Category Archives: SCOTT SLANT
SCOTT SLANT: The Pac-12 pieces it together
Wednesday Weekly...July 2, 2025. One year from today, Boise State will be one day into its membership in the new-look Pac-12. At that point it will have been 25 years to the day since the Broncos join...
Jul 02, 2025
THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Rafael Nadal owns the red clay – again
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE.This Day In Sports...June 9, 2019:Rafael Nadal wins his 81st consecutive match on clay, the longest streak on one surface by any player in tennis history. More significant...
Jun 09, 2025
THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Serena closes in on Steffi’s record
Presented by ZAMZOWS.This Day In Sports…June 6, 2015, 10 years ago today:Serena Williams wins her 20th career Grand Slam championship with a 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 win over Lucie Safarova in the women...
Jun 06, 2025
THIS DAY IN SPORTS: MLB’s only ‘switch-pitcher’ debuts
Presented by POOL SCOUTS.This Day In Sports...June 5, 2015, 10 years ago today:Pat Venditte makes his big league debut for the Oakland A's, and in the process becomes the first true ambidextrous pitch...
Jun 05, 2025
SCOTT SLANT: No coach more deserving than Coach Pete
Presented by HARMON TRAVEL.Wednesday Weekly...June 4, 2025.The College Football Hall of Fame unveiled its 2026 ballot Monday, and there are two Boise State luminaries among the 79 FBS players and nine...
Jun 04, 2025
THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Heartbreak instead of perfection for Pedro
Presented by POOL SCOUTS.This Day In Sports...June 3, 1995, 30 years ago today:Montreal Expos ace Pedro Martinez has a perfect game broken up in the 10th inning when the San Diego's Bip Roberts l...
Jun 03, 2025
THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Wally Pipp has a headache
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE.This Day In Sports...June 2, 1925, 100 years ago today:When New York Yankees first baseman Wally Pipp is unable to take the field, manager Miller Huggins turns to 21-year-...
Jun 02, 2025
SCOTT SLANT: Boise Hawks—past, present and future
Presented by CORSO ITALIAN STEAK.Wednesday Weekly...May 21, 2025.Time flies, does it not? The Boise Hawks opened their 38th season Tuesday night with a 9-3 loss to the Idaho Falls Chukars. It's t...
May 21, 2025
THIS DAY IN SPORTS: From 1½ lengths to a neck to a nose
Presented by BBSI BOISE.This Day In Sports...May 20, 1978:In the Preakness at Pimlico, the second act of horse racing's most fabled trilogy, Affirmed reprises his 1-length Kentucky Derby victory, beat...
May 20, 2025
THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Koepka’s rash of bogeys doesn’t do him in
Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE.This Day In Sports...May 19, 2019:The PGA Championship moves to May for the first time, but Brooks Koepka is unfazed-until the final round. Koepka fought off four consecut...
May 19, 2025
