Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…April 12, 2004, 20 years ago today: San Francisco outfielder Barry Bonds catches his godfather, Willie Mays, for the number three spot on baseball’s career home run list. The suspiciously bulked-up Bonds deposited a pitch out of what is now AT&T Park and into McCovey Cove on Opening Day…… MORE
Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…April 11, 2019, five years ago today: The Seattle Mariners become the first big league team to hit a home run in each of the first 15 games of the season. In the process, the Mariners won their sixth game in a row with a 7-6 victory at…… MORE
Presented by BACON BOISE. Wednesday Weekly…April 10, 2024. By association, Boise State offensive line coach Tim Keane was looped into the offense’s struggles a few seasons ago. The running game was stuck in the mud back then. In 2021, the Broncos rushed for just 120 yards per game and 3.1 yards per carry. They also…… MORE
Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…April 9, 2017: Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook eclipses an NBA record that many thought was unbreakable, recording his 42nd triple-double of the season in a 106-105 victory at Denver. In Westbrook’s case, we’re talking points, rebounds and assists. He surpassed the 41 triple-doubles posted by the great Oscar Robertson…… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…April 8, 2019, five years ago today: A year after becoming the first NCAA Tournament No. 1 seed ever to lose to a No. 16, Virginia wins its first national championship with a riveting 85-77 win over Texas Tech in overtime. It had been 388 days since the…… MORE
Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…April 5, 2014, 10 years ago today: Brett Rypien of Shadle Park High in Spokane gives his verbal commitment to Boise State, becoming the highest-rated quarterback recruit in Boise State history. Rypien, who had been the 2013 Offensive Player of the Year in the state of Washington, was a consensus four-star…… MORE
Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…April 4, 2016: The first buzzer-beating three-pointer ever in the NCAA championship game, as Villanova’s Kris Jenkins connects when time expires to give the Wildcats a heart-stopping 77-74 win over North Carolina for the national title. That came after the Tar Heels’ Marcus Paige had hit an incredible…… MORE
Presented by THE JAMES. Wednesday Weekly…April 3, 2024. As Boise State spring football rolls on, I’ll update something I did last spring—looking at Ashton Jeanty’s perch in the Broncos record book based on what he’s done his first two years. Jeanty rushed for 1,347 yards last season, the eighth-most ever at Boise State. He has 2,168…… MORE
Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…April 2, 1983: Three weeks after leading Virginia through the first-ever NCAA Tournament bracket in Boise, 7-4 center Ralph Sampson wins the Adolph Rupp Award as college basketball’s Player Of The Year. Sampson was the first one to win the honor three years in a row. (No one has…… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…April 1, 2006: George Mason’s Cinderella run in the NCAA Tournament ends with a 73-58 loss to eventual national champion Florida at the Final Four in Indianapolis. The suburban commuter school from Fairfax, VA, produced one of the great stories in the history of March Madness, knocking off…… MORE
