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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.

Tim Johnson becomes the new athletic Director at ORU

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Mike Carter is retiring July 30 For 27 years Mike Carter has been the Athletic Director at Oral Roberts University. He will soon be stepping down from that position, but his accomplishments will continue to impact ORU for many years to come. Carter will be transitioning from his current role to Athletic Director Emeritus, at…

MLB Georgia boycott makes no sense

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Major League Baseball has decided to move the MLB All-Star game from Atlanta to Denver, Colorado, in protest of the new voting legislation that was recently passed in Georgia. It seems to me, if a game is going to be moved out of one state for political reasons, then why stop with Georgia? I’m not…

I’m picking the NY Yankees

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We are only one week into the Major League Baseball season, but there has already been some COVID related issues. This past Monday, the Texas Rangers played their home opener, and were willing to fill all 40,300 seats at their brand-new ballpark for opening day. At press time, we don’t know what the exact attendance…

ORU will battle Ohio State Friday

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All season long I’ve been telling folks around town that the ORU men’s basketball team was a legitimate contender and that they should head to the Mabee Center to catch a game. Not very many people listened, and now they’re sorry they didn’t take my word for it. ORU is a No. 15 seed and…

The pandemic has kept college sports departments very busy

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Looking back to last August when college athletic conferences and universities were trying to decide whether to begin fall sports, or if the pandemic would keep them from being able to participate, we knew that if all the sports were pushed to the spring semester, it would make for a very busy time. That’s exactly…

Led by Max Abmas, ORU heads to the Summit tourney

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It’s been a turnaround season for the ORU men’s basketball team, led by the nation’s leading scorer Max Abmas. Abmas who has averaged 36 points per game this season, took the top spot in the nation after scoring 41 points against Western Illinois on Saturday. In Sunday’s rematch with WIU, Abmas added another 25 points,…

Minor league baseball will return to Tulsa this summer

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Minor League baseball will be back in Tulsa this summer, and the Tulsa Drillers recently released their schedule for the upcoming season. The Drillers will play in the new Double-A Central League, and the season will begin a little later than usual. It will be nice to see professional minor league baseball return to ONEOK…

Restructured baseball departs traditions

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While we have been contending with ice and snow, and temperatures below freezing, my mind has begun yearning for warmer days and the pending baseball season. However, I’m disappointed with the way Major League Baseball has restructured the minor leagues. We outlined in the past how MLB has taken over the business entity known as…