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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.

MY VIEW FROM HERE

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This past week, I finally had the opportunity to meet and chat with Tulsa Drillers manager Eric Wedge, and like most people who have been in baseball a long time, he had some great stories to tell. Wedge spent parts of four seasons in Major League Baseball as a catcher with the Boston Red Sox…

TU hopes for a quick turnaround

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With a new coaching staff in place, the University of Tulsa football team hopes to make a quick turnaround from what was a horrible 2024 season. Gone is Kevin Wilson, who was let go after only two seasons as head coach. He was replaced by Tre Lamb, a 35-year-old coaching prodigy with a proven record…

Great golf on the PGA Tour

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If you haven’t been paying attention to the PGA Tour this year, you’ve missed some great golf. The PGA Tour postseason officially wrapped up this past weekend, so allow me to get you caught up on some of the exciting stories of the season. The season began with Scottie Scheffler missing the first tournament of…

Watching the Thunder this year

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The 2025–26 NBA schedule was unveiled last week, and the defending NBA Champion Oklahoma City Thunder will have 34 of their games featured on national television broadcasts. Three other teams will also have 34 games on national television; the Knicks, Lakers and Warriors. All three are large market teams that made playoff runs last season….

Daikin Park the home of the Astros

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Last week I wrote about going to Houston to watch a couple of baseball games between the Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros. I highlighted the fact that this is the final season for Nationals television broadcaster Bob Carpenter. This week, we look at the experience of attending a game at Daikin Park. It was…

Oilers lose in playoffs to Blizzard

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Green Bay defeated the Tulsa Oilers, 58-26, on Sunday in Wisconsin, to advance to the IFL Eastern Conference Championship. It was the Oilers first playoff game in franchise history. Tulsa was plagued by turnovers throughout the game and on their first possession of the game, the Oilers fumbled the ball away inside the red zone…

Bob Carpenter retiring this year

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For the past few years now, I have had the opportunity to visit my good friend, and fellow Tulsan, Bob Carpenter in the broadcast booth of Major League Baseball stadiums around the country. Over the years, I have visited Carpenter in the booth in Kansas City, Texas, and Miami. Last week, I spent time with…

Oilers steam past Quad City

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In the final game of their IFL regular season schedule, the Tulsa Oilers got past the Quad City Steamwheelers, 49-48, Saturday night in Moline, Illinois. With the win, the Oilers improved their record to 10-6 and finished the regular season in third place in the Eastern Conference. Tulsa will open the playoffs on Sunday at…

Baseball Hall of Fame inductees

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This past Sunday, the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, welcomed five new inductees: Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner, Dick Allen, and Dave Parker. Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese-born player inducted into the Hall of Fame. He was known for his exceptional hitting and speed. Suzuki won the American League…

Oilers Clinch Playoff Spot in IFL

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For the first time in franchise history, the Tulsa Oilers Indoor Football League team is headed to the IFL playoffs.  The Oilers clinched an Eastern Conference playoff berth by defeating the Jacksonville Sharks, 47-38, Saturday night at the BOK Center. Jacksonville took an early lead when quarterback Tyler Huff carried the ball 19-yards into the…