Former Boise State tight end John Bates, now with the Washington Commanders, joins Prater and Mallory to catch up after his fourth season in the NFL. Bates and his teammates came within one game of reaching the Super Bowl – now he heads into the offseason as an unrestricted free agent.… MORE
Longtime football coach Chuck Pagano, a Boise resident and a former head coach in the NFL (Colts), joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about his new gig with the Baltimore Ravens (senior secondary coach). Pagano, a former Ravens DC, has spent the past few years building a relationship with Boise State football and coach Spencer Danielson.… MORE
Presented by BBSI BOISE. This Day In Sports…January 30, 2004: The Mountain West Conference extends—and TCU accepts—an invitation to join the league in 2005. It just over a month after the Broncos had beaten TCU in the Fort Worth Bowl and finished No. 16 in the AP Poll. It was a disappointing day for Boise…… MORE
Presented by THE JAMES. Wednesday Weekly…January 29, 2025. Javan Buchanan has been the big “bubbling under” guy for Boise State men’s basketball this season. But this may finally be his time. In fact, coach Leon Rice hints that it could have already happened were it not for Buchanan’s persistent foul trouble. Now, the Broncos really…… MORE
Presented by WESTERN HEATING & AIR. This Day In Sports…January 28, 2018: Roger Federer continues an amazing late-career surge, extending his record by capturing his 20th Grand Slam title as he outlasts Marin Cilic in five sets in the Australian Open final. Federer, at the age of 36, won his third major tournament in his last…… MORE
Boise State football coach Spencer Danielson joins Prater & The Ballgame during a recruiting trip in California – for a discussion about building the 2025 roster, having 16 new players on campus, the Maddux Madsen-Zak Hill relationship and why RB Ashton Jeanty is bypassing this week’s all-star games.… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…January 27, 2018: James Webb III becomes only the fourth Boise State product ever to play in an NBA game when he debuts for the Brooklyn Nets in a 111-87 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Webb was scoreless with one assist in five minutes. The one-time All-Mountain West…… MORE
Boise State reporter B.J. Rains (BroncoNationNews.com) joins Prater and Mallory to share his priorities for the men’s basketball team – off this weekend after losing four of its past six games. No. 1: Fix the defense.… MORE
Former Boise State/NFL coach Dirk Koetter joins Prater & The Ballgame to preview the NFC and AFC championship games – sponsored by Timberstone Golf Course ($5,000 donation) to benefit Boise State and The Horseshoe Collective. Koetter predicts a Washington-Buffalo Super Bowl.… MORE
Presented by BACON BOISE. This Day In Sports…January 24, 1950, 75 years ago today: Jackie Robinson signs what is, at the time, the highest-paying contract in the history of the Brooklyn Dodgers. It was for $35,000 per year (still just $455,000 in today’s dollars). Sheesh—how much would Robinson make now? He and club owner Branch…… MORE
