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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.

The California Athlete Act

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You’re going to think I’m making this up, but I’m not. There is a state legislator in California who has introduced a bill that would require all Division I schools would be forced to pay all of their scholarship athletes their “fair market value.” California Assemblyman Chris Holden (D) who represents Pasadena, has introduced legislation…

Cruising can be entertaining and fun

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My wife and I went on a cruise recently, and we have joked with friends that we are “cruise people.” After all, it was our second cruise, however, our first cruise was during our honeymoon, more than 33 years ago. We didn’t know if we would ever have the desire to go on a cruise…

Unger inducted into St. Louis Blues HOF

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Former Tulsa Oilers player and coach, Garry Unger, was inducted in the St. Louis Blues Hall of Fame, last weekend. Unger is one of the first four elected members to be inducted, and was honored at a ceremonial dinner Jan. 13, at the downtown Missouri Athletic Club. The inductees were also celebrated prior to the…

ORU soccer teams vie for Summit titles

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On a windy Sunday afternoon, the ORU women’s soccer team closed out the regular season at home with 1-0 loss to Omaha, at the Case Soccer Complex. However, the Golden Eagles had already clinched a spot in the Summit League Championship and will be the No. 4 seed in the tournament. The 2022 Summit League…

Sports betting is a big deal

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You can’t watch a sports event on television any more without being bombarded with commercials about sports betting. It has become a multi-billion-dollar business. I’m not here to advocate wagering of any kind, but you can’t be a sports fan and not realize what has happened in the past couple of years regarding sports wagering….

Who likes preseason games?

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A year ago, the NFL changed its schedule by decreasing the number of preseason games to three, and increasing the regular season schedule to 17 games. However, there’s still debate over the necessity of preseason games. There have been preseason games since the NFL was founded in 1920, but fans and some players regularly raise…

More than 100 pitches is very rare

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This week, some quips and comments from this sports writer’s notebook. It’s not very often you see a minor league baseball pitcher pitch more than six innings, but I witnessed it with my own eyes this past Sunday at ONEOK Field, as the Tulsa Drillers starter, Bobby Miller, went 7.1 innings. He even threw over…

Mazatlan mission trip was a success

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MAZATLÁN, MEXICO – Here I am on another mission trip. This is my first time in Mazatlán, in fact, my first time anywhere in Mexico other than the border town of Nogales, south of Arizona, where I have visited three times. Like many of the mission trips I’ve been on over the past 15 years,…

It’s about time for these to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame

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“It’s about time,” could have been the theme of the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022 induction ceremony, last weekend in Cooperstown, N.Y. For many years, baseball fans and historians have questioned why players like Tony Oliva, Jim Kaat, Gil Hodges and Buck O’Neil weren’t already in the Hall of Fame. That injustice…

Decades of exposure to baseball evokes many memories

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I’ve been thinking lately. Actually, I’ve been reminiscing a lot lately. Maybe because I’m in my 50’s and I’m a grandparent, but whatever the reason, I’ve spent a lot of time looking back on my life. Baseball has been a huge part of my life since I was a kid. Until the pandemic shutdown minor…