM SCHWANTZ HAS AMPLE REASON to wish there were 48 hours in each day. Consider the man's public resume: Mayor of Palatine; Super Bowl champ; Moving company executive; F...
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O'Donnell: Will 'The Curse of the Honey Bears' sideline Matt Nagy and karmic blue?Jul 26, 2019 1:00 am - THE CUBS FINALLY broke "The Curse of 'The Goat.' " The Bulls may live on into perpetuity with "The Curse of 'The Breakup.' " And the Bears are showing no inclination to ...
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O'Donnell: 'Duck, dodge and hide' the apparent new passwords at AM-1000Jul 25, 2019 1:00 am - THEY OFFER TWO TYPES of programming at ESPN AM-1000: The unlistenable and the not listened to. And in the corporate vertical from the local disaster signal on up to ESPN...
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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...