Jim O'Donnell
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Jim O’Donnell: Oh no, Gigot — NBC targeting serious youth overload at the Paris OlympicsJul 13, 2024 5:06 pm - THE LOVELINESS OF PARIS will be mere French dressing once NBC Sports and associates get up and bourrèe on coverage of the ‘24 Summer Olympics. Launch date is Friday, ...
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O’Donnell: Purple carousel spins on as Northwestern names interim ADJul 10, 2024 6:00 am - A year after Northwestern University fired football coach Pat Fitzgerald, the dust on the Evanston campus isn’t close to settling.
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Jim O’Donnell: The brokenhearted lament of a battered White Sox fanJul 06, 2024 7:07 pm - FOR THE SPORTS TEAMS AND MEDIA OF CHICAGO — especially the White Sox and the Bears — Jim Martin of Arlington Heights is a dream fan. He spends money and overflows with pa...
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O’Donnell: Last thing downtown Chicago needs is NASCAR raceJul 03, 2024 6:00 am - O’Donnell: NASCAR in Chicago is about as necessary at paintball at The Art Institute.
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Jim O’Donnell: Palatine’s Schwantz is high on ‘24 Bears, tempered about Arlington ParkJun 29, 2024 12:02 pm - WHILE WARREN'S FOLLY plays out on Chicago's lakefront, there are some mayoral changes in the weather in two of the three charmed suburbs surrounding the Bears' 326 ac...
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Jim O’Donnell: Without Willie Mays, would there be ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas?’Jun 26, 2024 6:00 am - WHEN THE CUBS OPENED a four-game series at San Francisco Monday night, all of the Giants wore No. 24. The gesture was a fitting tribute to Willie Mays, who died at ag...
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Jim O’Donnell: Ambitious 1984 Cubs reunion skips Wrigley, set for Lake in the HillsJun 22, 2024 3:22 pm - WHAT'S AN HVAC GUY from Lake in the Hills doing outhustling the Cubs front office? That question will be air-conditioned Monday and Tuesday when Stu McVicar and his c...
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Happy anniversary: Williams has Jordan, Sutcliffe to chaseJun 19, 2024 6:00 am - Caleb Williams has Bears fans hopeful on the 40th anniversary of Rick Sutcliffe and Michael Jordan coming to Chicago.
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Jim O'Donnell: Olympics snub should be the pause that refreshes for Caitlin ClarkJun 15, 2024 11:16 am - CAITLIN CLARK NEEDS ANOTHER BASKETBALL SPOTLIGHT likes Taylor Swift needs another standing ovation. Both have had transcendent 2023-24 campaigns. If genders must be p...
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O’Donnell: Chet Walker was first Bull to hint at coming championship changeJun 12, 2024 6:00 am - Chet Walker, who died last week at 84, was the first Bulls’ player to hint that a championship change was coming.