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Jeff Brucculeri

Jeff Brucculeri is a freelance writer and broadcaster. You can contact him at [email protected], or follow him on Twitter @JeffBSports.

UFL coming to Oklahoma City

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Either I wrote my column last week a bit prematurely, or I was a bit prophetic. Last week, I wrote about spring football leagues, and the United Football League specifically. Then this past week, the UFL announced it would be expanding from eight teams to ten teams in the next few years, beginning with putting…

Oilers lose at Orlando

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Tulsa and Orlando tangled in a back-and-forth game, with the Pirates coming out on top in overtime, 61-55, on Sunday afternoon at the Kia Center in Orlando. The Oilers dropped to 1-1 on the season and Orlando improved to 2-0. Orlando scored on their first drive of the game, quarterback Paxton DeLaurent completed a touchdown…

It is football season once again

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It’s football season once again. As the college basketball postseason tournaments were crowning champions, the Major League Baseball season concluded its first week, and the minor league baseball season began, another football league opened its 2026 season. If you’re a fan of watching professional football in the spring and summer, you should be happy that…

What March Madness is about

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What in the world was Duke doing at the end of that Elite 8 game against UConn? My goodness, it looked like the Blue Devils were trying to throw the game during a total collapse late in the second half. Duke led by 15 at halftime, 44-29, and that is now the largest halftime lead…

Memories of watching NCAA tourney

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Watching the NCAA Tournament brought back a great memory of a dear friend. I remember back around 1983 or 1984, while at Jamestown Community College, my longtime friend and sports editor of the local newspaper, Jim Riggs, invited me to his house to watch the first and second round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament….

It’s March Madness!!!

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None of our in-state men’s college basketball teams made it into the NCAA Tournament this year. This is not always the case, but it may reflect the fact that OU, OSU, Tulsa and ORU, are all in rebuilding mode. That being said, two local teams have been invited to participate in the NIT. Last year,…

Becoming expensive to watch MLB

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For many years I have subscribed to the MLB.TV streaming package to watch Major League Baseball games that I don’t have access to on my satellite dish. However, this year, the game has changed. Over the past off-season, MLB and ESPN made a deal which now allows for the sports network giant to be the…

Oilers hockey and ORU baseball

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It was a sweep of a weekend for the Tulsa Oilers hockey team, winning three straight games at home against the Rapid City Rush. Tulsa shut out the Rush in the first game of the series on Friday, 2-0, at the WeStreet Ice Center. Oilers’ Jake Sibell was superb in goal and made 32 saves…

Great Winter Olympics for U.S.

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It seems I write a column like this one every four years, and it stands to reason, the Winter Olympics come around every four years. As I’ve written before, I’m a fan of many of the sports featured in the Winter Games, and it may be because we don’t get to watch so many of…

Richard Fuqua honored by ORU

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Richard Fuqua has often been referred to as “the man who built the Mabee Center,” and now Oral Roberts University’s legendary basketball player has a practice court named in his honor. Fuqua, a native of Chattanooga, Tenn., played basketball at Riverside High School prior to attending ORU. He was recruited by the late Ken Trickey…