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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 is time for March Madness!

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Many college basketball fans are not happy with the NCAA Tournament selection committee, but that’s nothing new. What is new is how the field of 68 has 14 teams from one particular conference. The SEC set a record on Sunday, earning more men’s NCAA tournament bids than any other conference in history. The total number…

Local college basketball teams

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In the beginning of the basketball season, I wrote about how I thought the best college basketball team in the city was not the men’s team at Oral Roberts University, nor the University of Tulsa men, but rather their women’s teams, and most especially the ORU women’s team. I wasn’t wrong. The Tulsa men’s basketball…

Pete Rose and Baseball HOF

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Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred is considering a petition by Pete Rose’s family to have him posthumously removed from baseball’s ineligible list. I say, “No, don’t do it.” Rose bet on baseball while he was the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, and in fact, bet on the Reds. Not only did he do it,…

Who is The Great One in hockey?

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For my generation of hockey fans, Wayne Gretzky was “The Great One.” Now we have Alexander Ovechkin who has been given the moniker of “The Great One.” Who really is “The Great One?” Gretzky retired from the National Hockey League in 1999, with a league record of 894 goals. He also had 1963 assists for…

College baseball season begins

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This is always an exciting time of the year for me. College baseball season has begun, and Major League Baseball teams have reported to Spring Training. Last weekend, the ORU baseball team opened the season with a three-game home stand against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. One of the games was moved from Sunday to Friday, because of…

Super Bowl LIX surprise

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I don’t think anyone saw that coming. Philadelphia defeated the Kansas City Chiefs, 40-22, in Super Bowl LIX, but nobody predicted it would be such a blowout. In fact, if you put any credence on the betting lines, the point spread going into the game Sunday night had the Chiefs a 1.5-point favorite. Somebody forgot…

Take a minute, make a plan

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As we enjoy watching the Super Bowl this Sunday, with food and beverages, MADD wants to remind us to celebrate responsibly and “Take a minute. Make a Plan.” MADD’s National Ambassador is Tamy Duffy. In 2017, Duffy’s daughter, Kaitlyn, was tragically killed by a drunk and drugged furniture truck driver while driving home from an…

Velocity Tour Bull Riding

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It has become an annual event, over the past 21 years, as the Professional Bull Riders make a stop in Tulsa. This year, it was the first time for the Velocity Tour to visit the BOK Center, on Friday and Saturday nights. As I’ve written in the past, this is something my daughter and I…

NFL conference championships

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Following their upset of the No. 1-seeded Detroit Lions, the No. 6 Washington Commanders are headed to the NFC Championship game for the first time in 33 years. The Lions (15-3) were favored to win the game by 10 points or more, but lost 45-31, to the Commanders (12-5) who snuck past Tampa Bay the…

Prognostications by Superstradamus

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I, Sportstradamus, the all-knowing, all-seeing swami of sports prognostications, present to you my annual predictions for 2025. As I ask simple questions to my Magic 8 Ball hoping to receive the answers to sport’s complicated problems. Remember those; Magic 8 Balls? My granddaughter got one for Christmas and I didn’t even know they still made…