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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.

Dear Santa: How about a smile in ‘21?

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­It’s difficult to believe it’s been this long, but here’s my 20th Annual Sports Fan’s Letter to Santa Claus. Dear Santa Claus, Wow, what a year! I don’t think even you could have seen that coming. The coronavirus pandemic certainly has consumed our lives and has affected everything; people have lost their jobs and thousands…

Bales, Replogle will be missed

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Last week, two local sports icons who were affectionately known simply as “Coach,” passed away. One, David Bales, was not really a coach, and the other, Rod Replogle, was more than just a coach. I first met Bales in November 1988, when I was performing as the mascot “Bubby Breaker” for the Tulsa FastBreakers games….

Craziness persists in 2020

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I don’t have to tell you this has been a crazy year for all of us, and that the sports and entertainment business has been hit particularly hard with cancellations and limiting fan attendance, but the local universities are now facing this head-on as basketball season begins. Oral Roberts University men’s basketball team opened their…

Another miracle comeback for Tulsa

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They did it again! This 2020 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team has made come-from-behind victories the norm, and it’s been very exciting to watch. Last Thursday evening at H.A. Chapman Stadium, No. 24Tulsa came back from a 14-point deficit to score 21 points in the fourth quarter, and ultimate beat Tulane, 30-24, in double overtime….

No. 25 Tulsa topples SMU with another comeback win

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It was an amazing comeback and a big win for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, Saturday night at H.A. Chapman Stadium, as TU erased a 21-point deficit to come away with a 28-24 victory over the 19th-ranked SMU Mustangs. Tulsa is now ranked No. 25 in the AP Top 25 Poll.  It’s the first time Tulsa…

TU posts victory over East Carolina

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Finally, the University of Tulsa was able to play a home game, and they did it in exciting fashion, beating East Carolina, 34-30, Friday night at H.A. Chapman Stadium. T.K. Wilkerson scored his second touchdown of the game on a one-yard run, with 29 seconds left on the clock, to give Tulsa the lead and…

TU throttles South Florida

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The Tulsa Golden Hurricane must have been thrilled to get back on the football field and actually play a football game on Friday night. It had been three weeks since their previous game, a 34-26 win at UCF. Since then, Tulsa’s had a home game postponed due to a COVID outbreak on their opposing team….

Oilers reveal hockey schedule

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TU/UC  postponed Last Saturday’s Tulsa University football game against Cincinnati was postponed, due to COVID-19 cases at Cincinnati and the ensuing quarantine of student-athletes. It was to be the first home game of the season for the Golden Hurricane, and appropriately the school was scheduled to celebrate homecoming. That will now have to wait a…

Baseball loses two greats: Bob Gibson and Whitey Ford

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Within the span of a week, the baseball world lost two Hall of Fame pitchers; Bob Gibson and Whitey Ford. Two different personalities, but both fierce competitors on the mound. Gibson died on Oct. 2, at age 84, after battling pancreatic cancer for more than a year. He played 17 years in Major League Baseball,…

TU impresses with UCF win

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For the first time in 29 years, the University of Tulsa football team defeated a team ranked in the Top-15. In 1991, the Golden Hurricane defeated No. 15 Texas A&M 35-34, at home. Last Saturday, TU beat No. 11 Central Florida, 34-26, in Orlando. I don’t know if this one win will drive TU to…