Category Archives: Local News

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Boise State goes dancin’ for the first time

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Boise State goes dancin’ for the first time

Presented by BBSI BOISE. This Day In Sports…March 13, 1976: In its first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament, Boise State runs into the Runnin’ Rebels of UNLV in the first round of the West Regional in Eugene. The Big Sky champion Broncos trailed by only seven early in the second half, but the Rebels ended…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: A rejuvenated Javan Buchanan in Vegas?

SCOTT SLANT: A rejuvenated Javan Buchanan in Vegas?

Presented by ALPHAGRAPHICS. Wednesday Weekly…March 12, 2025. It was somewhat surprising to see Boise State’s Javan Buchanan named Mountain West Sixth Man of the Year Wednesday. We didn’t really think of Buchanan that way, but it’s certainly a show of respect from conference coaches and selected media members. Now, if Buchanan can look at that…MORE

JERAMIAH DICKEY: BOISE STATE AD ON THE STATE OF BASKETBALL, HOW TO IMPROVE – AND WHAT’S NEXT WITH THE NEW PAC-12

JERAMIAH DICKEY: BOISE STATE AD ON THE STATE OF BASKETBALL, HOW TO IMPROVE – AND WHAT’S NEXT WITH THE NEW PAC-12

Boise State athletic director Jeramiah Dickey joins Prater and Mallory for his monthly segment, this time live from the Mountain West basketball tournament in Las Vegas. Dickey shares his feelings on basketball’s emotional loss to Colorado State, how the program continues to work on being “elite,” and what’s the latest on Pac-12 media rights/membership.MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: “The darkest days in the history of sports”

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: “The darkest days in the history of sports”

Presented by THE JAMES. This Day In Sports…March 11, 2020, five years ago today: It is historic. As in, infamously historic. It was a Wednesday, and it began with the declaration that the coronavirus had grown into a pandemic. Then, locally, Boise’s Treefort music festival was postponed. The dominoes kept falling, right through the early…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: From Twin Falls to the Hall of Fame

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: From Twin Falls to the Hall of Fame

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…March 10, 1991: Eddie Sutton, whose college head coaching career began in the state of Idaho, becomes the first coach ever to take four different schools to the NCAA Tournament when Oklahoma State is named to the field of 64. The Cowboys were seeded third in the East…MORE

BRONCO NATION NEWS REPORT WITH B.J. RAINS

BRONCO NATION NEWS REPORT WITH B.J. RAINS

Boise State reporter B.J. Rains (BroncoNationNews.com) joins Prater and Mallory for an extended conversation about Senior Night for the Broncos’ basketball team. Rains shares his memories of Tyson Degenhart, O’Mar Stanley and Alvaro Cardenas. MORE

SCOTT SLANT: It’s a Tyson Degenhart kind of day

SCOTT SLANT: It’s a Tyson Degenhart kind of day

Presented by ZAMZOWS. Friday Special…March 7, 2025. Full disclosure: I’ve been working with Tyson Degenhart since the end of his freshman year, having been the point person for his popular “Degenhart Dozen” at Pastry Perfection. As NIL deals go, it’s modest, just like Tyson. He’s as good as it gets—as a person and as a…MORE

ASHTON JEANTY: NFL DRAFT ANALYST ON THE COMBINE – AND WHAT’S NEXT

ASHTON JEANTY: NFL DRAFT ANALYST ON THE COMBINE – AND WHAT’S NEXT

Tony Pauline, a longtime NFL Draft analyst now with Sportskeeda.com, joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about former Boise State football standouts Ashton Jeanty and Ahmed Hassanein. Pauline watched both at last week’s NFL Combine – and has strong opinions about their future in the league.MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The biggest night of Shaq’s best season

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The biggest night of Shaq’s best season

Presented by ALPHAGRAPHICS. This Day In Sports…March 6, 2000, 25 years ago today: The highest-scoring game in the NBA career of Shaquille O’Neal, who put up 61 points and pulled down 23 rebounds in the L.A. Lakers’ 123-103 win over the L.A. Clippers. And Shaq did it on his 28th birthday. O’Neal went 24-for-35 from the…MORE