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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.

It’s about time for these to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame

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“It’s about time,” could have been the theme of the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022 induction ceremony, last weekend in Cooperstown, N.Y. For many years, baseball fans and historians have questioned why players like Tony Oliva, Jim Kaat, Gil Hodges and Buck O’Neil weren’t already in the Hall of Fame. That injustice…

Decades of exposure to baseball evokes many memories

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I’ve been thinking lately. Actually, I’ve been reminiscing a lot lately. Maybe because I’m in my 50’s and I’m a grandparent, but whatever the reason, I’ve spent a lot of time looking back on my life. Baseball has been a huge part of my life since I was a kid. Until the pandemic shutdown minor…

Former TU QB Dane Evans stars in Canadian league

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Former University of Tulsa quarterback Dane Evans is now in his fourth season of professional football north of the border. Evans is a member of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. Evans, whom I follow on Twitter, is a native of Chickasha, Oklahoma, and graduated from high school in Sanger, Texas. He completed…

The reason for all of these conference changes is money

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TV networks to change schools? There was a time in the not too distant past that college athletic conferences were very traditional and very regional. Member schools competed against each other every year for decades, creating some of sports most heated rivalries. That’s no longer the case. The leading motivator for colleges to stay or…

US soccer fans are looking toward the 2026 World Cup

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Some people may think it’s a bit early to be getting excited about the 2026 World Cup soccer tournament coming to the United States, but not soccer enthusiasts. FIFA announced last week, the host cities for the World Cup, and I’m already considering what cities I will travel to, in order to see games in…

Victory Field in Indianapolis is an impressive stadium

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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana– Every time I visit a new minor league baseball stadium, I can’t help but compare it to the Tulsa Drillers ONEOK Field, and Victory Field in Indianapolis measures up quite well. Victory Field is home to the Indianapolis Indians, the Triple-A team of the Pittsburgh Pirates. On the night I was there last…

King’s Island’s 50th anniversary

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MASON, OHIO – Kings Island amusement park has had a very pop culture existence. It was featured on family sitcoms in the early 1970s, and later was the location of one of Evel Knievel’s motorcycle jumps. Now celebrating its 50th Anniversary, this park has become one of my favorite amusement parks in the country. Recently,…

ORU wins Summit crown

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Oral Roberts University hosted the Summit League Baseball Championship Tournament last weekend, for the first time since 2019, and the Golden Eagles beat Omaha for the title and the automatic bid to the NCAA Baseball Tournament. The No. 2-seed Golden Eagles advanced through the double-elimination tournament by defeating No. 3 South Dakota State, 9-4, and…

Local paper shorted while Justin Thomas wins PGA

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Nobody knows when we’ll have another major golf tournament in Tulsa, maybe not in my lifetime, but they are always a financial boon to the city and usually a lot of fun for me to cover. I have covered over a dozen big-time golf tournaments in my 33 years working in the Tulsa media; either…

Here are players to watch during the PGA Championship

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It’s here, finally, the anticipation is over. The PGA Championship tees off at Southern Hills Country Club today, and wraps up with the final round on Sunday. This is the first time since 2007, that the PGA Championship has been held in Tulsa, and I have been anxiously awaiting it’s return. We’re actually getting the…