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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.

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…

Sooners hold off Cougars

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There wasn’t much offense in this one, but the Oklahoma Sooners did just enough to hold off the Houston Cougars, for a 16-12 home victory Saturday night in front of 83,653 fans at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, in Norman. The No. 15 Sooners (2-0) struggled to get their offense going, having to punt…

California ball park trip, Part 3

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SAN FRANCISCO – This week we wrap up my three-part series about a recent baseball odyssey to San Francisco. I still have a lot to share from this three-day trip, and it is not baseball related. What you’ve heard about the massive number of homeless people lining the sidewalks in downtown San Francisco is all…

Tulsa Oilers & WeStreet Ice Center

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This week we will cover several bits of news and notes from the local sports scene. Tulsa’s newest ice center, WeStreet Ice Center, is featured in the July-August issue of Rink Magazine, published by the United States’ Rink Association. The article is entitled “Striking Oil.” The article goes into detail about how the ice center…