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Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City

June 8, 2023 Jeff Brucculeri

KANSAS CITY, MO. – I hadn’t been to Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City for a Royals game in over 15 years, but it’s still one of my all-time favorite ballparks. Last week I wrote about the first part of our weekend in Kansas City, and on Sunday we attended the Royals baseball game against my…

Carbery named Head Coach of NHL Capitals

June 8, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The Tulsa Oilers professional hockey team recognized Tuesday that former player Spencer Carberry has been named the 20th head coach in Washington Capitals’ history. Carbery, 41, played in 63 games with Tulsa, registering 44 points (16G, 28A) with the Oilers during the 2006-07 season. An alumnus of the CHL and ECHL, Carbery began…

ORU wins Summit League Tournament

June 1, 2023

No. 10 ranked Oral Roberts University baseball team claimed its 21st Summit League Championship title on Saturday, with a 12-4 victory over South Dakota State at Newman Outdoor Field in Fargo, North Dakota. With the victory, the Golden Eagles sealed a bid in the NCAA Tournament for the 30th time in program history. ORU has…

OSU and OU tangle in the Big 12 Tournament

June 1, 2023

University of Oklahoma opened the Big 12 Baseball Championship on Wednesday with a 9-5 win over Oklahoma State, at Globe Life Field, in Arlington, TX. On Thursday, the Cowboys stayed alive with a 3-2 win over West Virginia. That same day, the Sooners lost a slugfest to Texas Tech, 10-9. As the tournament continued on…

NCAA Regional Tournaments

June 1, 2023

OU, OSU and ORU were selected to play in the NCAA Regional Tournaments. Sixty four teams were selected to play in the Regionals. The Sooners received an at-large bid and will play as the No. 3 seed in the Charlottesville (VA) Regional. On Friday they will play against East Carolina at 6 p.m. CDT. The…

Kansas City, Part I

June 1, 2023 Jeff Brucculeri

A weekend trip to Kansas City was both a history lesson and a trip down memory lane. My wife, daughter and I took the drive north to Kansas City last week and decided to make a stop along the way at Fort Scott National Historic Site, in eastern Kansas. From the site’s website; When Fort…

Sooners and Cowgirls advance to the College World Series

June 1, 2023

Both the No. 1 seeded Sooners and the No. 6 seeded Cowgirls will go on to play in the 2023 NCAA College Softball World Series to be held in Oklahoma City June 1-9. The Cowgirls shut-out the Oregon team to improve their record for the season to 46-14. This will be the fourth straight year…

Jeff Farina-Morelos named as TU Women’s Basketball Director of Operations

June 1, 2023

Tulsa, Oklahoma – The University of Tulsa named Jeff Farina-Morelos as the director of operations for the women’s basketball program, it was announced today by Head Coach Angie Nelp. “We are excited to welcome Jeff to our TU family,” Nelp said. “He has helped programs reach success at an elite level and will immediately have…

OSU wins Bedlam and part of Big 12 regular season title

May 25, 2023

Oklahoma State clinched a share of the Big 12 Conference regular season championship with a 11-1 victory over Oklahoma, Saturday at L. Dale Mitchell Park, in Norman. With the win, the 10th-ranked Cowboys improved to 37-16 and finished Big 12 play with a 15-9 mark. OSU shares the conference championship with Texas and West Virginia….

ORU Sweeps WIU, wins League Title

May 25, 2023

The No. 12 Oral Roberts baseball team concluded its 2023 regular season with a 12-0 run-rule victory over Western Illinois in eight innings Saturday afternoon at Alfred D. Boyer Stadium, in Macomb, Ill. The series sweep marked the fourth straight for ORU and ninth of the year. The Golden Eagles, who finished Summit League play…