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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.

No-hitters are rare in baseball, softball

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Regardless of what level of baseball or softball you talk about, a no-hitter is quite an accomplishment and somewhat rare. A perfect game is even more rare, but a “perfect” perfect game is practically unheard of. By definition, a no-hitter is exactly that, when a pitcher doesn’t allow a single hit in a ball game….

Former Driller Garlick blasts 3 homers

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Former Tulsa Drillers outfielder Kyle Garlick accomplished a rare feat on Sunday, and he did it for the second time in his career. Garlick hit three home runs in the Oklahoma City Dodgers 11-9 win over the New Orleans Baby Cakes, in Metairie, La. Garlick’s third dinger of the game was a two-run shot in…

‘There’s nothing like playoff hockey’

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It’s often been said, “There’s nothing like playoff hockey,” and this season it’s especially true. I’ve lost count of how many people have made that statement to me. In fact, many of those people are not true hockey fans, but yet they love watching hockey when it’s playoff time. Even the casual fan will tune…

Kwanza Johnson rejoins the Hurricane

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Former University of Tulsa basketball star Kwanza Johnson has been hired as an assistant coach at his alma mater, for the second time. Johnson, a 1995 graduate of TU, brings 20 years of collegiate coaching experience, including stops at TCU, Georgia, Nevada, Little Rock and Eastern Illinois. Johnson got his start as an administrative assistant…

Clayton Kenshaw creates excitement

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Three-time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw, of the Los Angeles Dodgers, pitched a rehab assignment game with the Tulsa Drillers last Tuesday, and local baseball fans responded well. The Drillers beat the Springfield Cardinals, 3-2, although Kershaw didn’t get the win. It was announced Monday morning that Kershaw would be making his second rehab…

Eddie Sutton’s exclusion is inexplicable

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For the sixth straight time that Eddie Sutton has been a finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the former Oklahoma State head coach has been denied entry. There’s really no explaining why the 24 panelists have yet again voted against his induction. The Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Saturday the 2019…

Montreal deserves a MLB franchise

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There is a movement in Montreal to secure a Major League Baseball franchise for the city, however, some people feel the city doesn’t deserve a second chance at professional baseball. I say, it does. First, there is precedent with other cities who have lost major sports franchises and have had second opportunities. In fact, the…

Road trip to Sioux Falls, S.D. is fun

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Some years when I go to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for the Summit League Basketball Tournament, it’s snowing with temperatures in the teens, and some years, the weather is a bit more tolerable. This year, it was cold, but not too terrible. That also describes how the Oral Roberts University men’s basketball team played. The…

Colorado hs wrestler prefers chivalry

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A Colorado high school wrestler recently decided to forfeit a match in the state high school tournament, because he was scheduled to wrestler a female. This isn’t the first time a story like this has hit the news, but what is newsworthy is the boy’s reasons for not wanting to wrestle a girl. First, we…

Ankle injury ends my season

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According to Merriam-Webster.com, a “weekend warrior” is defined as “a person who participates in a usually physically strenuous activity only on weekends or part-time.” That often refers to those men and women who participate in sports as a leisure activity. You know the type: the beer-drinking softball leagues, the bowling night with the gals, etc….