By Phil Rosenthal | Jim O’Donnell, who covered horse racing with brio, penned features that often drew upon his encyclopedic recall of local lore and, periodically, wrote a provocative sports media column in a 13 1/2-year run with the Chicago Sun-Times, was among those cut this week by the newspaper. A spokeswoman for parent Sun-Times Media confirmed that two full-time editorial staffers had been let go, along with a part-timer.

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