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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.

Questions swirl around football

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In early August, I wasn’t convinced we would see any college football this fall, as many conferences around the country were postponing their seasons until the spring semester. However, there are a few conferences playing this fall, and several began their seasons last weekend. This weekend, the three in-state schools will open up their seasons….

We need changes that will lead to peace

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What Bruce Arians said was not wrong, was it? The head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a post-workout press conference said he had a meeting with his players regarding the protests against the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. In that meeting, Arians challenged his players to not just protest but to take…

Tulsa AD Derrick Gragg has accepted a job with the NCAA

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All sports are governed by a set of rules that are written in a rule book and enforced by the officials of the game.  Those rules create order and boundaries, and are in place to make the games fair. Sports also have a set of unwritten rules, which sometimes need to be broken. Last week,…

The ‘fluid situation’ surrounding U.S. sports is getting sticky

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 “It’s a fluid situation.” That will be a term that becomes synonymous with the year 2020. In other words, “schedules are subject to change,” or the way I’ve been looking at it, “don’t bother getting your hopes up, because it’s all going to change anyway.” That’s about all that can be said for not only…

ORU is taking things one step at a time

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This past Saturday, I had the honor of filling in for Charley Biggs, as host of the Tulsa Beacon Weekend radio program. My guest was Oral Roberts University President, Dr. Billy Wilson, who shed some light on what ORU has done to prepare for students to return to campus, and how to proceed with athletics….

Minnesota’s Matt Dumba takes a knee

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This week we share some news and notes from around the sports world. It was widely believed the National Hockey League would be the only major sport without a player to take a knee during the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner, however, last Saturday, Minnesota Wild’s Mathew Dumba, changed that. Dumba, a Canadian, was not…

Seattle hockey team is a ‘giant Scandinavian sea monster’

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I’m willing to admit my ignorance, when I have to. When the National Hockey League expansion team in Seattle announced last week the team name would be the Kraken, I asked, “What’s a Kraken?” Well, after a little internet research, I found a kraken is a giant sea monster, in Scandinavian folklore, that resembles a…

Fall college sports are still up in the air

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It seems to me, fall collegiate sports is still up in the air. Most colleges are preparing for their sports seasons to begin in August; however, some conferences have already cancelled their entire fall seasons. The Ivy League announced last week it decided to cancel its fall season, the New England Small College Athletic Conference…

Soccer is the first major sport to return

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Of all the major sports leagues, it appears Major League Soccer has beat all others to restarting their season. Since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down sports throughout the United States, in March, sports fans have been anxiously awaiting several leagues to resume. The “MLS is Back” tournament began on July 8, at the ESPN Wide…

OSU’s Coach Boynton signs two more basketball players

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In this column, I usually try to avoid the controversial or political subjects. After all, you get enough of that in the rest of the paper or by watching and listening to the electronic media. Plus, this column is supposed to be about sports and travel related subjects. However, sometimes politics invades the world of…