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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.

Cardinals draft TU’s Collins No. 16 in the first round

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University of Tulsa All-America linebacker Zaven Collins became the first TU player selected in the first round of the NFL Draft, since 1977. He was chosen by the Arizona Cardinals as the 16th overall selection, Thursday night in Cleveland, Ohio. Collins is only the third player in school history to be chosen in the first…

A lot has happened in 20 years writing for the Beacon

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It’s been 20 years; hard to believe. That’s how long the Tulsa Beacon has been publishing a weekly newspaper, and this column has appeared in just about every edition since issue No. 2. Considering the paper publishes 51 weeks per year, and there may be one or two weeks during the year I don’t write…

Tim Johnson becomes the new athletic Director at ORU

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Mike Carter is retiring July 30 For 27 years Mike Carter has been the Athletic Director at Oral Roberts University. He will soon be stepping down from that position, but his accomplishments will continue to impact ORU for many years to come. Carter will be transitioning from his current role to Athletic Director Emeritus, at…

MLB Georgia boycott makes no sense

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Major League Baseball has decided to move the MLB All-Star game from Atlanta to Denver, Colorado, in protest of the new voting legislation that was recently passed in Georgia. It seems to me, if a game is going to be moved out of one state for political reasons, then why stop with Georgia? I’m not…

I’m picking the NY Yankees

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We are only one week into the Major League Baseball season, but there has already been some COVID related issues. This past Monday, the Texas Rangers played their home opener, and were willing to fill all 40,300 seats at their brand-new ballpark for opening day. At press time, we don’t know what the exact attendance…

ORU will battle Ohio State Friday

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All season long I’ve been telling folks around town that the ORU men’s basketball team was a legitimate contender and that they should head to the Mabee Center to catch a game. Not very many people listened, and now they’re sorry they didn’t take my word for it. ORU is a No. 15 seed and…

The pandemic has kept college sports departments very busy

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Looking back to last August when college athletic conferences and universities were trying to decide whether to begin fall sports, or if the pandemic would keep them from being able to participate, we knew that if all the sports were pushed to the spring semester, it would make for a very busy time. That’s exactly…

Led by Max Abmas, ORU heads to the Summit tourney

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It’s been a turnaround season for the ORU men’s basketball team, led by the nation’s leading scorer Max Abmas. Abmas who has averaged 36 points per game this season, took the top spot in the nation after scoring 41 points against Western Illinois on Saturday. In Sunday’s rematch with WIU, Abmas added another 25 points,…