Category Archives: Scott Slant

SCOTT SLANT: Here we go, born-again Raiders fans

SCOTT SLANT: Here we go, born-again Raiders fans

Presented by BACON BOISE. Friday Special…April 25, 2025. (Photo credit: Boise State University Athletics) It seems like just yesterday that we were looking at all these predictions—all the scenarios in which the Las Vegas Raiders wouldn’t draft Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty. He’d go earlier. Some team would trade up to get him. Vegas would go…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Boise State’s last Top 60 draft pick

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Boise State’s last Top 60 draft pick

Presented by CORSO ITALIAN STEAK. This Day In Sports…April 24, 2020, five years ago today: Boise State’s Ezra Cleveland is selected by the Minnesota Vikings with the 58th overall pick in the second round of the NFL Draft, making him the 13th-highest pick in Broncos history. By Week 6 as a rookie, Cleveland was named starting right guard…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: 180 degrees today—from AJ to Ashton

SCOTT SLANT: 180 degrees today—from AJ to Ashton

Presented by BACON BOISE. Wednesday Weekly…April 23, 2025. At Boise State’s Spring Game, you often see an unfamiliar name rack up some stats—and then wonder if you’ll ever hear from him again. That’s the case with redshirt sophomore AJ Maes, who led the Broncos in receiving last Saturday with three catches for 55 yards. The…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: He fouls it off – again and again and again

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: He fouls it off – again and again and again

Presented by CORSO ITALIAN STEAK. This Day In Sports…April 22, 2018: San Francisco’s Brandon Belt, the second batter of the game, produces a 21-pitch at-bat, the longest in recorded big league history, against the L.A. Angels’ Jaime Barria.  The marathon plate appearance lasted 13 minutes and included 16 fouls, 15 of them with two strikes.  It ended…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The most improbable of perfect games

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The most improbable of perfect games

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…April 21, 2012: Safeco Field in Seattle sees a perfect game pitched for the first time, but the Mariners are on the wrong end of it. Chicago White Sox hurler Philip Humber tossed the 21st perfect game in major league history in a 4-0 blanking of the M’s. It…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The guy with the most rings before Brady

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The guy with the most rings before Brady

Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…April 18, 1995, 30 years ago today: Joe Montana, one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, announces his retirement from the NFL. Montana’s 16-year Hall of Fame career included four Super Bowl championships with the San Francisco 49ers (tied for most by a QB at the time with…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A decade ago, he was a star in the making

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A decade ago, he was a star in the making

Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…April 17, 2015, 10 years ago today: Former Boise Hawk Kris Bryant makes his long-awaited major league debut and goes 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in a 5-4 loss to San Diego at Wrigley Field. It was reminiscent of Bryant’s first game with the Hawks in 2013, when he…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: Oi oi oi becomes aye yi yi

SCOTT SLANT: Oi oi oi becomes aye yi yi

Presented by HARMON TRAVEL. Wednesday Weekly…April 16, 2025. College football’s spring transfer portal opens today, with Boise State’s Andrew Simpson and Braxton Fely already ticketed for it. And now you can add punter James Ferguson-Reynolds.  That’s another tough one, as JFR had become a fan favorite with his Aussie punts and Aussie sense of humor. Ferguson-Reynolds…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: When boxing was at a marvelous zenith

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: When boxing was at a marvelous zenith

Presented by MCCAULEY GROUNDSKEEPING. This Day In Sports…April 15, 1985, 40 years ago today: In Las Vegas, two of the greatest fighters of the era meet when middleweight champion “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler defends his title against WBC light-middleweight champ Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns. It was Hagler’s 11th title defense since 1980. For Hearns, the bout represented…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A Tiger win like no other

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A Tiger win like no other

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…April 14, 2019: One of the greatest comeback stories in the history of sports, as 43-year-old Tiger Woods wins his first major title in 11 years and his first Masters in 14 years with a one-stroke victory at Augusta National. Woods’ triumph came just two years after a fourth…MORE