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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.

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…

Eddie Sutton belongs in the Hall of Fame

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There was a big, collective, “finally” that was heard throughout the college basketball world this past April, when the announcement was made that former Oklahoma State head basketball coach Eddie Sutton was named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Sutton, died May 23, at his home in Tulsa. He was 84. Sutton had…

Can you play baseball without spitting, high fives, bat boys?

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Pardon my cynicism, but with all the rules and protocols put into place in order for Major League Baseball to return, I wouldn’t be surprised if the players’ union decided it’s more hassle than what it’s worth, and that could doom the entire season from ever taking place. Major League Baseball clubs contend that playing…

The Quarantine Files: ‘Chef Jeff’ copes with social distancing

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Things I’ve learned during this time of semi-isolation and social distancing: Even though I’m not as busy with work related tasks, I still seem to be very busy and haven’t accomplished everything on my “honey do list.” Friends still die during this “stay-at-home” period, not from the coronavirus, and then you can’t attend their funeral…