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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.

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…

I plan to go to ONEOK Field

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It looks like we’re going to have a Major League Baseball season after all, even as COVID cases have increased in some states around the country. Major League Baseball announced last week that a 60-game season will begin on July 23, in MLB stadiums across the U.S. The league and players’ union have reached an…

Baseball in Tulsa next week?

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Baseball returns to ONEOK Field next week, but it’s not the professional minor league variety. The Tulsa Drillers organization will operate a team in the Texas Collegiate League, and host a high school all-star series. For baseball starved fans, this is good news. The TCL is like other summer college baseball leagues around the country,…

Family time at Chautauqua Lake brought back memories

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CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. – It’s always good to come back to my hometown area in Western New York, and there’s no better time to do so than in June. The weather this weekend was perfect; not too hot during the day, and not too cold at night. My wife and I grew up in Jamestown, New…

Update on the Cannon Ballers, Drillers

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KANNAPOLIS, North Carolina – After several months of being at home and not being able to travel, we have finally ventured out beyond Tulsa County. For the third time in 12 months, we find ourselves at my mother-in-law’s house in Kannapolis, N.C. The reason for this trip and its details would likely bore you, however,…

MLB summer season may be doomed

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As the days and weeks go by, and as our country slowly lifts the “shelter-in-place” order, it’s looking more like there won’t be a Minor League Baseball season, and the Major League season is also in question. Last Friday, over 200 minor league players were released by their respective teams, leaving everyone to believe the…