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Jeff Brucculeri

Jeff Brucculeri is a freelance writer and broadcaster. You can contact him at jeffb@tulsabeacon.com, or follow him on Twitter @JeffBSports.

My Soccer Life …

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I’ve worked in minor league baseball since I was a batboy in 1978. Over the years, I have also umpired and coached baseball at many levels, however, it has become apparent that soccer has been a greater part of my life than baseball. My first exposure to soccer came in the mid-1970s as I watched…

Football, football, football!

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There was a lot of publicity leading up to last Saturday’s University of Colorado spring football game, and all because of one man; Deion Sanders. “Coach Prime” was hired away from Jackson State this winter, and he brought along two of his star players, Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter. However, it’s the fact that the…

MLB and the pitch clock

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I’ll admit, when minor league baseball, at the behest of Major League Baseball, began using a pitch clock, also known as pace of play clock, in 2015, I wasn’t a fan. However, I’ve warmed up to it a bit since then. That first season, I became one of a few people hired by the Tulsa…

Tulsa Drillers open

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It’s opening night for the Tulsa Drillers, the Double-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The local minor leaguers will open the 2023 Texas League season tonight, with a three-game series at home against the San Antonio Missions (San Diego Padres). First pitch is 7:05 p.m. tonight through Saturday, at ONEOK Field in downtown Tulsa….

ORU names new head basketball coach

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A day after it was announced that Paul Mills was leaving Oral Roberts University to become the head basketball coach at Wichita State, the ORU athletic department announced that assistant coach Russell Springmann would be promoted to head coach of the men’s basketball team. It was a smart move by the ORU brass to move…

Mills headed to Wichita State

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It was not a shock that ORU head basketball coach Paul Mills was being courted by other programs, but the fact that he actually accepted the job at Wichita State, did catch some people by surprise. As soon as ORU was knocked out of the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Orlando, the rumors…

Trip to the NCAA in Orlando

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ORLANDO, FLA. –  What a great experience it was traveling with the ORU basketball team to the NCAA Tournament last week, even if the trip was cut short by a first round loss. It was the first time in many years that I attended the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament as a part of team and…

NCAA Selections

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Watching the “NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Selection Show” is almost like watching lottery numbers being announced. Most of the teams selected for the field of 68 already know they are going to appear on the bracket, but finding out what seed they will be, who their first opponent will be and where they will play,…

‘Jesus Revolution’ inspires

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If you lived during the late 1960s and early 1970s, you experienced a time in our nation’s history that is very similar to today. That became very evident to me while watching the film Jesus Revolution. This column is usually about sports, and sometimes travel, however, there are other sports stories on this page to…

ORU Summit champ; NIL infraction

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To go undefeated through one’s entire conference schedule is no easy task, however, the ORU men’s basketball team did just that this season and for the first time in the program’s history. They are the only Division-I men’s basketball team do accomplish that feat this season. With an overall record of 27-4, the Golden Eagles…