Presented by BACON BOISE. This Day In Sports…July 11, 2019, five years ago today: A few days after Neil Graham departs for the Texas Stars of the AHL, the Idaho Steelheads name Everett Sheen to replace him as head coach. Sheen had served as Graham’s assistant the previous three seasons. The 32-year-old native of Lethbridge, AB,…… MORE
Presented by POOL SCOUTS. Wednesday Weekly…July 10, 2024. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Just tweak it. Count me among the relieved that Boise State didn’t completely overhaul its uniforms when the new ones were unveiled Tuesday in time for Mountain West Media Days. To the naked eye, it’s still the classic Broncos look…… MORE
Presented by BACON BOISE. This Day In Sports…July 9, 2011: With questions swirling about his viability as a player at the age of 37, Derek Jeter makes a statement as he becomes the first player to reach 3,000 hits while wearing New York Yankees pinstripes. Jeter’s milestone came on a 420-foot home run, part of…… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…July 8, 2014, 10 years ago today: In the biggest knockout round rout in the history of World Cup soccer, Germany embarrasses the host country, Brazil, 7-1 in the semifinals. The Germans scored a staggering four goals in a six-minute stretch en route to a 5-0 halftime lead.…… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. Wednesday Weekly…July 3, 2024. It’ll be kicker Jonah Dalmas and defensive end Ahmed Hassanein joining coach Spencer Danielson in representing Boise State at Mountain West Media Days in Las Vegas next Wednesday and Thursday. On the one hand, it’s different to have the offense go unrepresented, but Dalmas has earned this…… MORE
Presented by BACON BOISE. This Day In Sports…July 2, 1963: San Francisco’s Willie Mays (never miss an opportunity to plug this guy) hits a home run in the bottom of the 16th inning to break up an incredible scoreless pitchers’ duel between Juan Marichal of the Giants and Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves. I’d call…… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. Monday Special…July 1, 2024. I was at Orlando Cepeda’s assisted living apartment last Wednesday afternoon. The beloved 86-year-old Baseball Hall of Famer passed away Friday evening. Here’s the story. In the early 1960s, a bunch of us little San Francisco Giants fans ran around together in a Bay Area suburb, Orinda.…… MORE
Presented by LOUIE’S PIZZA & ITALIAN RESTAURANT. This Day In Sports…June 18, 2014, 10 years ago today: It isn’t a perfect game, but some consider it to be the best pure pitching performance ever. Los Angeles Dodgers southpaw Clayton Kershaw no-hit the Colorado Rockies, 8-0, with his night spoiled only by a seventh-inning throwing error…… MORE
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…June 17, 2004, 20 years ago today: In back-to-back days, two local bombshells are dropped during an otherwise slow sports week. Boise State announced a 15-year deal to rename the BSU Pavilion as Taco Bell Arena. It was shocking to some, not only from a commercialization standpoint, but…… MORE
Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…June 14, 1949, 75 years ago today: Philadelphia first baseman Eddie Waitkus is shot by a deranged teenage girl in a room at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago. The event was loosely referenced in relation to the Roy Hobbs character in the 1952 novel “The Natural” by Bernard…… MORE
