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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.

Season Opener for Tulsa Oilers

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It was a very successful season opening weekend for the Tulsa Oilers hockey team. Tulsa swept a two-game series on Saturday and Sunday against Rapid City and did it by scoring a lot of goals. On Saturday, six different players got on the scoresheet for the Oilers, as they defeated the Rush, 7-1, in front…

TU loses to Temple 20-10

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Temple jumped out to a 17-0 lead and cruised to a 20-10 win over the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, in front of 18,721 fans at Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday afternoon, in Philadelphia. The Owls improved to 2-5 overall and 1-2 in the American Athletic Conference, while Tulsa fell to 2-5 and 0-3 in the conference….

OU – Texas not even close this year Sooners

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When Oklahoma defensive back Billy Bowman Jr. picked off a pass from Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers on the Longhorns’ first possession, it looked like it was going to be a great day for the Sooners, but it wasn’t to be. The No. 1-ranked Texas Longhorns easily defeated then No. 18 Oklahoma, 34-3, in the Allstate…

Does payroll determine standings?

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Much has been made about the payrolls of Major League Baseball teams for decades. Since the league doesn’t have salary caps, the sky is the limit on what a team can pay an individual player or a whole roster. This has become especially of interest during the current MLB postseason. Three of the four final…

Army Black Knights defeat Golden Hurricane

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It was a day filled with military appreciation, but the Tulsa Golden Hurricane didn’t appreciate the way the Army Black Knights ran away with a 49-7 victory at H.A. Chapman Stadium on Saturday. A crowd of 24,409 fans saluted and cheered for the Golden Knights parachute troop and other pregame festivities involving members of the…

Patriotism on display at the Army – Tulsa game

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From the National Anthem to the final whistle, it was all about the Army and patriotism at H.A. Chapman Stadium on Saturday. The Black Knights of West Point defeated the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, 49-7. This was the second meeting between Tulsa and Army and the first in Tulsa. Tulsa won the previous meeting 49-39 at…

West Virginia pounds the OSU Cowboys 38-14

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Oklahoma State football is not trending in the right direction, as the Cowboys lost their third straight game, and third Big 12 contest, 38-14 to West Virginia on Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater. OSU (3-3, 0-3 Big 12) was picked as one of the preseason favorites to contend for the Big 12 title…

Cowboys whip the Hurricane 45-10

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Oklahoma State scored early and often enroute to an easy 45-10 win over the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in the Gateway Turnpike Classic Saturday afternoon, in front of a sellout crowd of 30,915 fans at H.A. Chapman Stadium. The No. 13 Cowboys gained a total of 560 yards of offense and held Tulsa to 352 total…

Sooners defeat the Green Wave

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A week after just getting past Houston, the No. 15 Oklahoma Sooners left no doubt which team was in charge on Saturday, as OU defeated Tulane, 34-19 in front of a sellout crowd of 83,325 at Gaylord Family — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. It was OU’s 155th straight sellout of an originally scheduled home game. Quarterback…

Visits to Ballparks in Oakland

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OAKLAND, CA – Last week I wrote about the experience of watching two baseball games at Oracle Park, the home of the San Francisco Giants. This week, in part two of this series, the baseball adventure continues with a visit to Oakland Coliseum, the home of the Oakland Athletics. I mentioned briefly in my previous…